Wabbit Wampage

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Wabbit Wampage is a 1985 board game published by Pacesetter Ltd.[1]

Wabbit Wampage[edit | edit source]

Box art of Wabbit Wampage.

Wabbit Wampage was created by Pacesetter Ltd in 1985.[2] In the game, one player is Farmer Brown, while the others play Wabbits. All players battle for points by performing different tasks throughout the year: plowing fields in Spring, stockpiling carrots in Summer, whomping enemies in Autumn, and destroying buildings in Winter. Players can mail away (represented in the game by a deck of cards) for items to help them in squashing the other players.[2]

Wabbit Wampage won the 1985 Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game.[3]

Gameplay[edit | edit source]

Wabbit Wampage is a game in which the players are titular Wabbits who war against both a farmer and each other to control the carrot crop and the farm buildings, and opportunities to cause mayhem.[4]

Reception[edit | edit source]

Craig Sheeley reviewed Wabbit Wampage in Space Gamer No. 76.[4] Sheeley commented that "Wabbit Wampage is not worth [the price]. It's a cute idea, and the mail-order shtick is worthy of TOON, but that's all. Furthermore, Wabbit Wampage isn't in the same class as Star Ace or Chill, and doesn't belong on the same shelves. It belongs in the same category as Monopoly, Risk, and Candyland."[4]

Charles Vasey reviewed Wabbit Wampage for White Dwarf #72, giving it an overall rating of 6 out of 10, and stated that "I may even say it is better researched and more redolent of its subject than are most wargames or RPGs. This is the Bushido of wampaging wabbitdom. It's also rather tedious in play with lots of inconclusive dice-rolling."[5]

Wabbit Wampage won the Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Game of 1985.[6]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon AnimalsFree registration required. Prentice Hall Press. p. 279. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wabbit Wampage on boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved October 29, 2012
  3. 1985 Winners of the Charles S. Roberts Awards. Retrieved October 29, 2012
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sheeley, Craig (Sep–Oct 1985). "Capsule Reviews". Space Gamer (Steve Jackson Games) (76): 34. 
  5. Vasey, Charles (December 1985). "Open Box". White Dwarf (Games Workshop) (Issue 72): 7. 
  6. "Origins Award/H.G. Wells Award Winners (1985)". Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2007-09-28.