Watch “Light Speed: Arena, the photo-based tabletop shooter - Rules overview,” a how-to-play guide for Light Speed: Arena from Tablescope on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Tablescope on YouTube:
Leonardo presents Light Speed: Arena, coming to Kickstarter in spring 2024.
"A cosmic competition for 1-4 pilots: Aim lasers in real time and snap a picture to let the app visualize and score the battle"
You can follow the project by registering to the Tablescope mailing list on www.lightspeedarena.com (and get the free demo print&play) or by hitting the 'Notify me on launch' button on the Kickstarter prelaunch page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tablescope/light-speed-arena.
The one presented in the video is a prototype. Rules and art are not final and might undergo small changes :)
2025·Leonardo Alese, James Ernest, Tom Jolly, Emanuele Santellani
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Mainly reviews. Light Speed: Arena is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 12 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.
1 - 4 players
5 - 15 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
About Light Speed: Arena, from BoardGameGeek:
A real-time tabletop shooter in which you aim with your tiles and take a smartphone picture to let the app unfold the battle for you. As the roar of the crowd resonates, the arena is lit with the brilliant glow of sponsor ads: Pick your faction and step into battle. Tactically place and orient your spaceships to score the most points by taking down enemy vehicles, collecting mineral units from asteroids, and impressing the game sponsors.
This is a real-time, tile laying game. The game begins with two tiles in the center and starting the timer.
Every round, each player places one spaceship anywhere on the battlefield while everybody else is doing the same! Aim at enemies and asteroids, while appealing to the sponsors and avoiding friendly fire. After 8 rounds, players stop and take a photo with the companion app.
The companion app will play the battle for you and calculate the scores.
Scores can also be calculated manually with the Downgrade Pack.
Designers
Leonardo Alese, James Ernest, Tom Jolly, Emanuele Santellani