Artifact (1980)

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Designer	Glenn Williams
Artist	Doug Potter
Publisher	Metagaming Concepts
Year Published	1980
# of Players	2
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Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Category	Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Family	Metagaming Microgames series
Primary Name	Artifact
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Microgame #16 in the Metagaming Microgames series is a two-player SF wargame of conflict on the Moon centering on an alien artifact called "the dingus." The official rules offer four 10-turn scenarios: three between American and Soviet "research teams" competing for control of the dingus, and one between the Americans and the alien race they've inadvertently summoned with the dingus.

Approximate playing time is a guess.

Isn't identified as a MicroGame on the box cover.

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Publisher: Metagaming Concepts

Artist: Doug Potter

Year: 1980

Size: 7.00 x 4.00 x 0.30 inches

0.08 pounds

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Publisher: Metagaming Concepts

Artist: Doug Potter

Year: 1980

Product Code: 3116

Size: 7.12 x 4.25 x 0.68 inches

0.10 pounds

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New counters for Artifact

Well the title pretty much explains it. They're new counters.

AaronPaulus

2012-04-11

Artifact.zip

Cyberboard PBEM gamebox

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2004-02-08

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