Situation 7 is a puzzle and a game in one. The game consists of two identical puzzles in different shades (one blue and one purple). Players start by placing their edge piece on the planet on their side of the board. They then start building their puzzles as fast as possible with the restriction that every piece they place on the puzzle must connect to one of their pieces which is already on the board.
As they expand their puzzles they will complete planets and space stations. Points are awarded at the end of the game for owning complete planets as well as complete "sectors". The players also have three special facilities; the rocket base, the satellite base and the astronaut base. Astronauts defend territory by preventing their opponents from playing any piece which would connect to the piece on which the astronaut is sitting. Rockets and satellites allow the players to connect pieces to their opponent's puzzle instead of their own.
Play continues until the entire puzzle is completed. The player with the most territory, sectors and planets is the winner.
The puzzle which makes up the majority of the game is not difficult as puzzles go but having to assemble it fast brings a new dimension to puzzle building and the fact that the puzzle is circular makes it slightly more difficult. The puzzle adds a strategy element to the game; should you build as fast as possible and go for the most territory or should you concentrate on trying to build the special facilities for the additional points? Hand-eye coordination and pattern recognition are a must with this game.
This is the second game in the series. The first was called Situation 4 which took place on a battlefield with the players trying to assemble their puzzles to gain control of airfields and refineries and with the special facilities being tanks and paratroopers.
And we have more classic box art as well. Once again Mom is getting really into the game. I should comment on the sweater Dad is wearing, but I won't.
2 comments on Situation 7:
This is the best game ever! I am only 13...so this game is really really old but my friend's grandparents had it so we played it. It was soooo much fun, I had to come home and google it.
My grandmother bought me this game in the late 1960s. I always enjoyed it. Later when I had kids, they found it in my parents' attic. They enjoyed it as well. We eventually took it with us, and I still have it.