Meltwater

After a nuclear war, US and Soviet forces fight for survival in Antarctica.

2 Players  |  60 Mins  |  Ages 14+ 

Features: Action Points, Area Majority / Influence, Hexagon Grid

Theme: Modern Warfare, Wargame

Description:

The unthinkable happens. The world is scoured clean in nuclear fire. The oceans are poisoned for generations to come. One last patch of habitable land remains: Antarctica.

Two players take command of the shattered remains of the superpowers, struggling for control of the ice. Simple diceless mechanics let players displace, corner, and isolate their opponent’s survivors. Here, hunger is a crueler weapon than gunfire, and the barren tundra can only support so many souls. And every turn, radioactive contamination pushes in from the coastline, shrinking the available space and forcing the belligerents closer and closer together.

In the end, there is only either submission or annihilation, and whatever world is left.