Dice · Fighting

Quantum

2–4 players60 minages 13medium difficulty

About the game

What is Quantum

Send out the scouts! Position the Flagship in tactical orbit! And reconfigure that Battlestation into something new! Your fleet of loyal ships, powered by the might of quantum probability itself, carries your empire to the far-flung stars. How will history remember you? As a ravenous destroyer? A clever tactician? A dauntless explorer? Command your armada, construct world-shattering technologies, and rally the remnants of humanity for a final confrontation.

In Quantum, each player is a fleet commander from one of the four factions of humanity, struggling to conquer a sector of space. Every die is a starship, with the value of the die determining the movement of the ship, but also its combat power - with low numbers more powerful. So a [ 6 ] is a quick but fragile Scout and a [ 1 ] is a slow but mighty Battlestation.

Each type of ship also has a special power that can be used once per turn: Destroyers can warp space to swap places with other dice and Flagships can transport other ships. These powers can be used in combination for devastating effects. You're not stuck with your starting ships, however: using Quantum technology, you can spend actions to transform (re-roll) your ships. Randomness plays a role in the game, but only when you want: Quantum is very much a strategy game.

You win by constructing Quantum Cubes - massive planetary energy extractors. Each time you build a new one, you can expand your fleet, earn a new permanent ability, or take a one-time special move. The board itself is made out of modular tiles, and you can play on one of the 30 layouts that come with the game or design your own. The ship powers, player abilities, and board designs combine to create a limitless set of possibilities for how to play and strategies for how to win.

Specs

Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +13
Duration: 60 min
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Board game
Year: 2013
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence · Dice Rolling · Grid Movement
Categories: Dice · Fighting · Science Fiction
Designer: Eric Zimmerman
Publisher: Funforge

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Preclaro8/10

This is an excellent game when played with the Community Edition rules. The base game by itself has a very unbalanced set of cards and dice rolls during combat can be too swingy. The CE variant fixes those problems by providing a better set of cards and introducing the missile tokens mechanic, among other things like improving the card draw. Such an interesting and unique game overall.