Gunship 2000 (wargame)

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Gunship 2000 is a miniatures wargame published by Stan Johnson Miniatures.

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Gameplay

Gunship 2000 is a futuristic ground war rule set and an accompanying line of miniatures. [1]

Reception

Nevin J. Templin reviewed Gunship 2000 in The Space Gamer No. 23. [1] Templin commented that "Gunship 2000 is a simple, fast playing set of rules covering ground and limited air combat in the year 2000. [...] What makes the game of special interest is that many of the miniatures are adaptable to Ogre / G.E.V. , the game giving the feeling of a 3-D version of Ogre, but with a faster pace and more dangerous battlefield than found in Ogre." [1]

Templin again reviewed the Gunship 2000 miniatures line in The Space Gamer No. 29. [2] Templin commented that "These rules maintain the flavor of the Ogre/G.E.V. originals and allow for fast action with ease of playability." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Templin, Nevin J. (May–June 1979). "Gunship 2000". The Space Gamer . Metagaming (23): 23.
  2. 1 2 Templin, Nevin J. (July 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (29): 28.