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Triplanetary
''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. History First edition ''Triplanetary'' was designed by Marc W. Miller and John Harshman, loosely based on novels and short stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, particularly the ''Future History'' works of Robert Heinlein. ''Triplanetary'' was originally conceived as the first part of a proposed series of games that was to be named ''"The Stars! The Stars!"'' As Miller related, a late-night session of ''Lensman'' with Harshman using blank hex-grid battle board combat "inspired the design for ''Triplanetary'', with its image of our solar system and use of vector movement". In 1976, GDW released ''Triplanetary Variant V/2'', an expansion of the suggested "Prospecting" scenario that was part of the original Errata sheets. Second edition GDW published a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triplanetary Rulesbook
''Triplanetary'' is a science fiction board wargame originally published by Game Designers' Workshop in 1973 in games, 1973. The game is a simulation of Outer space, space ship travel and combat within the Solar System in the early 21st Century. History First edition ''Triplanetary'' was designed by Marc W. Miller and John Harshman, loosely based on novels and short stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, particularly the ''Future History (Heinlein), Future History'' works of Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Heinlein. ''Triplanetary'' was originally conceived as the first part of a proposed series of games that was to be named ''"The Stars! The Stars!"'' As Miller related, a late-night session of ''Lensman (game), Lensman'' with Harshman using blank hex-grid battle board combat "inspired the design for ''Triplanetary'', with its image of our solar system and use of vector movement". In 1976, GDW released ''Triplanetary Variant V/2'', an expansion of the suggested "Prospecting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lensman (game)
''Lensman'' is a wargame first published in 1969. In ''Lensman'', which was designed by Philip N. Pritchard, players explore, develop and engage in combat in a space setting based on the Lensman series. Upon its release, it was the first science fiction wargame to be available commercially. ''Lensman'' was generally praised for its gameplay, but criticized for its complex rules.'''' Background ''Lensman'' is based on the Lensman series of novels by E. E. Smith. Publication history ''Lensman'' was first published in 1969 and was designed by Philip N. Pritchard. The second edition was released later that year by Spartan International. A third edition was released in 2010 as ''Phil Pritchard's Lensman.'' Gameplay The game depicts a battle between Arisians and Eddorians on a two-dimensional space map. Players can explore the area, develop worlds, and fight. Combat can occur on strategic and tactical levels, the latter using rules developed from the ''Jutland'' (1967).'''' Recep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers. History Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. The founding members consisted of Frank Chadwick, Rich Banner, Marc Miller, and Loren Wiseman. GDW acquired the Conflict Games Company from John Hill in the early 1970s. GDW published a new product approximately every twenty-two days for over twenty years. In an effort to bridge the gap between role players, board wargamers and miniature wargamers, the company published RPGs with fantastic settings alongside games with realistic themes including rulesets for 15mm and 20mm miniatures set during the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the modern era; and boardgames involving these eras such as the ''Air Superiority'' series and ''Harpoon''. The company disbanded February 29, 1996 after suffering financial troubles. Products Role-pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harshman
John Harshman is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career In 1975, Game Designers' Workshop published '' Triplanetary'' by Harshman and Marc Miller. Harshman, Frank Chadwick Frank Chadwick is an American multiple-award-winning game designer and ''New York Times'' best selling author. He has designed hundreds of games, his most notable being the role-playing games ''En Garde!'', '' Space: 1889'' and ''Twilight 2000' ..., and Loren Wiseman helped Miller design '' Traveller'' and the game was published in 1977. Harshman had been overseeing the direction of ''Travellers Imperium in-house, and as GDW licensed ''Traveller'' to other companies, he became the contact man for these various publishers. Personal life Harshman earned a doctorate in zoology and now lives in California. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harshman, John Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Role-playing game designers Year of birth m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 In Games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, and miniatures games published in 1973. For video games, see 1973 in video gaming. Games released or invented in 1973 Significant games-related events of 1973 *Game Designers' Workshop founded. *TSR, Inc. founded. TSR will later release ''Dungeons & Dragons'', the first role-playing game. See also * 1973 in video gaming References {{DEFAULTSORT:1973 In Games Games A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such ... Games by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Banner
