{"product_id":"space-gamer-31","title":"Space Gamer #31","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpace Gamer\u003c\/em\u003e #31 (cover-date September 1980) takes us once again into the gaming hobby's early days – and the articles are fun to read, too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the regular game reviews, news, and letters, this is the \"Special Computer Issue.\" (Remember that this is computer gaming 1980s-style – the ad on page 3 proclaiming \"We do Games, not Windows\" is being prophetic, \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e ironic!) The showcase article is the \"1980 Game Software Survey,\" which includes information on 17 companies that were creating hobby- and game-related software at the dawn of the home-computing era. Also included is \"Deus Ex Machina,\" an article that gives a computational technique for generating random dungeons; \"Sam Beowulf,\" a piece of fiction that recasts the epic hero as a hard-boiled private eye (complete with stats for \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Fantasy Trip\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTunnels and Trolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar of the Ring\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e); and the fifth in the series \"Game Design: Theory and Practice,\" co-written by Steve Jackson. It also contains errata for \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKung-Fu 2100\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (from \u003cem\u003eSpace Gamer\u003c\/em\u003e #30).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a fan of old-school gaming or a historian of our hobby, each issue of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpace Gamer\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect passport to the past!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten by\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Jackson \/ Nick Schuessler \/ Bruce Webster \/ Forrest Johnson \/ Ronald Pehr \/ Joseph Miranda \/ Alan Isabelle \/ Joseph Power\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- TFT, The Fantasy Trip, Fantasy Trip --\u003e","brand":"Steve Jackson Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48411377991938,"sku":"oqi1787936770924","price":2.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/3862\/0930\/files\/space-gamer-31_1.png?v=1787936780","url":"https:\/\/welcomingwillow.shop\/products\/space-gamer-31","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}