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Triplanetary

Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games), 1973

Triplanetary is a tabletop game published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games) in 1973. It is played with 2 to 3 players, from age 12 and in about 45 minutes.

players
2–3
minutes
45
years
12+

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Publishers
Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games), Steve Jackson Games
Designers
John Harshman, Marc W. Miller
Artwork
Paul Richard "Rich" Banner, Ben Williams
Year of release
1973
Also known as
Triplanetary: The Classic Game of Space Combat

About the game

Triplanetary is a science fiction board wargame originally published by Game Designers' Workshop in 1973. The game is a simulation of space ship travel and combat within the Solar System in the early 21st Century.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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