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Silent Death

#3895BGG ↗

1990 · 2-8 players · 120min · weight 2.73 · 408 ratings

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ID
3895
Name
Silent Death
Year
1990
Rank
6112
Min players
2
Max players
8
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.7288
Num weights
59
Bayes avg
5.70797
Average
6.99534
Users rated
408
Num owned
742
Wanting
30
Wishing
83
Num comments
175
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsSimulationVariable Player Powers
Categories (3)
MiniaturesScience FictionWargame
Description (856 chars)

Silent Death is a space combat game, normally played with miniatures. Most ships are fighter and heavy-fighters in size, but there are expansions to include gunboats and small capital ships. Each ship has a control sheet to make all bookkeeping (mostly damage and ammo when necessary) easier. The game is normally played in 10 turns, each player alternate moving all ships before making attacks. From designer's notes: Silent Death is an attempt to produce a fun and fast-moving game that is simple to learn. The mix of design trade-offs (detail for playability) in the Standard Game feels about right, but since you can't satisfy all of the people all of the time, we piled in a bunch of optional rules so players can find their own optimum mix; either simpler or more complex. Re-implemented in: Silent Death: The Next Millennium Deluxe Edition

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