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'''''Dragonriders of Pern boardgame ''''' is a [[board game]] that originated in the [[United States]] in 1983 created by [[Anne McCaffrey]]. The plot is based on the series The Dragonriders of Pern<ref>{{https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3941/dragonriders-pern/credits on boardgamegeek}}</ref>.


'''''Dragonriders of Pern''''' is a [[board game]] that originated in the [[United States]] in 1983 created by [[Anne McCaffrey]]. The plot is based on the series ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3941/dragonriders-pern/credits|title=Dragonriders of Pern|website=BoardGameGeek|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref>
==References==


==External links==
==Reception==
Nic Grecas reviewed ''Dragonriders of Pern'' for ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'' #52, giving it an overall rating of 4 out of 10, and stated that "This is a game which lacks those crucial ingredients - enjoyment and excitement. In a game which has these, almost anything else can be forgiven, eg rotten artwork, unclear rules, complex and unwieldy game mechanics, high price, or 'historical inaccuracy'. In their absence, even the most lavishly illustrated, innovative game is a failure to be played once and no more."<ref name="WD52">{{cite journal | last =Grecas | first =Nic | title =Open Box | journal =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]] | issue =52 | pages =17 | publisher =[[Games Workshop]] | date = April 1984 }}</ref>


==Reviews==
*''[[Fantasy Gamer]]'' #4
*''[[Science Fiction Chronicle]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/sim_chronicle_1983-12_5_3/page/n27/mode/2up | title=Science Fiction Chronicle 1983-12: Vol 5 Iss 3 | date=December 1983 | publisher=DNA Publications }}</ref>


==References==
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| title = ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' by [[Anne McCaffrey]] and [[Todd McCaffrey]]
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* [[Pern]]
* [[List of Pern books |Stories in Pern history]]
* [[Characters in Dragonriders of Pern |Characters]]
* [[:Category:Dragonriders of Pern locations |Locations]]

| group1 = ''The Dragonriders of Pern'' trilogy
| list1 =
* ''[[Dragonflight]]''
* ''[[Dragonquest]]''
* ''[[The White Dragon (novel)|The White Dragon]]''

| group2 = [[The Harper Hall Trilogy |''The Harper Hall of Pern'' trilogy]]
| list2 =
* ''[[Dragonsong]]''
* ''[[Dragonsinger]]''
* ''[[Dragondrums]]''

| group3 = Other novels
| list3 =
* ''[[Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern]]''
* ''[[Nerilka's Story]]''
* ''[[Dragonsdawn]]''
* ''[[The Renegades of Pern]]''
* ''[[All the Weyrs of Pern]]''
* ''[[The Dolphins of Pern]]''
* ''[[Dragonseye|Red Star Rising]]'' <small>(aka ''Dragonseye'')</small>
* ''[[The Masterharper of Pern]]''
* ''[[The Skies of Pern]]''

| group4 = By Anne and Todd McCaffrey
| list4 =
* ''[[Dragon's Kin]]''
* ''[[Dragon's Fire]]''
* ''[[Dragon Harper]]''
* ''[[Dragon's Time]]''
* ''[[Sky Dragons]]''

| group5 = By [[Todd McCaffrey]]
| list5 =
* ''[[Dragonsblood]]''
* ''[[Dragonheart (novel) |Dragonheart]]''
* ''[[Dragongirl]]''

| group6 = Short story collections
| list6 =
* ''[[Get Off the Unicorn]]''
* ''[[The Girl Who Heard Dragons]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall]]''
* ''[[A Gift of Dragons]]''

| group7 = Uncollected stories
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* "The Impression" <small>(in ''The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern'')</small>
* "Beyond ''Between''" <small>(in ''[[Legends II (book)|Legends II]]'')</small>

| group8 = Companion books
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* ''[[The Atlas of Pern]]'' by [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]]
* ''[[People of Pern]]'' by [[Robin Wood (artist)|Robin Wood]] and Anne McCaffrey
* ''[[Dragonlover's Guide to Pern]]'' by [[Jody Lynn Nye]] and Anne McCaffrey
* [[Dragonharper (gamebook)|''Dragonharper'' (gamebook)]] by Jody Lynn Nye
* [[Dragonfire (gamebook)|''Dragonfire'' (gamebook)]] by Jody Lynn Nye

| group9 = Games
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* [[Dragonriders of Pern (video game)|''Dragonriders of Pern'' (video game)]]
* ''[[Dragonriders: Chronicles of Pern]]'' (video game)
* ''[[Dragonriders of Pern boardgame]]''
* ''[[ Fantasy Game #4 "Dragonriders of Pern]]''
* ''[[PernMUSH]]'' (role-playing game)


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* [[Dragons (Pern)|Dragons]]
* [[Whers]]
* [[Impression (Dragonriders of Pern)|Impression]]
* [[Weyr]]
* [[Alpha Sagittarii in fiction|Rukbat]]
* [[Between (fictional place)|Between]]
* [[Oldtimers (Pern)|Oldtimers]]


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Latest revision as of 16:01, 26 March 2023

Dragonriders of Pern boardgame
DesignersSam Lewis
IllustratorsDavid B. Bromley, Jim Clouse, Tim Hildebrandt, Michael Whelan, Robin Wood
PublishersMayfair Games
Publication1983
Players1–7 Players
Playing time120 Min

Dragonriders of Pern is a board game that originated in the United States in 1983 created by Anne McCaffrey. The plot is based on the series Dragonriders of Pern.[1]

Reception

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Nic Grecas reviewed Dragonriders of Pern for White Dwarf #52, giving it an overall rating of 4 out of 10, and stated that "This is a game which lacks those crucial ingredients - enjoyment and excitement. In a game which has these, almost anything else can be forgiven, eg rotten artwork, unclear rules, complex and unwieldy game mechanics, high price, or 'historical inaccuracy'. In their absence, even the most lavishly illustrated, innovative game is a failure to be played once and no more."[2]

Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ "Dragonriders of Pern". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Grecas, Nic (April 1984). "Open Box". White Dwarf (52). Games Workshop: 17.
  3. ^ "Science Fiction Chronicle 1983-12: Vol 5 Iss 3". DNA Publications. December 1983.
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