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Sep 3, 2026·Review·29:33·177·Watch on YouTube

Airships — How to Play and Is It a Gem?

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Watch “Airships — How to Play and Is It a Gem?,” a board game review for Airships from Board Gems on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Board Gems on YouTube:

You start with two low-value dice. With these, you aim to get bonuses to those dice, maybe better dice, with the ultimate goal of building airships for points. Well, the ULTIMATE ultimate goal is that great big Hindenburg, which is worth a tonne of points. Will you get a crack at starting on it before the game ends? Dare you even entertain the dream of finishing it? Airships is one of the lightest "engine builder" board games out there. Simple to learn, turns are *crazy* fast – it's just a pleasant experience. Except, maybe, for that Hindenburg. What a tease. 00:00 Intro ▶️ 02:16 How to Play 🎲 15:14 Is It a Gem? 💎 Board Gems highlights older board and card games that are still great games today, and deserve to not be forgotten! Join & Support: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX9Ab6egkU1ru3sgP8TUI2A/join Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgems.com BGG Blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/10011 BGG Listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/32116/airships Music provided by Chillhop Music Almøst Silent, Dotlights - Assembly https://chll.to/7bfa6912 #boardgames #tabletop #vancouver

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Airships

Airships

2007·Andreas Seyfarth

2 - 4 players
45 - 60 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Airships, from BoardGameGeek:

It took a long time until work could begin on the majestic airships. But now great leaps of progress are being taken - hangars are being built, engineers taken on and engines constructed. After all the purpose of your own airship-hangar is to build an impressive fleet of these giants with a view to winning this exciting board game. Description from publisher: By cleverly combining the three colored dice with the values on the cards, you take part in building zeppelins and finally the famous Hindenburg. Renè from spielbox.de: "Giganten der Lüfte (working-title "Zeppelin") is a very tactical dice-game. You need mechanics, engines, and workshops.... Only the player with the best combination of those will successfully take part in building the Hindenburg." Giganten der Lüfte is not comparable to Lucky Loop or Alhambra - the dice game. It is comparable to games like Kingsburg and To Court the King, where you use the dice as a form of resources to manage, as well as a method of purchasing other resources. Artwork by Jo Hartwig. Microbadges:

Designer

Andreas Seyfarth

Artist

Jo Hartwig

Publisher

Queen Games

Categories

Aviation / FlightDice

Mechanics

Dice RollingDrafting
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