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From: jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: A new game?
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Date: Sun, 22-Dec-85 19:48:51 EST
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[My apologies for posting rather than mailing this; I've
had my mail attempts bounced by three different mailers
so I gave up.]

If you haven't tried it already, I heartily recommend
"Illuminati" by Steve Jackson Games for the kind of thing
I think you're after.  It has three expansion sets (I've
seen only the first two), and best of all it is CHEAP
($5? for the first game and the same for each expansion).
It is especially good if the players appreciate a slightly
strange sense of humor.  It is for 2-6 players, moves
quickly, is simple to learn, and takes sort of 1-3 hours
to play.  It has no board per se but you do need a tabletop
and has no game pieces except a lot of little (1" by 2")
playing cards and a pair of dice.  On the few occasions
I've time to play (I'm locked in mortal combat with a thesis
at the moment) I find it an excellent game.

Jeff Brown the Scumbag
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Astronomy Department, U. of Texas, Austin