Mayday (game)

Science fiction tabletop wargame

Mayday

Box cover art

Designers| Marc W. Miller
Illustrators| Roger MacGowan
Publishers| Game Designers' Workshop
Publication| 1978; 44 years ago (1978)
Genres| Board wargame
Series| Traveller boardgames, Series 120

Mayday is a 1978 board wargame published by Game Designers' Workshop. Mayday was part of a series produced by GDW called "Series 120" – games with 120 pieces that were designed to be learned and played in 120 minutes.[1] It was the second boardgame to be published for Traveller. A second edition was published in 1980.[2] It was republished in 2004 as part of Far Future Enterprises Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Reception
* 3 Reviews
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Gameplay[edit]

Mayday is about battles between small spaceships, and is designed to go with Traveller.[4]

## Reception[edit]

Tony Zamparutti reviewed Mayday in The Space Gamer No. 18.[4] Zamparutti commented that "By itself, Mayday is not that exciting of a game. Although its movement system is innovative, the game as a whole is not as good as many other tactical space games".[4]

David Ritchie reviewed Mayday in Ares #1, rating it a 6 out of 9.[5] Ritchie commented that "Combat, maneuver and navigation are all affected by the capacity of the ship's computer and the program currently in progress (a nice touch). Relatively simple. Playable within two hours."[5]

Mayday won the 1978 Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame.[6]

## Reviews[edit]

* Phoenix #22 (November/December 1979)[7]

## See also[edit]

Traveller boardgames

## References[edit]

1. ^ "GDW "Series 120" Games". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
2. ^ "Mayday". BoardgameGeek. BoardgameGeek LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
3. ^ "Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+". BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek LLC. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
4. ^ a b c Zamparutti, Tony (July–August 1978). "Mayday: a reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 18\. Steve Jackson Games. p. 26.
5. ^ a b Ritchie, David (March 1980). "A Galaxy of Games". Ares. No. 1\. Simulations Publications, Inc. p. 29.
6. ^ "1978 Origins Awards Winners". gama.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012.
7. ^ Evans, J.; Evans, D. "Mayday". Retrieved 5 December 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Mayday at BoardGameGeek