Atlantis - 12500 B.C.

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Atlantis - 12500 B.C. is a 1976 board wargame published by Excalibre Games Inc.

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Gameplay

Atlantis - 12500 B.C. is a science fiction and fantasy game in which people in a mythological and ancient setting fight with futuristic weaponry. [1]

Reception

Tracy Harms reviewed Atlantis - 12500 B.C. in The Space Gamer No. 16. [1] Harms commented that "The ultimate failing of an incomplete rules system is not in the basics of play, but in the nature of intense competition in wargaming." [1]

David Ritchie reviewed Atlantis: 12,500 B.C. in Ares Magazine #1, rating it a 1 out of 9. [2] Ritchie commented that "The rules are so sketchy as to be non-existent and, if it weren't for the fact that this regurgitation of low-grade pulpdom's worst sins is so unintentionally funny, the game would long ago have been confiscated by the Surgeon-General as hazardous to our mental health. By all means, do throw your money away on this." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Harms, Tracy (March–April 1978). "Atlantis 12,500 B. C.". The Space Gamer . Metagaming (16): 26.
  2. 1 2 Ritchie, David (March 1980). "A Galaxy of Games". Ares Magazine . Simulations Publications, Inc. (1): 30.
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