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Kung Fu 2100
"For years the CloneMasters have ruled the world. Their only foes are the Terminators — trained from birth in the martial arts. Now you are a Terminator. Your mission: smash your way into the CloneMaster's fortress . . . chop through his defenses ... to destroy him forever.
But his guards are many and loyal. Like you, they can kill with a single blow. And time is against you . . .
KUNG FU 2100 includes 112 counters in 3 colors; 16" x 21" rules sheet; 10" x 21" color map; extra CRT and record sheets; and ziplock bag for counters.
This game features a unique combat system to represent the various martial-arts attacks, defenses, and weapons.
For one or two players. Playing time under 90 minutes."

1980 ... B. Dennis Sustare & Steve Jackson, Forrest Johnson (editing) & Denis Loubet (illustrations) ... Steve Jackson Games

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Game Design (Volume 1: Theory & Practice)
"Written for the serious game designer — or for the amateur designer who'd like to be published professionally — GAME DESIGN combines practical "nitty-gritty" advice with theoretical background. You can learn, not just WHAT to do to design a good game, but WHY it works that way. This book will also be of interest to skilled Game Masters of role-playing games . . . and to the dedicated wargamer interested in learning more about his hobby. The play hints alone make GAME DESIGN an invaluable text.
Beginning with a discussion of the theoretical background of gaming, GAME DESIGN covers the historical development of the 'modern' wargame — from an occasional pastime for a dedicated few, to today's multimillion-dollar game industry. "How-to" sections include Mapping and Movement, Terrain, Combat and Play Sequence, Advanced Combat Systems, Research, Components, Playtesting, and more. A special chapter covers role-playing game design. For the would-be professional, there are chapters on Designing for the Market and Game Evaluation, as well as a bibliography of design resources.
Much of this material originally appeared in the magazine The Space Gamer. Now, thoroughly revised and updated (and with new chapters added), GAME DESIGN is available in book form. This is Volume 1: 'Theory and Practice.' Volume 2, a resource book for serious designers and Game Masters, will be available soon."

1981 ... Nick Schuessler & Steve Jackson ... 48 pages ... SJG 3101

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Raid on Iran
"On April 24, 1980, the United States launched a rescue mission to free 53 hostages held captive in Iran. Three helicopters failed on the way. The mission was aborted.
What if it had gone in?
RAID ON IRAN is a simulation of what might have been ... if the rescue mission had reached Teheran. The American commandos must find and free the embassy hostages - while holding off Iranian mobs and militants — and get them safely to the helicopters.
An alternate scenario examines the possibility that commandos might have tried to abduct the Ayatollah Khomeini himself... to exchange him for the hostages!
Components include full-color 16" x 21" embassy map; 119 counters in 3 colors; illustrated rules, charts, and tables; ziplock bag for counters; and plastic Pocket Box.
For 1 or 2 players. Playing time 60 to 90 minutes (Khomeini scenario, 15 to 30 minutes).

Game design by Steve Jackson; Cover by David R. Deitrick; Illustrated by Denis Loubet"

1981 ... SJG 1101

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Ogre: Tactical Ground Combat in the 21st Century
CONTENTS:
* rules booklet
* play map
* small sheet of counters & baggie

"The command post is well guarded. Tanks, armed hovercraft, missile cannon, infantrymen in powered armor — all with one job: to defend that vital spot. Your mission is to go in and destroy it. Alone.
But when those defenders see you, they'll wish they were somewhere else... Because you're not a man. You're a thinking machine - the deadliest device on any battlefield.
You're the OGRE.
OGRE is a tactical ground combat game set in the next century. In 2085 A.D., armored warfare continues - faster and deadlier than ever.. Hovercraft, tanks, and infantry slug it out with tactical nuclear devices. But the most feared weapon of all needs no human guidance. It's the giant cybernetic tank called the Ogre.

The basic version of OGRE gives one player a force of infantry and armor, and a command post he must defend. The other player has only one unit — but it's an Ogre. It's an even match. Advanced games allow solitaire, or multi-player action with Ogres on both sides. Optional rules include concealed units, mines, and self-destruct."

