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Column  Dragon's Augury
Title  War in the Frozen North: A Review of Ice War
Book Type  Review: Other
Genre  Generic
Setting  Generic
Series 
GURPS Traveller
System  Board Game

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A review of Metagaming's WWIII microgame Ice War. "ICE WAR is fast, fun and challenging. It offers interesting tactical play about a situation that is not all that implausible."


This article is contained in The Dragon #26.

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