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WorldKiller: The Game of Planetary Assault

#6543BGG ↗

1980 · 2-2 players · 60min · weight 2.38 · 81 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
6543
Name
WorldKiller: The Game of Planetary Assault
Year
1980
Rank
26497
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.3846
Num weights
13
Bayes avg
5.49659
Average
5.52593
Users rated
81
Num owned
463
Wanting
7
Wishing
17
Num comments
82
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:45:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Area MovementDice RollingSimulationSquare GridThree Dimensional Movement
Categories (2)
Science FictionWargame
Description (596 chars)

WorldKiller: The Game of Planetary Assault, is a Tactical level simulation of the classic Science-Fiction theme of planetary assault. In the standard scenario, one player commands the ships and orbital fortresses of the defending Human forces; and the other player commands the ships of the attacking Alien forces. Beyond the standard scenario there are provided additional rules and types of ships for players to devise their own scenarios. A small wargame with 4 pages of rules, a 11"x 16" fold-out map sheet and 100 die-cut counters. Originally published in Ares magazine Nr.1 (March 1980)

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.