Amoeba Wars (1981)

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Board Game Rank: 3148

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Designer	Willis P. Carpenter Garrett J. Donner Michael S. Steer
Artist	Jean Baer Dale Sheaffer Mick (Mike) Uhl Mark Wheatley Chris White (I) Show More »
Publisher	Avalon Hill
Year Published	1981
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 3, 4, 6 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	150 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanic	Variable Player Powers
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In Amoeba Wars, players play remnants of a fallen galactic civilization returning to its home sector, which had been overrun by space amoebae. Starting from corners of a hexagonal board, players direct fleets of ships to capture solar systems and push back amoeba infestations and renegade doomsday machines (relics of the empire), trying to control the central solar systems and retake Saestor, the old homeworld, at the center of the board.

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Publisher: Avalon Hill

Artist: Jean Baer, Dale Sheaffer, Mick (Mike) Uhl, Mark Wheatley, Chris White (I) more»

Year: 1981

Size: Avalon Hill Bookcase

1.90 pounds

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3	Rules Going for the win against the Doomsday Machine	2011-03-29	Stephen G...	10
5	Sessions 4-Player Solo Game	2010-10-30	Evil Wayne	2
2	General How do I make microbadges for this game?	2008-10-23	drpetrov	0
48	Reviews There’s Life, Jim, But Not As We Know It.	2008-08-14	da pyrate	1
0	Variants Addressing "Blitz" players	2008-06-12	TheChin!	2
4	General How about a reprint?	2007-10-02	Kaleljorson7	5
9	Reviews User Review	2005-04-15	snoozefest	0
6	Variants Simple Rule Change makes this game much better	2005-03-22	warbear2	5
0	General Subtle flaw in the rules! Anyone got a fix?	2003-09-02	bwechner	11
0	Sessions Session Report	2002-03-26	BoardGame...	0

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Board Game Rank:	3148
War Game Rank:	1311
Num Ratings:	386
Average Rating:	5.94
Standard Deviation:	1.48
Num Views:	30466
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.1
Fans:	9

Personal Comments:	179
Users Owning:	666
Users Wanting:	13
Users Trading:	62 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	2
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Total Plays:	152
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