Fallout Shelter: The Board Game
Build and run an underground Fallout vault, with workers, dice and an Overseer election at stake.
Who it's for
You like worker placement and the Fallout universe, or you want a medium-weight management game with video-game flavor. Good for groups who enjoy planning a few steps ahead.
Not for you if…
You want a deep or very light game. It sits in the middle, and the Fallout theme is stronger in art and flavor than in mechanics.
Vibe's take
A mid-weight puzzle of 'where does my dweller go this turn,' with a playful wasteland atmosphere and a few dice-driven emergencies. It feels like a friendly build-and-manage race.
About this game
A worker-placement game set in the Fallout universe, based on the mobile hit. You are a vault officer trying to make the dwellers happy enough to win the next Overseer election. Your dwellers head to different rooms: relaxing in the lounge, harvesting food in the gardens, or fighting a radroach infestation in the game room. Dwellers come in different types, the modular vault grows as you build rooms, and dice add a dash of wasteland chaos. Think Lords of Waterdeep, but underground and with a bit more radiation. Two to four players, around 90 minutes.
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Mechanics
Categories
By the numbers
Players
Duration
60–90 min
Ages 10+
Complexity
2.0 / 5 — LightBGG Rating
6.5/10
Rank #1,251
4.1k ratings
Published
2020
Language
Some text
Designed by
Andrew Fischer
Published by
Fantasy Flight Games, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Hobby Japan, Hobby World, Galápagos Jogos and 3 more
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