The Air-Eaters Strike Back!

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The Air-Eaters Strike Back! is a 1981 board game published by Metagaming Concepts.

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Gameplay

The Air-Eaters Strike Back! is a sequel to Invasion of the Air-eaters in which the fight has extended beyond Earth to other nearby planetary bodies in the solar system. [1]

Reception

William A. Barton reviewed The Air-Eaters Strike Back! in The Space Gamer No. 44. [1] Barton commented that "The Air-Eaters Strike Back! is a strong initial offering for the new metagames and an enjoyable SF game, either as a sequel to Invasion or in its own right." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Barton, William A. (October 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (44): 29.
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