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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 1804546" data-attributes="member: 19675">Not board games, but book games: the Lost Worlds/Runequest/Knights of the Dinner Table/Battletech combat games, as well as the conceptually similar Ace of Aces game from Nova Game Designs.  Each player uses an illustrated book that has a POV that shows his opponent and a card detailing his possible maneuvers.  Like countless other games before it, the object is to kill your opponent.Nova Game Designs' Lost Worlds was a fantasy combat game, and the same system was used by later companies to put out the fully compatible RuneQuest and KODT combat games.  There are a couple dozen books in the assembled games.NGD's Battletech game, while using the same system, never caught on.  AFAIK, there were only 4 books ever produced.Ace of Aces was probably the best of the bunch, simulating air combat in WW1.  Truly a classic.  "Leatheroid" covers, early 1900's style illustration...simply cool.Any of these games could be played in minutes, but two skilled or wary opponents could last a half-hour.Unfortunately, all are out of print- but you should be able to find copies relatively easily.<a href="http://search.ebay.com/ace-of-aces_Toys-Hobbies_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQcatrefZC6QQfromZR10QQsacategoryZ220Q26catrefQ3DC6QQsotrZ2QQsosortpropertyZ1QQsosortorderZ1" target="_blank">Ace of Aces</a> <a href="http://search.ebay.com/lost-worlds_Toys-Hobbies_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQcatrefZC6QQsacategoryZ220Q26catrefQ3DC6QQsotrZ2QQcoactionZcompareQQcopagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch" target="_blank">Lost Worlds</a> THIS JUST IN!  Flying Buffalo, Inc has become the successor to Nova and Chessex to both reprint the old and print new Lost Worlds combat books!<a href="http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/" target="_blank">Flying Buffalo, Inc</a></blockquote>

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