From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxi!cbosgd!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat
Newsgroups: net.games
Title: Re: spectacular games - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1756
Posted: Wed Mar 23 23:03:06 1983
Received: Fri Mar 25 20:14:25 1983

#R:cwruecmp:-55500:uicsl:4500002:000:1041
uicsl!wombat    Mar 23 11:31:00 1983

ACE OF ACES is very good. It's also easily carried about, so my husband
and I used to play it on the bus.
Another good game, though a little more complicated, is Steve Jackson's
ILLUMINATI.  Up to 6 people can play (more with the 2 expansion kits?),
and each has their own special victory conditions, e.g., Cthulhu's goal
is to destroy 8 groups, the Gnomes of Zurich try to accumulate lots
of money, etc. It is a game designed for lots of infighting, as ganging
up on each other and making deals (sometimes doublecrossed) and such
is encouraged by the rules. The game parts are Illuminati cards, group
cards (like Punk Rockers, Wargamers, Cocaine Smugglers, Intern'l Oil
Cartel, SMOF, ... that have effects on each other in takeovers), money
chits, and ordinary 6-sided dice. Comes in a plastic 4"X7" box (approx.).
I've forgotten the price, but it isn't expensive. I've heard there will
be an Illuminati tournament at ConStellation, the world science fiction
convention, with Jackson himself.
						Wombat
						pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat