{"product_id":"space-gamer-33","title":"Space Gamer #33","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpace Gamer\u003c\/em\u003e #33 (cover-date November 1980) gives you a first-class ticket on a spaceship to the gaming hobby's early days – and the articles are fun to read, too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the regular game reviews, news, and letters, this issue's featured theme is \"Play-by-Mail Games.\" Articles on this topic include \"\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarpWar: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe Campaign Game,\" with information on how to turn that wargame into an ongoing series (adaptable for mail-based play); \"Fantasies by Mail,\" providing insight into how to play fantasy RPGs by mail (or, nowadays, e-mail); \"PBM Rules for \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" providing long-distance rules for that classic wargame; reviews of four space-themed play-by-mail games; a cataloging of then-current mail-based game companies; and a company report from Schubel \u0026amp; Son, a play-by-mail company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the theme, there is a three-player \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eG.E.V.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e scenario (complete with new units!); an article about how to incorporate 3-D plotting and displays into a computer program; the results from \u003cem\u003eSpace Gamer\u003c\/em\u003e's Trap Contest; \"End Game,\" a piece of fiction set in the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOgre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e universe; and the seventh in the series \"Game Design: Theory and Practice,\" co-written by Steve Jackson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a fan of old-school gaming or a historian of our hobby, each issue of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpace Gamer\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect passport to the past!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten by\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Jackson \/ Nick Schuessler \/ Bruce Webster \/ Ronald Pehr \/ Joseph Power \/ George V. Schubel \/ Chester E. Hendrix \/ J.D. Bell \/ David Bolduc\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Jackson Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46492095938657,"sku":"asc1787936839230","price":2.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/3933\/7057\/files\/space-gamer-33_1.png?v=1787936844","url":"https:\/\/www.sunlitharbor.shop\/products\/space-gamer-33","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}