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Tracy Harms reviewed ''Atlantis - 12500 B.C.'' in ''[[The Space Gamer]]'' No. 16.<ref name="SG">{{cite journal|last=Harms|first=Tracy |date=March - April 1978 |title=Atlantis 12,500 B. C.|journal=[[The Space Gamer]]|publisher=[[Metagaming Concepts|Metagaming]]|issue=16|pages=26}}</ref> Harms commented that "The ultimate failing of an incomplete rules system is not in the basics of play, but in the nature of intense competition in wargaming."<ref name="SG"/> |
Tracy Harms reviewed ''Atlantis - 12500 B.C.'' in ''[[The Space Gamer]]'' No. 16.<ref name="SG">{{cite journal|last=Harms|first=Tracy |date=March - April 1978 |title=Atlantis 12,500 B. C.|journal=[[The Space Gamer]]|publisher=[[Metagaming Concepts|Metagaming]]|issue=16|pages=26}}</ref> Harms commented that "The ultimate failing of an incomplete rules system is not in the basics of play, but in the nature of intense competition in wargaming."<ref name="SG"/> |
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[[David J. Ritchie|David Ritchie]] reviewed ''Atlantis: 12,500 B.C.'' in ''[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]]'' #1, rating it a 1 out of 9.<ref name="Ares">{{cite journal | last=Ritchie | first=David | authorlink=David J. Ritchie | title=A Galaxy of Games | journal=[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]] | publisher=Simulations Publications, Inc. | date=March 1980 | issue=1 | page=30}}</ref> Ritchie commented that "The rules are so sketchy as to be non-existent and, if it weren't for the fact that this regurgitation of low-grade pulpdom's worst sins is so unintentionally funny, the game would long ago have been confiscated by the Surgeon-General as hazardous to our mental health. By all means, do throw your money away on this."<ref name="Ares"/> |
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Revision as of 23:41, 27 October 2017
Atlantis - 12500 B.C. is a 1976 board wargame published by Excalibre Games Inc.
Gameplay
Atlantis - 12500 B.C. is a science fiction and fantasy game which puts future style weaponry into a mythological and ancient setting.[1]
Reception
Tracy Harms reviewed Atlantis - 12500 B.C. in The Space Gamer No. 16.[1] Harms commented that "The ultimate failing of an incomplete rules system is not in the basics of play, but in the nature of intense competition in wargaming."[1]
David Ritchie reviewed Atlantis: 12,500 B.C. in Ares Magazine #1, rating it a 1 out of 9.[2] Ritchie commented that "The rules are so sketchy as to be non-existent and, if it weren't for the fact that this regurgitation of low-grade pulpdom's worst sins is so unintentionally funny, the game would long ago have been confiscated by the Surgeon-General as hazardous to our mental health. By all means, do throw your money away on this."[2]
References
- ^ a b c Harms, Tracy (March - April 1978). "Atlantis 12,500 B. C.". The Space Gamer (16). Metagaming: 26.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Ritchie, David (March 1980). "A Galaxy of Games". Ares Magazine (1). Simulations Publications, Inc.: 30.