Time War (board game)
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Time War, subtitled "A Game of Time Travel and Conflict", is a science fiction board wargame published by Yaquinto Publications in 1979.
Description
=Components=
- 22" x 28" map
- 400 die-cut counters
- deck of Time Mission cards
- log pad
- two dice
- set of charts
- rule book
Reception
Don Turnbull reviewed Time War for White Dwarf #17, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "what I have seen so far indicates to me a workmanlike job, not entirely free of annoying errors and easier to learn than it looks, with plenty of play-potential and enough interest to fascinate players who like to handle a considerable number of variables at once."{{cite journal | last =Turnbull | first =Don | author-link =Don Turnbull (game designer) | title =Open Box | journal =White Dwarf | issue =17 | pages =10 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = February–March 1980 }}
Steve List reviewed Time War in Ares Magazine #1, rating it a 7 out of 9.{{cite journal | last=List | first=Steve | title=A Galaxy of Games | journal=Ares Magazine | publisher=Simulations Publications, Inc. | date=March 1980 | issue=1 | page=32}} List commented that "Time War is an excellent effort into a heretofore unexplored field, and thus many of its flaws should be excused."
Forrest Johnson reviewed Time War in The Space Gamer No. 38.{{cite journal|last=Johnson |first=Forrest |date=April 1981 |title=Featured Review: Time War|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=38|pages=7}} Johnson commented that "Time War could have been a great game. Maybe it was ... or will be."
In Issue of 26 of Phoenix, Paul King found the game components to be of high quality, and concluded "All in all Time War is a fun game and the playing time of one or two hours is not too far out once you are used to the mechanics."{{cite magazine | last=King| first=Paul | date=July–August 1980 |title= Time War | magazine=Phoenix | issue=26 | pages=21–23}}