Full metal Planette

Title		Full metal Planette
Game Type	Strategy
Players		1-4
Compatibility	All
Submission	angus@angusm.demon.co.uk

Review
This was a forerunner to games like "Battle Isle" in that it brought "sex"
to the strategy game. Unlike "Battle Isle" though, FMP didn't do this at
the cost of tactical depth. In the game, you and your opponents are trying
to mine as much metal from a planetoid as you can, within your 24 turns.
In practice though, this is best achieved by annihilating the opposition
with the range of combat craft in your possession. These consist of tanks,
super tanks, and attack boats, although other non-fighting vehicles, like
barges, crabs (carrier vehicles) and weather hens (able to build tanks and
carriers, and forecast tides) are also available. Where I used to work, we
had an Amiga for generating titles on a video editing suite, and every
lunchtime for months, four of us, plus spectators would sit round the 1084
monitor needling each other and desperately trying to pull off some
spectacular strategy. There is an armchair General in everybody, and given
a fair chance this game will happily prove that.

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