What People Say About the Game
The original Lensman game is © 1969, Norstrilia Software, Inc. All other material is copyright 2004 - 2008, Norstrilia Software, Inc.
What's This About?
Back in the Day
Back in 1969 a unique wargame was published, 'Lensman'. As far as can be determined, this was the first published space wargame. It looked great! The map was glossy black with white hexes and richly colored stars. And the colors weren't just decoration, crucial decisions needed to take the color, and therefore the type of star into account. Game play was excellent too. It was the kind of game you could play again and again and still find interesting. The rules were moderately complex, enough to keep you involved, but not too much, so the game wasn't hard to play.
Lensman was very well liked and over the next few years several thousand copies were sold, excellent sales for a wargame. And it was influential, it established the space game genre and inspired designers to create their own science-fiction games.
But, by the mid-seventies the game was out of print and increasingly hard to find.
What's Happening Now
Eventually a small group of people decided to republish this classic game. Use the navigation pane or click to find out why the game is still great or how we're going about the republication.