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They've Invaded Pleasantville (microgame)
''They've Invaded Pleasantville'' is a 1981 board game published by TSR. Gameplay ''They've Invaded Pleasantville'' is a game for two players who are townsfolk trying to alert their fellow townsmen of the invasion and avert the aliens' plans. Reception William A. Barton reviewed ''They've Invaded Pleasantville'' in ''The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the ...'' No. 42. Barton commented that "Unless you shudder every time you remember those old late-show sci-fi flicks or you tend to shun anything less complex than '' Freedom in the Galaxy'', you should find ''They've Invaded Pleasantville'' an amusing little diversion." References {{reflist Board games introduced in 1981 TSR, Inc. games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSR (company)
TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company, best known as the original publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). Its earliest incarnation, Tactical Studies Rules, was founded in October 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Gygax had been unable to find a publisher for ''D&D'', a new type of game he and Dave Arneson were co-developing, so founded the new company with Kaye to self-publish their products. Needing financing to bring their new game to market, Gygax and Kaye brought in Brian Blume in December as an equal partner. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' is generally considered the first tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG), and established the genre. When Kaye died suddenly in 1975, the Tactical Studies Rules partnership restructured into TSR Hobbies, Inc. and accepted investment from Blume's father Melvin. With the popular ''D&D'' as its main product, TSR Hobbies became a major force in the games industry by the late 1970s. Melvin Blume eventually transferred his shares to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |