WarpWar was the fourth microgame

Microgame

A microgame is a board game or wargame packaged in a small set. Microgames enjoyed popularity during the 1980s...

 published by games company Metagaming Concepts

Metagaming Concepts

Metagaming Concepts was a publisher of board games from 1975 to 1983 owned by Howard Thompson. Metagaming created and popularized the microgame format. It specialized in science fiction wargames; titles included Ogre, G.E.V., Godsfire, Stellar Conquest and WarpWar...

 in 1977

1977 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 1977. For video and console games, see 1977 in video gaming.-Significant games-related events of 1977:...

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WarpWar was designed by Metagaming president Howard Thompson.

The game focused on an interstellar campaign where different players controlled stellar nations which built and fought battles with large starships. Players designed the ships, intermixing standard components, and then would fight battles to control star systems and the region as a whole.

The mix of strategic, economic, simplified starship design, and tactical combat is a game design theme seen later in the widely known Starfire game series by Stephen V. Cole

Stephen V. Cole

Stephen V. Cole is an American game designer and the CEO of Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. which publishes Star Fleet Battles, Federation and Empire, Federation Commander, Prime Directive, and other wargames set in the Star Fleet Universe.Cole, an engineer and former US Army intelligence officer,...

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External links

• WarpWar rules, updated in 1994
• Yahoo Groups discussion