Amoeba Wars

{{Short description|Board game}}

{{italic title}}Amoeba Wars is a 1981 board game published by Avalon Hill.

Gameplay

Amoeba Wars is a science fiction game in which players must take control of Saestor, the former capital of the empire.

Reception

Eric Goldberg reviewed Amoeba Wars in Ares Magazine #9 and commented that "As an investment, Amoeba Wars is a good risk, whether or not the reader groans and pardons the pun."{{cite journal | last=Goldberg | first=Eric | authorlink=Eric Goldberg (game designer) | title=Games | journal=Ares Magazine | publisher=Simulations Publications, Inc. | date=July 1981 | issue=9 | page=25-26}}

David Ladyman reviewed Amoeba Wars in The Space Gamer No. 42.{{cite journal|last=Ladyman |first=David |authorlink=David Ladyman |date=August 1981 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=42|pages=28}} Ladyman commented that "In general, I found the game uninteresting, but I can't necessarily say the same for you. I detect undercurrents of Risk and Cosmic Encounter in Amoeba Wars. Some of you will like the game, some won't."

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