The Forever War (board game)
The Forever War is a board game published by Mayfair Games in 1983. It is based on the novel The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. Gameplay The Forever War is a two-player board game of space-based tactical infantry squad combat in future millennia between humans and Taurans. The combats take place on icy planetoids that orbit strategically important collapsars. In the turn sequence, the attacker moves first with a four-phase turn: Rally: officers (if any) move, and attempts can be made to rescue pinned units Resolve attacks by Planetary Fighters (if any) Move units Resolve combat The defender then has the same turn sequence. Both sides can attack during each combat phase, in effect fighting twice per turn. Combat can be either ranged (opponents are not in the same hex) or melee (opposing units are in the same hex.) The game components are 250 card stock counters representing human and Tauran troops, officers and weapons; and map pieces that can be laid out in various configurations, producing different maps. The game includes ten scenarios and a point-value chart to enable players to design their own scenarios. Reception In the May–June 1984 edition of Space Gamer (Issue No. 69), Ed Rotondaro