Re: [GZG] First Sci-Fi Game

The first set of SF ground combat rules I ever bought was a little 
duplicated booklet called SMASH (which IIRC stood for "Skirmish, 
Melee and Surface Happenings!") designed for use with things like the 
Airfix astronaut figures and any other small-scale toys you could 
find in those days - I think that was around 1972 or 73. I never 
played them as written, but they did inspire me to start designing my 
own rules to use with the Minifigs 25mm SciFi figures that became 
available around that time. The first really "commercially" produced 
set I bought was probably FGU's original Space Marines, closely 
followed by a copy of the first edition of Starguard.

My first Starship combat ones were Dave Rotor's "Galactic Warfare", 
printed by Skytrex  around 1973/4 for use with their very first 
resin-cast spaceships - both the minis and the rules were very 
simplistic but they caught my interest and led me to write what 
eventually became FT!

Jon (GZG)

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