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Old 29-March-2002, 10:09 PM
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There was a very nice little board game called "Race to Space." Elegant, playable, fun. It was adapted into a computer game with a celebrity endorsement, "Buzz Aldrin's Race to Space."

Unfortunately...the computer game was buggy, and, in fact, completely unplayable.

Does anyone know if anyone has ever thrown together a shareware version of the game that actually is playable and fun?

(Has anyone here ever played the board game version? Educational and, in the final years when you're actually running a moon mission, absolutely heartstopping.)

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http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=160

Never played it myself, but I am downloading it now to check it out.

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Old 02-April-2002, 01:06 AM
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I have both the boardgame and the computer game.

The boardgame was very enjoyable, though there were a few minor matters that the rules didn't cover. A real game for engineers I think. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

OTOH, I never got far with the computer game - I could never find a pair of astronauts who'd work together for long before one wanted to resign.
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Actually I loved the board game, though lost it to a washer flood many years ago. I do stil have my CD Rom of the game and there were patches that let you work out some of the bugs and actually ge through a mission, which always tended to fail even at 99% accuracy.

I have to say when I even play it now its neat to plan and prepare and build and crew the missions.

Sorry if this is thread necromancy but I loved this game and wanted to just add my two cents.
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There is a really long thread at my forum about BARIS. There is at least one project to fix the bugs and re-release the old game, and also one or two remakes in the works.

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Sounds like fun.
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Interesting link here...
http://www.thespacerace.com/forum/in...p?topic=2481.0
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Old 01-July-2008, 12:33 AM
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Are you sure you posted the right link there, publiusr? The thread you linked to is about someone's ATM propulsion system, not Race to Space.

Personally, I'd love to see a reprint of the Race to Space boardgame, only updated for the 21st century.

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