Amoeba Wars is a science-fiction board game published by Avalon Hill in 1981. Players compete to take control of Saestor, the former capital of the empire. Reviewers of the time responded in different ways. Eric Goldberg in Ares Magazine treated it as a good investment, while David Ladyman in The Space Gamer found it uninteresting in general but allowed that other players might enjoy it, noticing undercurrents of Risk and Cosmic Encounter in its design. The article gives only a short account of the rules, so this entry records what the cited source supports and leaves the mechanics to a later depth pass.
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Playing Time PublisherThe Avalon Hill Game Co 3 Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
Game Type (category) Sources
1. Board Game Matcher: Amoeba Wars
2. Amoeba Wars (Wikipedia)
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Amoeba Wars is a 1981 board game published by Avalon Hill.
3. Amoeba Wars (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 150
- Designer: Garrett J. Donner
- Designer: Michael S. Steer
- Designer: Willis P. Carpenter
- Publisher: The Avalon Hill Game Co
- Game Category: Science Fiction
- Game Category: Wargame
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Grid Movement
- Game Mechanic: Hand Management
- Game Mechanic: Hexagon Grid
- Game Mechanic: Movement Points
- Game Mechanic: Simulation
- Game Mechanic: Variable Player Powers
- Game Mechanic: Variable Set-up
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 6
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