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词条 Ares (magazine)
释义

  1. Publication history

  2. Reception

  3. References

  4. External links

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Ares was a science fiction wargame magazine published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI), and then TSR, Inc., between 1980 and 1984. In addition to the articles, each issue contained a wargame, complete with a foldout stiff paper map, a set of cardboard counters, and the rules.

Publication history

There were a total of seventeen issues printed, plus two special issues. The SPI company published the first eleven bimonthly issues (and had prepared a twelfth) before financial difficulties led to the company being bought out by TSR in 1982. A further six issues, published quarterly, were put out by TSR and then publication of the magazine was ceased. However, the Ares legacy lived on for another couple of years; a large new section called the "Ares Section" was added to Dragon magazine starting with issue #84 (April 1984) and was treated as almost a magazine within a magazine. This special section provided support for science fantasy and superhero roleplaying games such as Gamma World, Marvel Super Heroes and Star Frontiers. The "Ares Section" ran through Dragon issue #111 (July 1986) after which it too was discontinued.

Reception

Jerry Epperson reviewed the first issue of Ares in The Space Gamer No. 28.[1] Epperson commented that the first issue, and its game WorldKiller "was a disappointment. It's uneven. Expect nothing but the best in serious science fiction writing here, and nothing but the worst from the games."[1]

References

1. ^{{cite journal|last=Epperson|first=Jerry |date=May–June 1980 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=28|pages=24}}

External links

  • Greg Costikyan's canonical listing of Ares issues
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714093134/http://members.aol.com/gamepictures/spiares.htm A complementary listing of Ares issues]
  • [https://archive.org/details/ares_magazine&tab=collection Internet Archive holdings of Ares issues]
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