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Microgames/Minigames

I used to love these things back in the Eighties. I hardly ever played them, but I sure did love buying them. Micro/Mini/Pocket Games were small war/strategy games that came in a plastic bag, plastic case, or cardboard box and usually sold for between $2 and $5. Several companies published micro or mini games beginning with Metagaming Concepts and including TSR, Taskforce Games, FASA, Steve Jackson Games, and Mayfair Games.

The Maverick's Microgame Museum is an excellent site devoted to the subject.

You can actually download some minigames at Dwarfstar Games.

posted by Dominic @ 1:39 PM