Rivets (board game)
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Rivets is a post-apocalyptic board wargame published by Metagaming Concepts in 1977.
Components
Rivets is a two-player game featuring combat between robotic tanks, taking place after the human race has been annihilated.[1] The game posits that gangs of semi-intelligent robots roam the landscape, fighting with other gangs over sources of spare parts.[2]
The microgame, packaged in a ziplock bag, comes with[2]
- 17-page rulebook with cover art
- 8" x 14" two-color map
- 188 thin cardstock counters
Setup
The two players agree on a point value for their gangs, and secretly "buy" various robot models up to the point limit.
Gameplay
The players program their robots' movements in secret and reveal their moves simultaneously. The winner is the player whose robot gang survives the combat.