Robots! (1980)

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Designer	William Ferguson, III Mike Joslyn
Artist	Alvin Belflower Bob Bingham R. Vance Buck Allen D. Eldridge Stephen G. Wilcox Show More »
Publisher	Task Force Games
Year Published	1980
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Primary Name	Robots!
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Robots is a post-apocalyptic game of humans mining Earth using robotic machines, after Earth has been wiped out in a series of World Wars. As usual someone wants all of the mining wealth so a war is started using the robots.

The game has a mechanic of creating/building the robots you use after collecting the resources you need to build them.

This one of the pocket games from Task Force Games.

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Contents:

Rulebook
16" x 20" Mapsheet
108 Playing Pieces (Counters)

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Robots!

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Pocket game in zip-lock

Publisher: Task Force Games

Artist: Alvin Belflower, Bob Bingham, R. Vance Buck, Allen D. Eldridge, Stephen G. Wilcox more»

Year: 1980

Product Code: 1013

Size: 8.50 x 5.25 x 0.50 inches

0.15 pounds

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4	Reviews Robots! The Sixth World War	2006-10-09	Badgeroonie

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Robots! Holding Boxes

If you have played a game like Wilderness War, you know how useful the off-map holding boxes are. Instead of moving around a large stack of counters, you move around one counter and all of the rest are in an associated holding box. This allows for up to 13 different robots and the 3 factories for each player. You will need extra blank counters with numbers filled in. Each ties to a box that both players can see.

airjudden

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Robots! Master Table Chart

Instead of flipping back and forth through the book, all tables are consolidated in one space.

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War Game Rank:	1379
Num Ratings:	49
Average Rating:	6.16
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