Re: Complexity/Campaigns

Winchell Chung wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Imre A. Szabo wrote:
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> > Everything you want has already been done in a MetaGaming classic
still
> > available from Avalon Hill called "Stellar Conquest."
> 
>	  *Sigh* Memories, ah, memories!
> 
>	  Stellar Conquest was my *first* SF boardgame, back in
>	  1972.  It came in a manila envelope.	It is still
>	  a classic.

My first wargame was Metagaming's Warpwar.  Very simple, easy to modify.
I still like that game after all these years.

> 
>	  It was the inspiration for several computer games,
>	  most notably Reach For The Stars and Master of Orion.
> 
>	  My other most favorite game from the period is
>	  the classic TRIPLANETARY, with newtonian vector
>	  movement by drawing vectors on the hex grid
>	  with an erasable china-writer pencil.
> 
>	  Many people have tried to combine the two.

On the Triplanetary front, Steve Jackson bought the rights to it a while
back.  On his webpage, he says he wants to come out with a NEW version,
including new rules, more scenarios, ect.  It is on the back burner for
now.

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