Starfire III: Empires

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Starfire III: Empires is a 1981 board game published by Task Force Games.

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Gameplay

Starfire III: Empires is a game that expands the game system, and incorporates the tactical game of Starfire with a strategic exploration and conquest game. [1]

Reception

William A. Barton reviewed Starfire III: Empires in The Space Gamer No. 47. [1] Barton commented that "Overall, Starfire III: Empires does a good job of what it sets out to do – complicating and extending the Starfire system into a campaign game. If such appeals to be, and you already own Starfire and perhaps Starfire II , you should find it worth the buy." [1]

Steve List reviewed Starfire III: Empires in Ares Magazine #13 and commented that "Given an abstract combat resolution system, it could be a decent postal game played with a referee. All in all, it should be of interest mainly to fans of the existing Starfire games." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Barton, William A. (January 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (47): 26.
  2. ↑ List, Steve (Winter 1983). "Games". Ares Magazine . TSR, Inc. (13): 19.
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine059/page/n73/mode/2up
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