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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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1. Board Game: Cerberus: The Proxima Centauri Campaign [Average Rating:5.96 Overall Rank:5822]
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Pocket game.
 
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2. Board Game: Invasion of the Air-eaters [Average Rating:6.16 Overall Rank:3871]
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Earth is invaded by SO2 breathers!
 
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3. Board Game: Invasion: Earth [Average Rating:6.02 Overall Rank:4800]
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Earth invaded by off-planet humans!
 
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4. Board Game: Renegade Legion: Prefect [Average Rating:5.91 Overall Rank:5640] [Average Rating:5.91 Unranked]
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5. Board Game: The Ythri [Average Rating:5.50 Unranked]
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Perhaps the oldest game in the list. Inspired by the Poul Anderson novel.
 
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Dan Blum
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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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  • Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:27 am
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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'.
 
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  • Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:24 am
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6. Board Game: Colony Delta: Earth vs. Sigma Draconis - A Colony World in the Balance [Average Rating:5.56 Unranked]
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7. Board Game: Dune [Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:88]
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Dune, Arrakis, Desert Planet.....
 
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8. Board Game: Hot Spot [Average Rating:5.26 Overall Rank:6539]
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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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Dan Blum
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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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  • Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:29 am
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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/
 
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9. Board Game: Starship Troopers [Average Rating:6.40 Overall Rank:1368]
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Some of the scenarios are invading world's the bugs have taken control of...
 
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10. Board Game: Godsfire [Average Rating:5.61 Overall Rank:5969]
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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.
 
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11. Board Game: Diadem [Average Rating:5.57 Unranked]
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An old favorite of mine
 
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12. Board Game: Revolt on Antares [Average Rating:6.11 Overall Rank:3672]
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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.)
 
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13. Board Game: Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century Game [Average Rating:6.39 Overall Rank:1619]
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robot Plenty-'O'-planets in this one! goo
 
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Would Assault on Hoth count?
 
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  • Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:17 am
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Cool, I already have 7 out of the first 10, I still really want Ythri though.
 
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