Simian Conquest

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Simian Conquest is a role-playing game published by Avant-Garde Simulations Perspectives in 1978.

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Description

Simian Conquest is a science fiction role-playing system. [1] The brief rules cover ape, human, mutant, and astronaut characters as well as combat and campaigning in the world of the Apes. [1]

Publication history

Simian Conquest was designed by Marshall Rose and Norman Knight, and published by Avant-Garde Simulations Perspectives (ASP) in 1978 as a 32-page digest-sized book. [1] Gamescience had planned to re-release this as "Gorilla Warfare", but never published it. [1]

Reception

Lawrence Schick noted that the game was "inspired by the Planet of the Apes series". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 357. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.