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Jul 15, 2025·How to play·07:37·149·Watch on YouTube

How to play SHAPESHIPS e1. A free drawing battle game. Chess + Starcraft?

Shapeships

Watch “How to play SHAPESHIPS e1. A free drawing battle game. Chess + Starcraft?,” a how-to-play guide for Shapeships from Shapeships on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Shapeships on YouTube:

Learn how to play SHAPESHIPS. All you need is a dice, pens and paper (and the free rules). From the creators of Duel 52, this is a deeply strategic game best with 2 players but playable with 1-4+. https://juddmadden.com/shapeships/ for free rules and online play. Correction: 1:50 This rule has changed, we now save lines over turns and draw COMPLETED ships.

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2025

Videos: 12
Creators: 1

Playthroughs. Shapeships is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 how-to-play guides and 11 recorded sessions.

1 - 6 players

10 - 60 min

About Shapeships, from BoardGameGeek:

Shapeships is a free drawing battle game, where players roll dice, draw ships, use powers and fight to the death. It is easy to learn but deeply strategic, with four different species and 60 different shapeships. Primarily it is a 2 player game, though free-for-all with 3+ players and Team modes are available. -description from the designer

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