Outdoor Survival (1972)

Lost and alone, you must survive and escape the woods. There are 5 different scenarios from inexperienced hikers lost in the woods to a rescue party trying to find a lost person. You will have to deal with animals, finding food and water, mother nature and sickness without dying to win.

The GENERAL Index Article List:

• The GENERAL Vol.16,No.6
  • Outdoor Survival – “The Hunt - A Scenario For Outdoor Survival” (Scenarios) Rick Mathews
• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.5
  • Outdoor Survival – “Wilderness Encounter - Outdoor Survival in Yellowstone ” (Variant) Scott Gavin

Outdoor Survival (1972)
Freelance design redesigned by Avalon Hill
Designed by Jim Dunnigan & Tom Shaw
Development by Don Greenwood

Perhaps the classic example of the difficulty of judging in advance what game will be a marketing success. This off-beat subject matter was undertaken at the request of Stackpole Books who underwrote half of the development costs. The design contract was given once again to Dunnigan, but his submitted version was judged too complicated for the general market at which this product was aimed and Shaw promptly cut it down to size with a “redesign” effort of his own and the whole thing was rewritten by Don Greenwood as his first development job. A very mediocre game in this author’s judgment, it remains to this day one of the company’s best sellers—proving once again the importance of a beautiful box and striking title.

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