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The Awful Green Things From Outer Space

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1979 · 2-2 players · 90min · weight 1.88 · 2,681 ratings

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ID
162
Name
The Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Year
1979
Rank
1772
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
90
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
1.8785
Num weights
288
Bayes avg
6.02035
Average
6.55077
Users rated
2681
Num owned
4962
Wanting
98
Wishing
364
Num comments
1255
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:17:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (12)
Area MovementDice RollingIncomeLine of SightMovement PointsOnce-Per-Game AbilitiesSimulationStat Check ResolutionSudden Death EndingVariable Player PowersVariable Set-upZone of Control
Categories (2)
Science FictionWargame
Description (881 chars)

This humorous, entertaining game pits two players against each other aboard a spaceship. One plays the ship's crew, trying to kill the evil and rapidly multiplying aliens controlled by his opponent. And although the crew members have several weapons available to them, they don't know what effect those weapons will have until they try using them in combat against the Awful Green Things. Originally appeared in the Dragon magazine #28. The Outside the Znutar expansion, published in Dragon magazine #40, is included in the box in the Steve Jackson Games versions of the game. Similar but more serious titles are SPI's The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora or TFG's Intruder. Supplemental articles were published in TSR's Dragon Magazine including: "The Awful Green Things From Outer Space" Tom Wham - Issue 28 (page 26) Addenda "Outside the Znutar" Tom Wham - Issue 40 (insert)

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