Spacefarers

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{{short description|Science fiction tabletop wargame}}

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{{Infobox game

|title=Spacefarers

|subtitle=Rules for Science Fiction Skirmish Adventures

|image=GW_Spacefarers_1981_cover.jpeg

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|caption=Cover by Tony Yates

|date={{Start date and age|1981|br=yes}}

|publisher=Games Workshop

|genre=Science fiction Miniatures skirmish wargame

|designer={{Unbulleted list|Nick Henfrey|Andy Murdin}}

|illustrator={{Unbulleted list|Jim Pitts|Tony Yates}}

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Spacefarers is a 1981 board game published by Games Workshop.{{cite book |last1=Appelcline |first1=Shannon |title=Designers & Dragons. '70-'79 : A history of the roleplaying game industry |date=2014 |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |location=Silver Springs, MD, USA |isbn=978-1-61317-075-5|edition=2nd}}{{rp|139}}

Gameplay

Spacefarers is a set of miniature rules designed specifically to be used with the Spacefarers figures from Citadel Miniatures.

Reception

William A. Barton reviewed Spacefarers in The Space Gamer No. 46.{{cite journal|last=Barton |first=William A. |date=December 1981 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=46|pages=31–32}} Barton commented that "If you enjoy SF miniature skirmishes - and especially if you own Spacefarers figures - Spacefarers should prove of interest to you."

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