Sticks & Stones
boardgame
Sticks & Stones is a tactical board wargame from the Metagaming series about late Stone Age warfare. Players arm warriors, conduct tribal raids, battles, and migrations. It includes a solo hunting scenario and optional rules for fire and poisoned weapons.
- Players:
- 1–2
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Wizard
boardgame
Wizard is a tactical board game by Steve Jackson featuring magical combat in an arena. Players use cardboard counters on a hex map, utilizing wizard attributes and spells. Released in 1977 as a microgame, it later influenced role-playing systems like GURPS.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Helltank
boardgame
Helltank is a tactical sci-fi wargame from the Metagaming microgame series. It simulates 21st-century armored combat featuring futuristic units like helltanks, missile launchers, and jetpack troops on a small map.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Invasion of the Air-eaters
boardgame
Invasion of the Air-eaters is a 1983 microgame about humanity fighting an alien invasion that alters Earth's atmosphere. Players use research and armies for defense, with rules supporting solo play and advanced tactical options.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 90 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Rivets
boardgame
Rivets is a tactical science fiction microgame set in the 22nd century. Players choose robot armies, program and maneuver them to destroy the opposing computer complex controlling enemy forces.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Trailblazer
boardgame
Trailblazer is a Metagaming microgame of interstellar economic simulation. Players discover star systems, buy and sell goods based on fluctuating supply and demand, and navigate the risks of dangerous space travel.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 240 min
- Min. Age:
- 16
Artifact
boardgame
This two-player science fiction wargame simulates lunar conflict over an alien artifact. It features four scenarios pitting American and Soviet teams against each other, as well as an extraterrestrial species.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60–180 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Rommel's Panzers
boardgame
Rommel's Panzers is a tactical micro-game about the German Afrika Korps' armored warfare in North Africa starting in 1941. Players command units in a fast-paced historical simulation reflecting the desert battles under Rommel's leadership.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Dimension Demons
boardgame
Dimension Demons is a tactical wargame from the Metagaming Microgames series. It features a novel dual hex-grid map system representing different dimensions, pitting invading alien demons against the defending human Ishom militia.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Melee
boardgame
Melee is a 1977 tactical microgame by Metagaming simulating pre-gunpowder individual combat on a hex map. Characters possess Strength and Dexterity ratings, using various weapons and armor. This system later evolved into The Fantasy Trip and GURPS.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Ogre
boardgame
OGRE and G.E.V. are tactical ground combat games set in 2085. Armored forces and infantry fight with nuclear weapons, but the most feared weapon is the giant cybernetic tank called the OGRE. An asymmetric game designed for two or more players.
- Players:
- 1–3
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
WarpWar
boardgame
Warpwar is a fast-paced two-player microgame featuring interstellar maneuver and combat. Players design custom spaceships and engage in diceless, tactical warfare. Victory requires out-thinking your opponent to capture enemy star bases using warp lines.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Fire When Ready
boardgame
Fire When Ready is a tactical board game from the Metagaming series focusing on the pre-dreadnought era from 1870 to 1906. Players command fleets of ironclads in historical naval battles worldwide, featuring solitaire, two-player, and multiplayer scenarios.
- Players:
- 1–4
- Time:
- 30–120 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Black Hole
boardgame
The tenth microgame in the Metagaming series has two space mining cartels battle for control of an alien artifact: a donut-shaped asteroid featuring a miniature black hole tethered in the center.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Helltank Destroyer
boardgame
Helltank Destroyer is part of the Microgames series and the sequel to Helltank. It is a tactical armored and amphibious combat game where players design their own task forces and experience new scenarios and units.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Annihilator / OneWorld
boardgame
This Metagaming microgame features two distinct titles. OneWorld is a humorous, diceless game of divine conflict. Annihilator pits human assault squads against a massive, planet-destroying computer-controlled spaceship.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Chitin: I
boardgame
Chitin I is a tactical abstract strategy game from Metagaming's microgame series. Two insect hives battle on a distant planet for food resources. Players command various insect types including workers, fliers, and warriors.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Ice War
boardgame
Alaska is the setting for a fictional Third World War. In this ninth title of Metagaming's Microgame series, Soviet troops attempt to conquer the region. The historical strategy game features compact gameplay mechanics and fast pacing.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Stalin's Tanks: Armor Battles on the Russian Front
boardgame
Stalin's Tanks is a fast-playing micro board game by Metagaming focusing on armored warfare on the Eastern Front of WWII. Players command German or Soviet forces in historical combat, utilizing both basic and advanced rules for tactical depth.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Holy War
boardgame
Holy War is a two-player strategic microgame about a cosmic religious war. One faction defends the god Amtik, while the other tries to hurl stars into his sensors. The game features a diverse variety of specialized ship types for tactical combat.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 90 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
The Lords of Underearth
boardgame
Lords of Underearth is a two-player tactical fantasy microgame by Metagaming. Players control Dwarves, Humans, Orcs, and monsters in underground labyrinths across four scenarios featuring combat and treasure hunts.
- Players:
- 1–3
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Starleader: Assault! – A Futuristic Man-To-Man Combat Game
boardgame
This microgame is a hex-and-counter wargame and RPG combat engine for an unproduced roleplaying game. It simulates 30th-century combat aboard a yacht. Players create characters and play four distinct scenarios ranging from simple rescues to customizable raids.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Hot Spot
boardgame
Microgame #15 from Metagaming is a tactical game about the Technocrat raid on Chiros. Attackers must capture floating crustals before units melt in the lava. Includes a map, rules booklet, and counters for all units.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
G.E.V.
boardgame
G.E.V. is the eighth Metagaming microgame and a sequel to Ogre. It features units carried over from the original game, expanded terrain rules, a larger map, and a more ambitious scope of tactical warfare.
- Players:
- 1–2
- Time:
- 60–90 min
- Min. Age:
- 12