2022John H. Butterfield
- Videos
- 296
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Playthroughs
1 - 2 players15 - 300 minVery heavy weight
Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora
1981John H. Butterfield, Edward J. Woods
- Videos
- 5
- Creators
- 3
Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 recorded sessions.
1 players
90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Ares Magazine #6. This is a prequel to The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora. In Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora, a solitaire game of interstellar exploration, the player controls the Biological Survey Mission Pandora as it travels the space ways in search of alien life forms. They use the crew, robots and equipment of the ship to collect exotic specimens with a minimum of losses - and hopefully get back intact. The game has two time scales, the tour months that affect the "strategic" play, going from planet to planet, and the expedition hours, the tactical on-planet play. It uses an event paragraph system to generate the narrative flow, and the map shows several planet surface samples, to be used as needed.
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Which Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora video should I watch?
Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora has 5 videos from 3 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 playthroughs. They date from 2024 to April 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Voyage of the BSM Pandora (SPI) Review & How to Play" by Tabletop Sci-Fi, which runs 35 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "History of Ares Magazine Games" by Hopeless Games. To see it played, watch "Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora" by Hopeless Games, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Enemy Action: Kharkov, RAF: The Battle of Britain 1940, Conflict of Heroes: Eastern Front – Solo Expansion and SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD, also by John H. Butterfield.
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About Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora
From BoardGameGeek:
Ares Magazine #6. This is a prequel to The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora. In Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora, a solitaire game of interstellar exploration, the player controls the Biological Survey Mission Pandora as it travels the space ways in search of alien life forms. They use the crew, robots and equipment of the ship to collect exotic specimens with a minimum of losses - and hopefully get back intact. The game has two time scales, the tour months that affect the "strategic" play, going from planet to planet, and the expedition hours, the tactical on-planet play. It uses an event paragraph system to generate the narrative flow, and the map shows several planet surface samples, to be used as needed.
Designers
John H. Butterfield, Edward J. Woods
Artists
John H. Butterfield, Jerzy Kurczak, Redmond Aksel Simonsen
Publisher
Encore
Categories
Mechanics
Dice RollingGrid MovementHex GridArea Movement