Mayday
2 players • Marc W. Miller • 1978
- Designer
- Marc W. Miller
- Publisher
- Game Designers' Workshop
- First published
- 1978
- Players
- 2 players
- Genre
- Science fiction
How it plays
Mayday plays 2 players.
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Where it came from
Mayday was published in 1978 by Game Designers' Workshop as a tactical board game focused on space combat in the near future. Designed by Marc W. Miller, the game was released during a period of intense interest in science fiction tabletop gaming, intended to provide a more realistic and grounded physics-based simulation compared to the cinematic, dogfight-style games popular at the time.
The design emphasizes Newtonian physics, forcing players to account for inertia and vector movement rather than simple direct control. This approach made it a defining title for the era's 'hard' science fiction gaming niche. It is widely recognized not only as an independent game but as the mechanical precursor to the space combat system later integrated into the Traveller role-playing game universe.
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About Mayday
Mayday is a game in the Board Games catalog on collecto.rs. 2 players • Marc W. Miller • 1978. It's filed under science fiction. Catalog data is sourced from Wikidata. No public games collectors track this one yet — adding yours would make you the first on collecto.rs.
How do you play Mayday?
Mayday is a board game for 2 players, filed under science fiction. collecto.rs catalogues the game, not its rules — for the full rulebook, use the copy in the box or the publisher's own site.
How many players is Mayday for?
Mayday is built for 2 players. That count comes from this catalog entry alone — nothing from an expansion or a spin-off is folded into it.
Who designed Mayday?
Mayday was designed by Marc W. Miller. It's published by Game Designers' Workshop. The catalog gives its publication year as 1978.
Has Mayday won any awards?
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