Material World (1995)

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Designer	Kent Mitchell Alexis Papahadjopoulos
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Publisher	Strange Magic Games
Year Published	1995
# of Players	2 − 5
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Playing Time	240 minutes
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A game of building caravan/shipping routes to new territories to acquire resources and carefully using them to increase the level of civilization while avoiding or defeating the armed forces of the opponent. The map covers the entire world and the five possible powers are Britain, Germany, France, Russia and the Ottoman Empire.

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Material World

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Publisher: Strange Magic Games

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Year: 1995

Size: 18.00 x 9.00 x 1.50 inches

1.75 pounds

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Material World Rules Re-drafted

Re-write of the rules to Material World, including material from a published FAQ.

Andy Parsons

2011-09-19

Material World Designers Notes.txt

Designers Notes by Kent Mitchell from defunct bouldergames.com website

Zabadoh

2006-12-29

MATERIAL WORLD.doc

Re-drafted rules

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2004-05-23

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Pirates & Explorers Version Rules	http://web.archive.org/web/20021205142126/http://m...	2007-03-30
More specific link to spotlightongames analysis of Material World	http://spotlightongames.com/military/mnights/m.htm...	2006-12-28
Designer's Notes	http://www.bouldergames.com/gamenotes_1006.html	2001-11-02
Official FAQ (Web Grognards)	http://www.grognard.com/titlem.html	2001-11-02