Starfire III, Empires (1982)

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Designer	David M. Weber
Artist	R. Vance Buck Gary A. Kalin
Publisher	Task Force Games
Year Published	1982
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2, more than 2 players Recommended with 2, more than 2 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	14 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (3 voters) [vote]
Category	Expansion for Base-game Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanic	Area-Impulse Hex-and-Counter Modular Board Variable Player Powers
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Expands	Starfire Starfire II
Family	Starfire
Primary Name	Starfire III, Empires
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Starfire III, Empires was the third expansion to the original pocket game Starfire. Starfire III, Empires is a set of campaign rules allowing players to create their own races, colonize planets, research technologies, using the original Starfire tactical space combat of the Starfire system.

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Starfire III, Empires

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Task Force Pocket game in grip top

Publisher: Task Force Games

Artist: R. Vance Buck, Gary A. Kalin

Year: 1981

Product Code: 1018

Size: 8.50 x 5.50 x 0.20 inches

0.18 pounds

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Average Rating:	6.02
Standard Deviation:	1.58
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.4
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Personal Comments:	34
Users Owning:	170
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Rank	1931
Num Ratings	204
Average Rating	6.78
Average Weight	2.63

Num Owned	421
Prev. Owned	62
For Trade	19
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Wishlist	35
Comments	88
Year Published	1979

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Rank	3294
Num Ratings	105
Average Rating	6.50
Average Weight	2.82

Num Owned	214
Prev. Owned	38
For Trade	9
Want in Trade	15

Wishlist	14
Comments	45
Year Published	1980

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