Hot Spot (1979)

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Designer	W. G. Armintrout
Artist	Pat Hidy
Publisher	Metagaming Concepts
Year Published	1979
# of Players	2
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Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
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Category	Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Primary Name	Hot Spot
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Microgame #15 in the Metagaming Microgames series is a tactical game about the Technocrat raid on Chiros. The Ziegler Corporations maintains fragile, floating platforms called crustals that move through the molten rock. The crustals are defended by infantry and hovercraft. The Technocrat attackers are strong, but they must capture crustals quickly, before their units melt into the lava.

Contents include a playing map, an illustrated rules booklet, and counters for both the crustals and combat units

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Year: 1979

Product Code: MicroGame 15

Size: 7.00 x 4.25 x 0.10 inches

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14	Reviews An adventure in urgency	2010-01-19	airjudden	3
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5	General Description, counter manifest and comments	2007-10-01	ltmurnau	0

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New HS Counters

New Hot Spot counters with my own artwork. Slightly different mix of infantry for accounting purposes. Central crustal counter is optional; just to match the floating ones.

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2010-08-09

Crustal and AP placement sheet

This sheet unclutters the board by allowing placement of units on this representation of the crustals and attack platforms that move on the small map. Hit points for each type of crustal (AP) can be checked off below each graphic.

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Hot Spot.zip

Cyberboard Gamebox for Hot Spot

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