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Savage Worlds Showdown: Miniatures Rules for All Genres

Dumbaldor the Wizard and two pirates are attacked by Dragonfly Dragoons in my "Giant Dragonflys vs Magic Carpets" game at OrcCon 2008 in Los Angeles (1 of 2).

Savage Worlds Showdown: Miniatures Rules for All Genres (2004)

Players

2–10

Best: 2, 4

Playing time

180–300 min

Age

12+

8.09

Average rating

Ratings

2.20/5

Weight

#16112

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Designer:Shane Lacy Hensley

Publisher:Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck7.0

Interaction5.0

Complexity4.4

Theme7.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

"Savage Worlds Showdown" is a competitive skirmish miniatures rule set based on the Savage Worlds Deluxe Edition (SWD) roleplaying game. It basically keeps the core game mechanics from the RPG but removes the character, gear, and world creations stuff plus requires the use of miniatures.