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Nebula 19
''Nebula 19'' is a science fiction board wargame published by the Mishler Company in 1971. Gameplay ''Nebula 19'' is a two-player wargame of interstellar starship combat that takes place in a starcluster consisting of 15 stars and seven large nebulae. In addition to using traditional two-dimensional X- and Y-axis coordinates on a hex map to track unit location, players also add a Z-axis coordinate indicating the unit's altitude above the map to simulate a three-dimensional combat system. Each player makes their moves on a separate map in order to make hidden movements. At the end of each movement phase, the players compare their relative positions and engage in combat if ships are within range. There are three levels of play: * Basic * Standard: Adds tracking (ship type and strength is not revealed until probed), and hyperspace movement * Advanced: Adds supply points, and player ship design Several scenarios are provided, including a four-player combat — which requires an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Of Nebula 19 1977
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Board Wargame
A board wargame is a wargame with a set playing surface or board game, board, as opposed to being played on a computer or in a more free-form playing area as in miniatures games. The modern, commercial wargaming hobby (as distinct from military exercises, or Military simulation, war games) developed in 1950s in games, 1954 following the publication and commercial success of ''Tactics (game), Tactics''.. The board wargaming hobby continues to enjoy a sizeable following, with a number of List of wargame publishers, game publishers and gaming conventions dedicated to the hobby both in the English-speaking world and further afield. In the United States, commercial board wargames (often shortened to "wargames" for brevity) were popularized in the early 1970s. Elsewhere, notably Great Britain where miniatures had evolved its own commercial hobby, a smaller following developed. The genre is still known for a number of common game-play conventions (or game mechanics) that were developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishler Company
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Mishler is a surname first found in Baden. It is perhaps an occupational surname in origin, being derived from the Middle High German word "Mutze". Notable people with the surname include: * Floyd Mishler (1892–1973), American football coach and physical education advocate * Jacob Mishler (1911–2004), American federal judge * James Mishler (born 1969), American writer and editor * Jeffrey Allen Mishler (born 1956), known professionally as Jeff Allen, American comedian * Reese Mishler (born 1991), American actor * Ryan Mishler (born 1968), American politician See also * Mishler, Ohio *Mishler Theatre The Mishler Theatre is a Beaux-Arts stage and movie theater located at 1208 Twelfth Avenue in Altoona, Pennsylvania. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hex Map
A hex map, hex board, or hex grid is a game board design commonly used in simulation games of all scales, including wargames, role-playing games, and strategy games in both board games and video games. A hex map is subdivided into a hexagonal tiling, small regular hexagons of identical size. Advantages and disadvantages The primary advantage of a hex map over a traditional square grid map is that the distance between the center of each and every pair of adjacent hex cells (or ''hexes'') is the same. By comparison, in a square grid map, the distance from the center of each square cell to the center of the four diagonal adjacent cells it shares a corner with is times that of the distance to the center of the four adjacent cells it shares an edge with. This equidistant property of all adjacent hexes is desirable for games in which the measurement of movement is a factor. The other advantage is the fact that neighbouring cells always share edges; there are no two cells with co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Lombardy
Dana Lombardy is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games. Career Dana Lombardy designed the award-winning ''Streets of Stalingrad'' board wargame, published in 1979 with three separate editions since its first release. He is also known for his appearances on various television shows, including multiple episodes of the History (U.S. TV channel), History Channel's ''Tales of the Gun''. Lombardy has contributed as an editor, cartographer, graphic artist, and designer to many books, games, and magazines. He served as publisher of ''Napoleon Journal'' from 1996 to 2000. Lombardy contributed the "Gaming" column to ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' from January 1983 to April 1986, which was then continued by Matthew Costello. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lombardy, Dana Board game designers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Wargame designers Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Space Gamer
''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. The magazine is no longer published, but the rights holders maintain a web presence using its final title ''Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer''. History ''The Space Gamer'' (''TSG'') started out as a digest quarterly publication of the brand new Metagaming Concepts company in March 1975. Howard M. Thompson, the owner of Metagaming and the first editor of the magazine, stated "The magazine had been planned for after our third or fourth game but circumstances demand we do it now" (after their first game, '' Stellar Conquest''). Initial issues were in a plain-paper digest format. By issue 17, it had grown to a full size bimonthly magazine, printed on slick paper. When Steve Jackson departed Metagaming to found h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellar Conquest
''Stellar Conquest'' is a science fiction board game published by Metagaming Concepts in 1974. Description ''Stellar Conquest'' is a science fiction board game for 2–4 players that is a prototype of the 4X strategy game genre. The game features various interstellar ship types that are used to transfer populations around the game's universe, populate planets, and ultimately defeat opponents by slowly improving technology, movement, and offensive capabilities. The board The board is a hex grid map containing stars of varying colors. Stars may have planets that are suitable for colonization. Blue stars can feature stellar nurseries or areas undergoing accretion, which impedes movement through those hexes. Basic rules Each player starts in an opposite corner of the board, each with a number of markers that represent ships of various types. For the first four turns the corner square counts as a populated planet. In addition, all ships may move only two spaces, but it is possible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri (, α Cen, or Alpha Cen) is a star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It consists of three stars: Rigil Kentaurus (), Toliman (), and Proxima Centauri (). Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun at 4.2465 light-years (ly) which is 1.3020 parsecs (pc). Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman are Sun-like stars ( class G and K, respectively) that together form the binary star system . To the naked eye, these two main components appear to be a single star with an apparent magnitude of −0.27. It is the brightest star in the constellation and the third-brightest in the night sky, outshone by only Sirius and Canopus. Rigil Kentaurus has 1.1 times the mass () and 1.5 times the luminosity of the Sun (), while Toliman is smaller and cooler, at and less than . The pair orbit around a common centre with an orbital period of 79 years. Their elliptical orbit is eccentric, so that the distance between A and B varies fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starfall (board Game)
''Starfall'' is a 1979 board game published by Yaquinto Publications. Gameplay ''Starfall'' is a game where 2-4 empires in the 24th-century must find, conquer, and colonize other systems and as they also fight against each other. Reception John Filiatreau from ''The Courier-Journal'' of Louisville, Kentucky said that "The game does require a lot of imagination, a measure of patience, and a couple of free hours. It is not for casual play." Jeff Jacobson reviewed ''Starfall'' in ''The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...'' No. 29. Jacobson commented that "''Starfall'' is worth its price in cash and learning time. But there are other games more worthwhile." Steve List reviewed ''Starfall'' in '' Ares Magazine'' #8 and commented that "''Starfall'' is reminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the creation of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', SJ Games created several role-playing and strategy games with science fiction themes. SJ Games' early titles were microgames initially sold in 4×7 inch Ziploc bags, and later in the similarly sized Pocket Box. Games such as ''Ogre'', '' Car Wars'', '' Illuminati'', and ''G.E.V.'' (an ''Ogre'' spin-off) were popular during SJ Games' early years. Game designers such as Loren Wiseman and Jonathan Leistiko have worked for Steve Jackson Games. Today SJ Games publishes a variety of games, such as card games, board games, strategy games, and in different genres, such as fantasy, science fiction, and gothic horror. It also published the book ''Principia Discordia'', the sacred text of the Discordian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Games Introduced In 1971
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