Escape from New York (game)

{{Short description|Board game}}

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| title = Escape from New York

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| image_link = File:Escape from New York (board game).jpg

| image_caption = Box art

| designer = {{ubl | David Cook | Harold Johnson }}

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| publisher = TSR, Inc.

| date = {{start date and age|1981}}

| players = 2 to 4

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| playing_time = 45 minutes

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| skills = Strategy

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Escape from New York is a 1981 board game by TSR, Inc. and illustrated by Erol Otus and Bill Willingham and based on the John Carpenter film Escape from New York, which was released that same year.{{cite web|title=Escape from New York|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/731/escape-from-new-york|publisher=BoardGameGeek}}{{cite web|url=http://screencrush.com/worst-board-games-movies/|title=The 10 Worst Board Games Based on Movies|author=Hayes, Britt|date=May 16, 2012|website=screencrush.com}}{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118015002/http://www.advanceddungeonsandparenting.com/2008/09/board-game-review-escape-from-new-york.html|archivedate=January 18, 2014|url=http://www.advanceddungeonsandparenting.com/2008/09/board-game-review-escape-from-new-york.html|title=Board Game Review: Escape from New York|date=September 11, 2008|website=advanceddungeonsandparenting.com}}{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2022}}

Overview

The objective of each game player is the same as Snake Plissken's in the film. Players attempt to locate the President of the United States and get him off the prison island of Manhattan. Failing that, they are to find the cassette tape the President is carrying. Failing that, they die.

Reviews

  • Jeux & Stratégie #19{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-19/page/40/mode/2up | title=Jeux & stratégie 19 | date=February 1983 }}

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