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Jan 16, 2023·How to play·10:59·1·Watch on YouTube

Belter: Mining the Asteroids, Part 1

Christopher Webber

Christopher Webber

Watch “Belter: Mining the Asteroids, Part 1,” a how-to-play guide for Belter: Mining the Asteroids, 2076 from Christopher Webber on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Christopher Webber on YouTube:

How to start playing Belter, the free Vassal module of the boardgame that simulates an asteroid mining operation of the future. It really makes you feel like you are running your own business, with equipment failures and labour disputes if you can't pay your running costs, while you desperately try to strike it rich by finding the right asteroid to invest all your savings to start a mine, and then a smelter to refine what you find. You have to keep track of production, cargos, fuel, and many other aspects of a mining operation, as well as transport the produce to market. Up to five players can play, with a fifth player being a UN peace keeper keeping the lid on the wild west. Players can install weapons and attack each other if they wish. A new version of the game is to be made available by Compass Games here: https://www.compassgames.com/product/belter-mining-the-asteroids-2076-pay-later/

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Belter: Mining the Asteroids, 2076

Belter: Mining the Asteroids, 2076

1979·Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller

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Mainly playthroughs. Belter: Mining the Asteroids, 2076 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, and 5 recorded sessions.

2 - 5 players
120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About Belter: Mining the Asteroids, 2076, from BoardGameGeek:

Economic SF wargame set in the asteroid belt in the year 2076. In the basic game, two, three, or four players control mining companies that mine asteroids for ore, gas, and highly dangerous shards of CT (contra-terrene matter -- a name for antimatter lifted from the Seetee novels of Jack Williamson). These commodities are traded for credits at the three major planetoid stations. Vicious fights can break out over control of particularly lucrative asteroids. The players have to agree on the winning conditions: The winner is either the first player to one million, ten million, or a hundred million credits, or the wealthiest player after a set timespan elapses. (The playing time is, accordingly, completely arbitrary; two hours is probably too short, but seems like a sane number.) In the advanced game, an additional player plays the Peace Keeping Force (PKF), whose role is ironically not to stop the fighting, but to suppress revolts and other conflicts just enough to keep prices of ore and gas low. The PKF player achieves partial victory if the price of either commodity is below 200 credits at the end of the game, or decisive victory if the prices of both commodities are below 200 credits. Includes: 480 counters

Designers

Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller

Publisher

Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games)

Categories

EconomicIndustry / Manufacturing

Mechanics

Dice RollingGrid Movement
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