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Raumkrieg is a play-by-mail wargame that was published by Flying Buffalo.
| | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(May 2024) |
Raumkrieg is a play-by-mail wargame that was published by Flying Buffalo.
Raumkrieg is a play-by-mail game set in a two-dimensional space arena, where five to nine players command their fleets to destroy each other. [1]
W. G. Armintrout reviewed Raumkrieg in The Space Gamer No. 19. [1] Armintrout commented that "Raumkrieg has the advantage of being a reasonably simple game." [1]
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