1977 ... Steve Jackson ... SJG 1106

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GEV: Tactical Ground Combat in the 21st Century From the World of OGRE
CONTENTS:
* rules booklet
* play map
* small sheet of counters & baggie

"In the year 2085, a tank duel lasts only seconds. An entire battle ends in minutes. Nuke-firing infantrymen dodge across the battleground in powered suits, trying to come (o grips with the enemy armor. And those armor units, both tanks and hovercraft, are deadly. Only a direct hit will take one out ... a miss may stun the crew, but their machine will keep trying to kill you!
G.E.V., sequel to OGRE, adds more detail to this fast-moving simulation of armored combat a century from now. G.E.V. is a new game - but it's wholly compatible with OGRE. Stacking and terrain rules, new unit types, the Mark IV Ogre, and more . . . Scenarios include Raid, Breakthrough, Ceasefire Collapse, and The Train. And within hours, you'll be inventing your own."

1978 ... Steve Jackson & Winchell Chung (Illustrations) & David R. Deitrick & Dave Martin (cover) & Denis Loubet (map art) ... SJG 1107

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Necromancer: A Fantasy Game for Two Players
"NECROMANCER is a fantasy game for two players. Each player becomes a Necromancer — a powerful wizard controlling the forces of the undead. As their skeletons and zombies battle, the Necromancers use their powers to take control of enemy units! The goal: to find the mystic Jewels of Power — and destroy the enemy Necromancer.
A unique combat system varies the power of a player's troops according to the number of units he controls; the more undead you control, the weaker each unit is. All counters are back-printed, since any unit may change sides.
Game components include a colorful 11" x 17" game map; 112 two-sided counters; 24 pages of rules; a ziplock bag to store the counters in; and the plastic Pocket Box."

1983 ... Steve Jackson Games 1110

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Shockwave: An OGRE and GEV Expansion Set
"Shockwave is a supplement for both Ogre and G.E. V. It includes 224 counters for a variety of new units; a 13" x 14 1/2" map that fits on any side of the G.E.V. map; and twelve scenarios (four for Ogre, eight for G.E.V.).
New units in Shockwave include a devastating Cruise Missile (and a Laser Tower to shoot it down); three new types of GEV; and the Superheavy Tank."

1984 ... Steve Jackson & Denis Loubet (art) ... SJG 7201

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Ogre Reinforcement Pack
"Ogre Reinforcement Pack — the G.E.V. and Shockwave supplement you've been waiting for: battle-ready replacements for scuffed-up counters and crumpled maps, along with four multi-map scenarios! New rules include towing options, random Ogre damage, and the variant Ogres previously available only in The Ogre Book. Fight to recover crippled Ogres on "The Day After," deliver a crippling punch to a Combine industrial complex in "Body Blow," or "Fake Out" the Paneuropeans by concealing your true objective until it's too late!
Components include a rules sheet with scenarios; four duplicate counter sheets from Ogre, G.E.V. and Shockwave; and two duplicate maps from G.E.V. and Shockwave."

1985, 1987 ... SJG 7202 ... ISBN 1556340737

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Globbo! - A Peculiar Game For Two Players
"An exceptionally strange game of exploding children and their cheerfully homicidal babysitter in a really alien playpen.

GLOBBO includes an illustrated rulebook, a 16" x 21" mapsheet, 140 cardboard playing pieces, and a ziplock bag to store the pieces between games. If you can bear to put it away..."

1984 ... Allen Varney ... SJG 1202

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Star Traders (Isaac Asimov Presents) [BOX SET]
CONTENTS:
• Illustrated rulebook with clear, easy-to-learn instructions
• Full-color galaxy gameboard
• Station and money counters
• 'Trader's Luck' and cargo cards
• 'Personality' cards
• Six colored rocket tokens

"In this game of the far future, the heroes aren't warriors. They're the daring captains who cross the galaxy with the rarest cargoes of a hundred worlds. They're the Star Traders'. Star Traders is an exciting game of travel and trade. Two to six players race to deliver the best cargoes and build trade stations. Both competition and cooperation are important. You can interfere with your opponents ... or help them out, for a price! In the end, only one player will be named the Imperial Trader. Star Traders plays on two levels. The basic game takes about an hour. The advanced game involves more planning, as you try to control strategic worlds, and takes 3 to 4 hours. "Star Traders is an excellent family game. It is easy to learn yet thought-provoking, and not just a matter of chance. There is ample occasion for strategy and decision-making. And a game can be finished within an hour or two! 'I have enjoyed playing Star Traders, and I am happy to have my name associated with it. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.' ...Isaac Asimov."

