I've often mused whilst devouring a quarter pound bag of bonfire toffee that Century 21 should have at least given us a Project SWORD board game to complete the collection. They made comics, 2 paper models books, 2 and a bit annuals (more on this later!) and of course the wunderbar fleet of toys. But what would such a game have been like? The playing pieces would of been easy - miniatures of the spacecraft. And the playing pieces? LP spacemen of course! But what of the game's 'story'? Greater brains than mine will have to ponder that one (ideas welcomed!). Other games of the time, which might hint at such a SWORD game, can be found in the vast pile that makes up the Gerry Anderson games pile - Supercar, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds and so on. My own suggestions as to likely influences awould be the Italian UFO 'Destroy Moon Base' 1974 by Salani below.
But probably top of my list of possible 'futures' for a SWORD game is Parker Brothers UNIVERSE based on Stanley Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey, which features heavilly in the 1969 SWORD annual and was jointly promoted with SWORD toys during its cinema release. For more information about this game visit Board Game Geek. Wonder why they didn't call it 2001 A Space Odyssey?
Any other similar games you can think of readers?
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