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| − | A Monopoly-like [[fan]] game which involved puns, created by [[Jack Harness]] in late 1973 and published in [[The Cult]]. Harness was annoyed by kibitzers at [[LASFS | + | A Monopoly-like [[fan]] game which involved puns, created by [[Jack Harness]] in late 1973 and published in [[The Cult]]. Harness was annoyed by kibitzers at [[LASFS]] poker games and invented the game to give them something else to do. |
A very complicated game, Revenge! features properties and rent (a la Monopoly), armies and duels (a la Risk), three different kinds of cards, and a variety of hazards, safe zones, and beneficial squares on the board. Two of the card types, Imperial Intelligence and Fate, were random events vaguely similar to the Monopoly "Community Chest" and "Chance" cards, except that many of them involved puns and in-jokes; the third type, "Momentum" allowed you to move yourself or other players in lieu of rolling the dice. | A very complicated game, Revenge! features properties and rent (a la Monopoly), armies and duels (a la Risk), three different kinds of cards, and a variety of hazards, safe zones, and beneficial squares on the board. Two of the card types, Imperial Intelligence and Fate, were random events vaguely similar to the Monopoly "Community Chest" and "Chance" cards, except that many of them involved puns and in-jokes; the third type, "Momentum" allowed you to move yourself or other players in lieu of rolling the dice. | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 4 January 2021
A Monopoly-like fan game which involved puns, created by Jack Harness in late 1973 and published in The Cult. Harness was annoyed by kibitzers at LASFS poker games and invented the game to give them something else to do.
A very complicated game, Revenge! features properties and rent (a la Monopoly), armies and duels (a la Risk), three different kinds of cards, and a variety of hazards, safe zones, and beneficial squares on the board. Two of the card types, Imperial Intelligence and Fate, were random events vaguely similar to the Monopoly "Community Chest" and "Chance" cards, except that many of them involved puns and in-jokes; the third type, "Momentum" allowed you to move yourself or other players in lieu of rolling the dice.
It was initially played at parties at Brandyhall, the home of Lee Gold and Barry Gold.
| Fanhistory | 1973— |
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