1987 ... Steve Jackson Games SJG 1304 ... ISBN 1556340834

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Coup: A Two Player Game of Riot, Rampage and Revolution [BOX SET]
"Game components include 8-page rulebook, 17" x 22" game map with large hexes, 112 full-color 3/4" die-cut counters (and two ziplock bags to hold them), and one die.

It's time for a revolution! Will you end up in the Leader's palace, or shoveling snow in the gulag?
Coup is in the great tradition of the old-style two-player wargames, with hex-map movement But it's a "beer-and-pretzels" game rather than a hard-core simulation. The emphasis is on taking and holding vital hexes like the Capitol and the Radio Station, rather than destroying enemy units. A game takes about an hour (two hours for the advanced scenario). Repeat play value is very high.
The Maximum Leader starts with much stronger forces ... even tanks and helicopters. The rebels are depending on rag-tag irregulars and rogue police -but they can raise mobs every turn, swamping the more powerful units. Play it as a strategy game ... or just for the fun of pushing the mangy rebels out of the Armory ... or of summoning mobs to keep the Maximum Leader on the run through the city."

1991 ... Steve Jackson & Ben Sargent ... SJG 1312 ... ISBN 1556342144

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Orbit War
Game components include 12-page rulebook, "quick start" setup sheet, 340 counters plus 50 dummies, 17" x 22" mounted map board, 2 dice and ziplock bag.

"The year is 2020. The world is once again divided into armed camps. Cold War II is edging toward World War III. And whoever controls space will own the Earth...
Orbit War is a game of superpower conflict in space ... from limited blockades to global war. Space stations and Space Marines, armed shuttles and orbital weapon platforms, nuclear missiles and smart mines, comsats and jammers and grim hunter-killer satellites - all join in the deadly orbital duel. Optional rules allow for salvage and repair of damaged units, and for surgical nuclear attacks on enemy launch facilities.
Players maneuver their units to hold strategic areas of space over the rotating Earth, and to destroy enemy forces. Movement and combat are fast, and a "quick start" sheet makes it easy to play your first game. But Orbit War is challenging. Can you control your force effectively in an environment where everything is moving?"

1992 ... Wallace Wang & Steve Jackson ... SJG 1318 ... ISBN 1556342527

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Dork Tower: A Board Game of Heroism and Whacking Monsters
"SLAY THE MONSTERS
GRAB THE GOLD
LEVEL UP
WHACK THE WIZARD

Welcome to the land of Aurora, where John Kovalic's beloved characters take their own characters for adventure. Play the role of Lumpin Lightfingers, Brother Zark, or one of the other four Dork Tower characters' characters as they journey through the forests, dungeons, and cities of this magical land.
Collect scrolls and magic items and prepare yourself to do battle atop the central 3-D cardboard tower with the evil wizard Z'Mindrik. But watch out; Z'Mindrik is guarded by dangerous, powerful monsters and the other players are dogging you every step of the way.
Everything you need to play is inside this box. Except for friends... which you'll have no problems finding as soon as they see that you have a copy of Dork Tower!
This game can be played by 2 to 6 players, but it's best with 3, 4, or 5.
For ages 12 and up.
Plays in 1-2 hours.
Includes over 100 die-cut pieces, 56 cards, one 17.5" x 23.5" map, 12-page booklet with rules and character sheets, 3-D cardboard tower, and two Chessex "Borealis" dice. (Oooooo! Sparkly!!)"

2003 ... Steve Jackson & Philip Reed ... SJG 1370 ... ISBN 1556347146

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