Eat Electric Death!

Price: $39.95

Board Game: Counter based
Genre: Wargame, Starship Tactical
Type: Turn-based
Maximum Players: 2
Scenario creation
Packaging: Retail boxed
Developer: Digital Eel
Designer: Digital Eel

The alien flotilla fills your view-screen; a whole mess o' fighters and three large capital ships bearing down on your position! With their shields up and weapons armed you sense that this isn't the neighborhood welcoming committee bringing tea and cookies. Suddenly, klaxons blare as your scanners indicate the trouble coming your way.

WHAM!!! The ship shudders from the long range missile hit. Definitely not tea and cookies! Smoke fills the bridge as the blood red glow of emergency lighting kicks on. Across many parsecs the aliens engage their star drives to move in for the kill. Three against one doesn't seem like much of a fair fight.

"Alien scum," you sneer, "from Hell's heart I stab at thee!" Hands hovering over a bank of large red buttons all labeled 'boom' you anxiously await your foe's fleet to move into weapon range. A breath later you watch the lead enemy ship do so. You shout with savage glee:

"EAT ELECTRIC DEATH!!!"

The emergency lights flicker briefly in time with the awesome barrage of power that is unleashed from every weapon bank on the ship. Brilliant death arcs across the black void of space and slams into the vanguard vessel, opening its hull like a cracked egg.

A millisecond later a blinding flash of light blots out the view-screen. Where once the enemy vessel glided through space now only sparkling dust dances. The two other alien ships are heavily battered and bruised, and the fighters are nowhere to be seen. Glancing at your science officer he confirms what you already thought... reactor breach.

You grin as your bridge crew cheers. In a single volley the fight just got a lot more fair.

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Eat Electric Death! is the exciting board game of tactical starship combat set in the wild and wacky Weird Worlds universe (made famous in the award-winning computer game Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space) for two carbon-based life forms.

Players will command an array of starships from such intergalactic species as the calculating mechanical Tan Ru, the bloodthirsty savage reptilian Garthans, and the noble Zorg, masters of time and space. Annihilation is only a chit pull away as energy weapons, missiles, and even old fashioned projectiles hurdle across the map while ships maneuver for the optimum firing spot. When found shields collapse, bulkheads shatter, and sometimes even a reactor blows. For some, crews will work to repair the damage, while for others salvation is only possible through victory.

Eat Electric Death! plays like a rocket to the stars-- fast-- with easily understood rules that will have you battling within minutes of opening the box and punching counters. Varied scenario types provide plenty of adventure, and the game lends itself well for telling your own tales. Intuitive playing aids create a minimum of bookkeeping chores while allowing plenty of sci-fi chrome. Starship combat this sleek is rarely seen on your kitchen table.

If you like your aliens ugly, your starships shiny, and your ship on ship action frenzied and fun, then look no further than Eat Electric Death!, your space opera in a box!

♦ Self-contained tactical starship combat board game set in the Weird Worlds universe, designed by the same folks behind the computer game, Digital Eel. NOTE: No prior experience with Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space necessary for enjoyment.

♦ Two players. Easily adaptable for solo or team play.

♦ No power supply or system compatibility to worry about. Play it anywhere (although playing in the rain is not recommended) at anytime.

♦ Absolutely stunning artwork that will fully immerse you in the Weird Worlds universe. Beautiful 19.5" x 15.5" starfield playing map.

♦ Jaw-dropping gorgeous counters of the fighting ships involved. Even the information markers will bedazzle! 48 decadent 7/8" counters, and 100 5/8" counters.

♦ 57 amazing game cards representing ship data, secret weapons, and racial information.

♦ For starship captains ages 10 - 100. Comprehensive compact rulebook will have you playing the basic game in minutes. Advanced and optional rules add chrome without adding complexity.

♦ Seven Weird Worlds races: Terrans, Garthans, Tan Ru, Zorg, Urluquai, Yellow Kawangi, and the Klakar. Ship types include fighters, frigates, corvettes, decimators, and more!

♦ Low counter density means set up and break down doesn't take as long as playing the game itself.

♦ Randomized damage chits and optional secret weapon cards make every battle a tense and exciting affair!

♦ Streamlined combat mechanics keep the action going. Declare your target, check the weapon, and roll a die to see if it hits. Easy!

♦ Focus on exciting action and tactics, not energy management and advanced mathematics.

♦ 25+ included scenarios run the gamut of exciting space opera action! Flotillas dodge asteroids and recreate Jutland in the vacuum of space. Aliens launch invasions from wormholes. An ambassador must be protected in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Terran and Garthan fighters vie for top gun. And most importantly, the Illudium Fosdex (the shaving cream atom) shipment must make it safely to its destination!

♦ Small scenarios playable in under fifteen minutes, average scenario in under thirty minutes. Even the largest scenarios won't take more than a hour, making Eat Electric Death! the perfect starship combat for today's hectic life.

♦ Stellar combat sandbox! Excellent for pick up and play games, creating your own scenarios and campaigns is a snap.

♦ How many other games feature the awesome power of the Nova Cannon?