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Dwarfstar Games was a division of Heritage Models that published microgame-sized fantasy and science fiction board wargames in the early 1980s. They typically came with 12"x14" fold-out cardstock mapboards and 154 thin die-cut counters. The demise of its parent company also meant the end for Dwarfstar.
Game | Designer | Date |
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Barbarian Prince | Arnold Hendrick | 1981 |
Demonlord | Arnold Hendrick | 1981 |
Outpost Gamma | Howard Barasch | 1981 |
Star Viking | Arnold Hendrick | 1981 |
Dragon Rage | Lewis Pulsipher | 1982 |
Goblin | Howard Barasch | 1982 |
Grav Armor | Arnold Hendrick | 1982 |
Star Smuggler | B. Dennis Sustare | 1982 |
Dragon Rage was reissued in a much larger format, with an additional board and scenarios, by Flatlined Games (Belgium) in 2011.
Steve List reviewed the first four games from Dwarfstar Games in Ares Magazine #12 and commented that "one is outstanding, one quite good and the others somewhat underwhelming. But [for the price] they are not too much of an investment." [1]
G.E.V. is a science fiction board wargame designed by the American game designer Steve Jackson as a sequel to his Ogre board game, and published by Metagaming Concepts in 1978 as the eighth microgame in its MicroGame line. When Jackson left Metagaming to form his own company, he took the rights to both G.E.V. and Ogre with him, and all subsequent editions have been produced by Steve Jackson Games.
White Bear and Red Moon is a fantasy board wargame set in the world of Glorantha, created by Greg Stafford and published in 1975. Stafford first tried to sell the game to established publishers, but despite being accepted by three different game companies, each attempt ended in failure; eventually he founded his own game company in 1974, the influential Chaosium, to produce and market the game.
Ares was an American science fiction wargame magazine published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI), and then TSR, Inc., between 1980 and 1984. In addition to the articles, each issue contained a wargame, complete with a foldout stiff paper map, a set of cardboard counters, and the rules.
Magic Realm is a fantasy adventure board game designed by Richard Hamblen and published by Avalon Hill in 1979. Magic Realm is more complex than many wargames and is somewhat similar to a role-playing game. It can be played solitaire or with up to 16 players and game time can last 4 hours or more. The game board is a type of geomorphic mapboard constructed of large double-sided hexagon tiles, ensuring a wide variety of playing surfaces.
Deathmaze is a fantasy board game published by Simulations Publications (SPI) in January 1980 that falls into the general category of dungeon crawls, more specifically, dungeon games in which players enter a dungeon, massacre the dungeon dwellers and steal their treasures.
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Starfall is a 1979 board game published by Yaquinto Publications.
Asteroid Zero-Four is a science fiction board wargame published by Task Force Games in 1979.
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Time War, subtitled "A Game of Time Travel and Conflict", is a science fiction board wargame published by Yaquinto Publications in 1979.
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Amoeba Wars is a 1981 board game published by Avalon Hill.
Dark Stars is a 1980 board game published by Simulations Canada.
Outpost Gamma is a 1981 board game published by Heritage Models. It's intended for two players and takes about 120 minutes to play. The game is for ages 12 and over.
Demonlord is a two-player board game published in 1981 by Dwarfstar Games, a division of Heritage Models.
Star Viking is a 1981 board game published by Heritage Models.
Barbarian Prince is a solitaire board game published by the Dwarfstar Games line of Heritage Models in 1981.
Starfire III: Empires is a 1981 board game published by Task Force Games.
Star Smuggler is a 1982 board game published by Heritage/Dwarfstar.
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