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The Taking Of A Planet
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Science fiction games that concentrate on the assault and conquest of a single planet. Planetary (whole-world) scale, not tactical battles on a section of a planet or asteroid.

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Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:25 am
1. Board Game: Cerberus: The Proxima Centauri Campaign [Average Rating:5.77 Overall Rank:4514]
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 Pocket game.
2. Board Game: Invasion of the Air-eaters [Average Rating:5.95 Overall Rank:3501]
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 Earth is invaded by SO2 breathers!
3. Board Game: Invasion: Earth [Average Rating:5.94 Overall Rank:3863]
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 Earth invaded by off-planet humans!
4. Board Game: Renegade Legion: Prefect [Average Rating:5.94 Unranked]
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5. Board Game: The Ythri [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
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 Perhaps the oldest game in the list. Inspired by the Poul Anderson novel.
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The novel in question being War of the Wing-Men, I believe (in case anyone goes looking for a novel called The Ythri, since there isn't one).
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I think this is actually based on 'People of the Wind'.

'War of the Wing-Men' is a great book too, though. It's out of print under that name but sometimes pops up as either 'Earth Book of Stormgate-2' or 'The Man Who Counts'.
6. Board Game: Colony Delta: Earth vs. Sigma Draconis - A Colony World in the Balance [Average Rating:6.10 Unranked]
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7. Board Game: Dune [Average Rating:7.67 Overall Rank:58]
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Richard Irving
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 Dune, Arrakis, Desert Planet.....
8. Board Game: Hot Spot [Average Rating:5.18 Overall Rank:4808]
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 Assault a planet of floating crusts on liquid hot magma... (Hey Aldie, I need a Dr. Eveil icon!)
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Did the Hot Spot map show the whole planet? I don't think it did, but I don't remember the game very well.
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HOT LAVA DEATH!!! Sorry, had to say it. ;)

Also noteworthy for being designed by Bill Armintrout, founder of one of the other great gaming Web sites: http://theminiaturespage.com/
9. Board Game: Starship Troopers [Average Rating:6.37 Overall Rank:1076]
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 Some of the scenarios are invading world's the bugs have taken control of...
10. Board Game: Godsfire [Average Rating:5.74 Overall Rank:4070]
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Edward Philippi
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 One of my favorite games. You can invade planets. Or if you'd rather, subvert their political systems, wreak havoc with their economies, storm them looking fornon-existant WMDs oops sorry. One of my favorite aspects is that specific military units can only be produced by certain political systems.
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Nice game but certainly doesn't deal with the conquest of a single planet. Standard multi-star system Galactic Empires stuff.
11. Board Game: Diadem [Average Rating:6.20 Unranked]
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 An old favorite of mine
12. Board Game: Revolt on Antares [Average Rating:6.08 Overall Rank:2853]
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 TSR minigame which was rad when I was in 6th grade. (The map doesn't look like a whole planet, but the left side does wrap around to the right.)
13. Board Game: Buck Rogers - Battle for the 25th Century Game [Average Rating:6.34 Overall Rank:1342]
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Would Assault on Hoth count?
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Cool, I already have 7 out of the first 10, I still really want Ythri though.
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