Dragonriders of Pern (1983)

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Designer	Sam Lewis
Artist	David B. Bromley Jim Clouse Tim Hildebrandt Michael Whelan Robin Wood Show More »
Publisher	Mayfair Games
Year Published	1983
# of Players	1 − 7
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Novel-based Science Fiction
Mechanic	Campaign / Battle Card Driven Co-operative Play
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Family	Animals: Dragons
Primary Name	Dragonriders of Pern
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Dragonriders of Pern presents the struggle among the Leaders of the six different Weyrs to be recognized as leader of Pern. Each player vies with the others for the support of the Lord Holders while simultaneously keeping Pern free of Thread. If the northern continent of Pern has been so Threaded that it cannot support life, then all the players lose, along with Pern.

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Dragonriders of Pern

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Second Edition, including Southern Weyr

Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: David B. Bromley, Jim Clouse, Michael Whelan, Robin Wood more»

Year: 1989

Product Code: Mayfair 455

Size: GMT standard box

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First Edition

Publisher: Mayfair Games

Artist: Tim Hildebrandt

Year: 1983

Product Code: Mayfair 507

Size: 11.00 x 9.00 x 1.00 inches

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0	General How it play solitaire? differences between editions?	2011-09-01	rsitaly	1
0	General Plese help with the scans of the basic rules an a few cards.	2010-06-09	Ned Ludd	2
6	General Dragonriders of Pern (Mayfair Games): Definitive Parts List	2009-10-29	Necromancyr	2
3	General Augh! Missed it on auction!	2009-10-20	Necromancyr	2
2	General Definitive Components List...	2009-10-07	Original_...	0
1	General Missing card #73 but have two #72s	2009-06-03	DrFlanagan	4
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0	Rules Looking for the Basic Game rules	2008-06-08	pekin2121	3
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Vassal module	http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Dragonride...	2012-04-06
Wiki Page for Dragonriders of Pern Book Series	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonriders_of_Pern	2011-10-31