Snapshot (board game)
{{short description|Science fiction tabletop wargame}}
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{{Infobox game
|subtitle=Close Combat Aboard Starships in the Far Future
|image=GDW_Snapshop_Boardgame_cover_1979.jpg
|caption=Box cover by Jennell Jaquays{{efn|name=Credited|Credited as Paul Jaquays.}}
|date={{Start date and age|1979}}
|publisher=Game Designers' Workshop
|genre=Science fiction Board wargame
|designer=Marc W. Miller
|illustrator={{Unbulleted list|Paul R. Banner|Richard Hentz}}
|series = Traveller boardgames
}}
Snapshot is a 1979 board wargame, designed by Marc W. Miller, illustrated by Paul R. Banner and Richard Hentz, cover art by Jennell Jaquays,{{efn|name=Credited|}} and published by Game Designers' Workshop. The original was republished in 2004 as part of Far Future Enterprises Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+.{{cite web |title=Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+ |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17728/traveller-classic-games-games-1-6 |website=BoardGameGeek |publisher=BoardGameGeek LLC |access-date=9 January 2021}}
Gameplay
Snapshot is a game of starship boarding and personal combat derived from Traveller. Azhanti High Lightning is the third Traveller boardgame published by GDW.{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Marc |title=Guide to Classic Traveller |date=2010 |publisher=Far Futures |location=USA |edition=1}} A second edition with new cover art by Chris White was published in 1983.{{cite web |title=Snapshot (GDW big box edition 1983) |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameversion/126852/gdw-big-box-edition-1983 |website=BoardGameGeek |publisher=BoardGameGeek LCC |access-date=8 January 2021}}
Reception
Peter Darvill-Evans reviewed Snapshot for White Dwarf #16, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "it is an invaluable adjunct to Traveller, allowing close combat to be resolved in detail, yet quickly and simply ; as a game in itself it is perhaps less satisfactory, although still one of the best man-to-man combat systems on the market; and the presentation is in every way excellent."{{Cite magazine |last=Darvill-Evans |first=Peter |date=December 1979 – January 1980 |title=Open Box |magazine=White Dwarf |publisher=Games Workshop |issue=16 |page=15}}
Eric Goldberg reviewed Snapshot in Ares Magazine #1, rating it a 5 out of 9.{{Cite magazine |last=Goldberg |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Goldberg (game designer) |date=March 1980 |title=A Galaxy of Games |magazine=Ares |publisher=Simulations Publications, Inc. |issue=1 |page=29}} Goldberg commented that "Slightly more complicated than necessary, but fairly playable. Adventurers can take half an hour or an afternoon."
Tony Watson reviewed Snapshot in The Space Gamer No. 27.{{Cite magazine |last=Watson |first=Tony |date=March–April 1980 |title=Capsule Featured Review: Snapshot |magazine=The Space Gamer |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |issue=27 |pages=26–27}} Watson commented that "While Snapshot is a solid game in its own right, I think it truly realizes its potential when used with Traveller. Players must consider character survival more carefully and think of goals and ambitions beyond the immediate combat."
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