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Space Battle is a play-by-mail game that was published by Flying Buffalo beginning in 1980.

Gameplay

Space Battle was a game that involved two teams of ten players each in which one team member is the commander of a base ship and three battleships, and the other players each have one cruiser and three scouts, and one team wins when they destroy the base ship of their opposing team.^[1] The game lacked economic and exploring aspects.^[2]

Reception

Sam Moorer reviewed Space Battle in The Space Gamer No. 50.^[1] Moorer commented that "Space Battle is a disappointment to Flying Buffalo's customers, who enjoyed their classic games. This one lacks the balance and fascination of StarWeb or Battle Plan. It might be interesting to a wargaming club. They could get together to discuss strategy and tactics, coordinating their movement. But the average PBMer won't find the trip worth the fare."^[1]

A reviewer in a 1983 issue of PBM Universal, suggested it needed more work and "largely fail[ed] to generate or sustain interest".^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Moorer, Sam (April 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 50. Steve Jackson Games. p. 36.
^ ^a ^b Editors (November–December 1983). "Gamealog". PBM Universal. No. 1. p. 31.