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This is an overview article, listing content appearing in multiple Fallout media. For information specific to a given game or TV series, consult the table below. |
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Board games are tabletop games that typically use pieces that are moved or placed on a pre-marked playing surface, or board. They often include elements of table, card, and role-playing elements. They are junk items in Fallout 76 and can be scrapped for components.
Furthermore, Fallout: The Board Game, a Fallout-themed board game from Fantasy Flight Games, was released in 2017. Also Fallout Shelter: The Board Game, biased on Fallout Shelter was released in 2020.
Background[]
The history of board games goes back to ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and remained popular throughout human history. They were and still are a common way to pass time with friends both pre and post nuclear apocalypse.
Variants[]
AUTOPSY[]
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game's focus was to figure out what the alien is made of faster than the other players. It contains graphic content and is only suitable for ages ten and above.
A Better Life Underground[]
Presented by Abraxo, this Vault-themed board-game takes players through the average trials and tribulations of Vault-life.
The Big Score[]
The Big Score features around a bank heist centering around four characters: Diane Yung, Jake Spade, Ruby Rheinhart, and Alex Fiori.
BLAST RADIUS[]
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game's objective is to be the first player to make it to a safe distance from a nuclear explosion. The game board is divided into twelve sections with the middle holding a nuclear mushroom cloud spinner. Spinning it will make the arrow point to one of the sections, each having three layers with a circle containing a certain outcome or action to be taken by the player character. It is intended for ages 5 to 29, a text blurb describes the game as "an exciting new board game that brings friends, family, and nuclear explosions together. The first player to make it to a safe distance will survive. The rest will perish. Do you have what it takes?" "Use quick reaction and skill to get to a safe distance."
CATCH THE COMMIE[]
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this family-friendly game requires players to first cooperate to build a trap then compete against each other to catch to see who can catch the most communists. "The Red Menace is real!" "Build a crazy contraption piece-by-piece as you race around the track."[1]
Chess[]
Rather than dedicated chess pieces, wastelanders have had to use makeshift pieces to play the game, for instance using toy model robots.
Checkers[]
Rather than dedicated checker pieces, wastelanders have had to use makeshift pieces to play the game, for instance using bottlecaps.
Cold Steel[]
Published by Dynamite Animation Company that also produces the animated cartoon, Armor Ace and the Power Patrol. The player must face against the Canadian Partisans, Commissioner Chaos and the Yukon Five.
Escape from the 42nd Century[]
Based upon the radio-play of the same name, KD Inkwell is accidentally hurled into the future after equipment malfunction, where the dystopian Dolphin-Human hybrid MIND controls the world. The players take her role in trying to escape.
Fight for Freedom[]
Meant to commemorate the American Tricentennial, it takes players through several major moments of American history from the American Revolution to the end of the Anchorage Campaign.
Heart of Steel: A Dread Island Tale[]
Based on the series of books by Robin Zabrinski, the player follows the journey of the Franklin Siblings and their Assaultron bodyguard Hart.
The Legendary Run[]
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game was a part of The Adventures of Captain Cosmos multimedia franchise. The goal of the game is to race across the galaxy against the evil Dr. Zorbo. The player must complete challenges quickly to move forward in order to reach the end before Dr. Zorbo. A fuel gauge next to the board's instructions shows how long Dr. Zorbo must wait until he can move again.
March of Freedom[]
Published by the Dynamite Animation Company which also produces the animated cartoon, Armor Ace and the Power Patrol. It features the player as the Power Patrol facing off against the Chinese Red Vipers on the Alaskan battlefield.
Nuka-World[]
The players follow Nuka-Cola's mascots Cappy and Bottle through the Nuka-World amusement park.
RadPoker[]
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game's objective is to have players bluff and cheat their way to winning. The goal is to collect eight cards of the same mutant. It is intended for ages 7 to 99.[2] "Nobody is safe! Bluff and cheat! Make your friends loose by collecting eight cards of the same mutant!" "Best bluffing game of the year!"[1]
Red Rocket 'Across America' Presents: The City of Steel[]
Made by the Red Rocket company as part of a series, it presents Pittsburgh as the gameboard map.
Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt[]
Based on the Astoundingly Awesome Tales franchise, the players begin at the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant trekking through the wilderness hunting Cryptids. Pieces exist for Rip Daring, Guinevere, Percival, and the Bigfoot, while playing cards featuring Cryptids are used, including the Mothman, Sheepsquatch, and the Grafton Monster.
Scribe of Avalon[]
A board-game that follows the adventures of Astoundingly Awesome Tales' KD Inkwell. The players take the role of Inkwell, charged by the Guild of Antiquities to investigate the sudden rapid technological advancement of the medieval civilization of Avalon. The mission brief within the instruction manual tells players to meet with the knight Alistair and seek out the scribe Cynnoc.
Shoot for the Stars[]
A board game that is themed around Hollywood filmmaking. It includes references to films like Manzilloid vs. Roborilla, and Empire on the Nile.
Unstoppables ShiNdig![]
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this family-friendly game allowed for up to five players to become their favorite superhero from the The Unstoppables! comic franchise. Gameplay involves spinning and finding out whether your true enemy waits behind the mystery door.[citation needed]
The Unstoppables vs. the Diabolicals[]
A board game where the superhero team, the Unstoppables must face the supervillain team, the Diabolicals.
Zorbo's Revenge[]
Following the events of the Legendary Run, players aid Zorbo as he assembles a team of villains to construct his ultimate superweapon, the Star Mangler as he plots revenge against Captain Cosmos.
Real games[]
Fallout: The Board Game[]
Published by Fantasy Flight Games this Fallout-themed board game is tile-biased. In it, one to four players can either compete or work together. They can choose whether to play as a human, ghoul or super mutant and choose between four locations; the Capital Wasteland, the Pitt, the Commonwealth or Far Harbor. While exploring different location tiles, the players can gain equipment cards or special influence cards to advance their character. Each player also has a special character board, where they track equipment, hit points and radiation damage.
Fallout Shelter: The Board Game[]
Published by Fantasy Flight Games this Fallout-themed board game is based on the free-to-play mobile game Fallout Shelter. It was written by Andrew Fischer and released in July 2020.
Fallout Chess[]
Main article: Fallout Chess Set
Nuka-Cola Checkers[]
Main article: Nuka-Cola Checkers
Operation: Fallout[]
Main article: Operation: Fallout
Monopoly Fallout[]
Main article: Monopoly: Fallout
