Designer	Greg Costikyan
Artist	David R. Dietrick Norman Royal
Publisher	Excalibre Games, Inc. Metagaming Concepts
Year Published	1981
# of Players	2 − 4
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Playing Time	240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	16 and up
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Category	Economic Science Fiction Space Exploration
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Dice Rolling Paper-and-Pencil
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Family	Metagaming Microgames series
Primary Name	Trailblazer
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Microgame #20 in the Metagaming Microgames series, Trailblazer is an economic simulation set in a period of interstellar expansion. Players discover new systems and buy and sell various goods based on what the planets produce and consume. Supply and demand are modeled by fluctuating values based on the numbers of goods sold. Interstellar travel is dangerous and fleets may be randomized away from their intended destination.

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Trailblazer

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Year: 1981

Product Code: 3120

Size: 7.12 x 4.25 x 0.62 inches

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Trailblazer Cheat Sheets

Contains - Turn summary - Laws and special cases summary - 4-page detailed turn sheet for players which includes relevant rolls and tables - Larger world tracking sheets with initial worlds filled in on one page and a fully blank page for additional worlds.

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Goods Storage Tables for Fleets, Factors, and Home Office.

Record the Goods Number in the appropriate block. For Fleets, circle either S (Scout) or T (Transport), and X-out one block for a scout.

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Star Chart filled in with data for known worlds

Column 1: Consumed (X) or Produced (Filled in) Good Column 2: Consumed Demand Letter Column 3: Consumed Demand Modifier or Produced Price Multiplier. Column 4: Current Demand Number or Current Production. Column 5: Starting Demand Number or Starting Production.

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Blank Star Chart

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Exploration Tables

These are the seven exploration tables taken from the rules and presented in an easier-to-read format.

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Price Determination Tables

These are the six Price Determination Tables from the rules in an easier-to-read format.

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