WorldKiller: The Game of Planetary Assault is a science fiction board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. in 1980. It was designed and graphically designed by Redmond A. Simonsen and first appeared as a free pullout game in the first issue of the company's science fiction magazine Ares, later also being sold as a boxed set. Two players take part: one commands an alien force trying to destroy the planet Greendream and the other commands the human defenders. The map is an eight by twelve grid in which every square stands for a stack of seven levels, with counters placed on markings to show their height. On a turn a player passes or gives one ship a single action, such as jumping, attacking, repairing, or a Pop that moves and attacks together at the cost of two points of damage. The aliens win by destroying the planet and the humans by preventing it. Contemporary reviewers in The Space Gamer and Fantastic judged the game simple and disappointing.
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Playing Time PublisherSPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) 2 Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game MechanicThree Dimensional Movement 2 Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player Count Sport
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1. WorldKiller: The Game of Planetary Assault (Wikipedia)
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is a science fiction board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1980
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WorldKiller is a two-player board wargame
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- Playing Time: 60
- Designer: Redmond Aksel Simonsen
- Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
- Game Category: Science Fiction
- Game Category: Wargame
- Game Mechanic: Area Movement
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Simulation
- Game Mechanic: Square Grid
- Game Mechanic: Three Dimensional Movement
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 2
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