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V.I.P.E.R.

V.I.P.E.R. 1988

Design Julian Musgrave , Jamie Walker Art Peter Armstrong , James Walker (II) Publisher Wotan Games
6.3 /10
BGG rating
#24146
BGG rank
2.3
Weight
2–12
Players
4
Best at
60–120
Minutes
10
Age
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About the Game

V.I.P.E.R. or The Official Handbook of the Venerable Institute of Practitioners of Extraplanetary Racing (which is quite a mouthful by any standard). The game is a basic space racing game with a free form construction and movement system, similar in concept to things like Full Thrust and Car Wars where there is a large amount of work to be undertaken before the game is actually playable. The game comes with a die and counters for ships and marker buoys but could easily be played with spaceship miniatures. As with Car Wars, the game has both a race component and a "blow the opponent out of the sky" component.

Filed Under

Categories
Miniatures Racing Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanics
Dice Rolling Measurement Movement Simulation Simultaneous Action Selection
BGG ratings
32 · geek rating 5.51
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026