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Sunday, 21 December 2014

Benefits of an Attic Clear-out Come my Way: Space Crusade and Battle of Britain

My brother's attic received a pre-Xmas clear out (as in "What are things that are not Xmas decorations doing in this pile?") and I was the lucky beneficiary of two old, old games dating back to the late 1980's/early 1990's (see below):


Space Crusade is missing a few parts (notably a Dreadnought model and lots of counters) but the Battle of Britain is in pretty much mint condition (I remember playing it once). A detailed "unboxing" will come later. However I am torn between keeping Space Crusade as a "Collectors edition" for future episodes of "Antique Roadshow" in 2100. I think it is pretty much as given that I will "devalue it" and paint the 'dodgy' miniatures ;)

The notion of using my small collection GW miniatures as fill-ins and extras also makes common sense to me!

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4 comments:

  1. Mad Padre21 December 2014 at 14:16

    Wow. I'm very envious of the TSR game. It was a Richard Borg design that got good press in it's day for being playable and simple, long out of print. Enjoy it!

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  2. Geordie an Exiled FoG21 December 2014 at 20:57

    It looks quite cute with its plastic counters, 1/300 Spitfires and Me109's

    With a little investment in Hurricanes, Gloster Gladiators and Blenheim Fighters, Me110's, Ju88's and He111's it could be a nice demonstration game

    There are two versions of play basic (which I played against my nephew many moons ago and lost as the Luftwaffe) and advanced (which looks like it has a lot more colour and dice rolling)

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  3. Monty21 December 2014 at 22:45

    I used to own Space Crusade, but don't know what happened to it...ho hum...nice discovery though ;)

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  4. Geordie an Exiled FoG22 December 2014 at 21:36

    Hello Monty,

    I always thought that Space Crusade was a bit like Hero Quest in that it is a game that you should be able to play in a night with a few beers and crisps thrown in ;)

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