Rivets (board game)

Rivets is a two-player game featuring combat between robotic tanks, taking place after the human race has been annihilated.

[2] In the inaugural edition of Ares Magazine (March 1980), David Ritchie was not impressed by this game, finding it boring and predictable, saying, "If it all sounds slightly silly ... it is.

Goodwin found too many acronyms in the rules, using as an example, "If a BCPC attacks a TB (PTA RBs) and rolls an AR on the CRT, do you treat it as NE?"

However, he thought the actual game was challenging and enjoyable, calling it "quite exceptional value in terms of its sustained interest value."

"[2] In Issue 27 of Simulacrum, Brian Train noted, "There is enough variation in the types of robots, combined with the ability to re-program them during the game, to keep trying out new strategies and force mixes for some time.