Postcard Cthulhu is a print-and-play cooperative worker placement game set in HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu universe. The game quite cleverly is designed (as its name suggests) to fit on both sides of a postcard. In deference to my older eyes, however, I printed it on a full sheet of paper. The postcard version, however, would travel well.
Board Games
Ares Magazine #1 – WorldKiller The Game of Planetary Assault
The first issue of Ares Magazine featured a game called “WorldKiller, The Game of Planetary Assault.” There’s also an interesting article on the “most significant science fiction and fantasy games” by (among others) Greg Costikyan. It’s a nice little piece of history and a glimpse to what was state of the art nearly forty years ago.
Ares Magazine 12 – Star Trader Board Game
Issue 12 of Ares Magazine (January 1982) featured a complete board game called Star Trader, The Game of Intestellar Exploitation and Piracy. The board looks really neat.
Ares Magazine 11 – Albion Land of Faerie
The internet archive has a digital copy of the old SPI science fiction and fantasy gaming magazine Ares. Issue #11 features a full board game called “Albion Land of Faerie.”
Bronze Age Collapse Card Game
Bronze Age Collapse is a three player DIY card game about the rapid decline of civilizations during the period 1200 – 1150 BC.