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- This is a vintage excellent edition of the 1979 Avalon Hill Bookcase Game of Frank Herbert's Dune. This is the version that has the cover illustration by Chris White. While I admit to knowing nothing about this game, or the book, I know that it has a huge following. & of course, the new film has come out. I'm looking forward to the continuation. This game has had minimal wear & play. The storm card was missing so I took a sheet of the game that was unpunched to Staples & made color copies. I think mounted it to similar cardboard used in the game. I am happy with how it turned out. It doesn't seem that this piece is crucial to the game, but I didn't want it to be missing. The most wear is to the box from being pulled in & out from the bookshelf. The added bonus is the previous owner added little plastic cases for all the various little circle pieces. About the game - Set thousands of years in the future, Dune the board game is based on the Frank Herbert novels about an arid planet at the heart of the human space empire's political machinations. Designed by the creators at Eon of 'Cosmic Encounter fame, some contend that the game can best be described as Cosmic Encounter set within the Dune universe, but the two games bear little in common in the actual mechanisms or goals; they're just both set in space. Like Cosmic Encounter, it is a game that generates player interaction through negotiation & bluffing. Players each take the role of one of the factions attempting to control Dune. Each faction has special powers that overlook certain rules in the game. Each turn players move about the map attempting to pick up valuable spice while dealing with giant sandworms, deadly storms, & other players' military forces. A delicate political balance is formed amongst the factions to prevent any one side from becoming too strong. When a challenge is made in a territory, combat takes the form of hidden bids with additional treachery cards to further the uncertainty. The game concludes when one faction (or two allied factions) is able to control a certain number of strongholds on the planet. If anyone reads this all the way to the end & needs a color scan of one of the pieces, shoot me a message. Vintage Frank Herbert's 1979 Dune Board Game 824 Avalon Hill Bookcase - Complete