Paul Richard "Rich" Banner is an American game designer and graphic artist. Beginnings Rich Banner and Frank Chadwick formed the ISU Game Club at the Illinois State University (Normal, Illinois). Banner engineered a grant which funded the printing of blank hex sheets (suitable for making wargame maps) and they began drafting a variety of designs, some derivative of existing games at the time, and some original concepts. In 1973, Illinois State University, under a program to fund educational innovation, created SimRAD (Simulation Research, Analysis, and Design), which designed games for implementation in the college classroom. At about the same time, Banner and Chadwick, along with newcomers Marc Miller and Loren Wiseman, decided to publish a massive World War II simulation game, and founded Game Designers' Workshop as their publishing company. As university funding dried up for SimRAD, the three shifted their attention to the commercial sector. Game Designers' Workshop Game Desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter (board Wargames)
A counter is usually a small cardboard square moved around on the map of a board wargame to represent relevant information or determine certain things. The first wargame based on cardboard counters was ''War Tactics or Can Great Britain Be Invaded?'' invented by Arthur Renals of Leicester in 1911.Christopher Lewin, ''War Games and their History'', Chapter 8, Fonthill Media, Stroud (GB) 2012, The first wargame bringing counters to a mass-market was Tactics (game), ''Tactics'', invented by Charles S. Roberts in 1952. Traditional wargames typically have hundreds of counters (''The Russian Campaign'', 225; ''Squad Leader#GI: Anvil of Victory, GI: Anvil of Victory'', 856; ''Terrible Swift Sword (game), Terrible Swift Sword'', 2,000). ''Squad Leader'' had counters of different sizes: 520 -inch counters and 192 -inch, with the different sizes used for different purposes. Boardgame counters are often closely related to military map marking symbols, such as those seen in the NATO standar ... [...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 wargames of all scales. The 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 ''hex'') 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 contact at only a point. One disadvantage of a hex map is that hexes have adjacent cells in only six directions ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acetate
An acetate is a salt (chemistry), salt formed by the combination of acetic acid with a base (e.g. Alkali metal, alkaline, Alkaline earth metal, earthy, Transition metal, metallic, nonmetallic or radical Radical (chemistry), base). "Acetate" also describes the conjugate acid, conjugate base or ion (specifically, the negatively charged ion called an anion) typically found in aqueous solution and written with the chemical formula . The neutral molecules formed by the combination of the acetate ion and a ''positive'' ion (called a cation) are also commonly called "acetates" (hence, ''acetate of lead'', ''acetate of aluminum'', etc.). The simplest of these is hydrogen acetate (called acetic acid) with corresponding salts, esters, and the polyatomic ion, polyatomic anion , or . Most of the approximately 5 billion kilograms of acetic acid produced annually in industry are used in the production of acetates, which usually take the form of polymers. In nature, acetate is the most common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never far from the Sun, either as morning star or evening star. Aside from the Sun and Moon, Venus is the brightest natural object in Earth's sky, capable of casting visible shadows on Earth at dark conditions and being visible to the naked eye in broad daylight. Venus is the second largest terrestrial object of the Solar System. It has a surface gravity slightly lower than on Earth and has a very weak induced magnetosphere. The atmosphere of Venus, mainly consists of carbon dioxide, and is the densest and hottest of the four terrestrial planets at the surface. With an atmospheric pressure at the planet's surface of about 92 times the sea level pressure of Earth and a mean temperature of , the carbon dioxide gas at Venus's surface is in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo. All spacecraft except single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle (carrier rocket). On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a space vehicle enters space and then returns to the surface without having gained sufficient energy or velocity to make a full Earth orbit. For orbital spaceflights, spacecraft enter closed orbits around the Earth or around other celestial bodies. Spacecraft used for human spaceflight carry people on board as crew or passengers from start or on orbit (space stations) only, whereas those used for robotic space missions operate either autonomously or telerobotically. Robotic spacecraft used to support scientific re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the Sun's planets. It is named after the Roman god ' ( Mercury), god of commerce, messenger of the gods, and mediator between gods and mortals, corresponding to the Greek god Hermes (). Like Venus, Mercury orbits the Sun within Earth's orbit as an inferior planet, and its apparent distance from the Sun as viewed from Earth never exceeds 28°. This proximity to the Sun means the planet can only be seen near the western horizon after sunset or the eastern horizon before sunrise, usually in twilight. At this time, it may appear as a bright star-like object, but is more difficult to observe than Venus. From Earth, the planet telescopically displays the complete range of phases, similar to Venus and the Moon, which recurs over its synodic period of approximately 116 days. The synodic proximity of Mercury to Earth makes Mercury most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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