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===First edition=== ''Triplanetary'' was designed by [[Marc W. Miller]] and [[John Harshman]], loosely based on novels and short stories from the [[Golden Age of Science Fiction]], particularly the ''[[Future History (Heinlein)|Future History]]'' works of [[Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]].<ref name="SG4">{{cite journal|last=Rusch|first=Scott |date=1976 |title=Triplanetary Review|journal=[[The Space Gamer]]|publisher=[[Metagaming Concepts|Metagaming]]|issue=4|pages=22}}</ref> ''Triplanetary'' was originally conceived as the first part of a proposed series of games that was to be named ''"The Stars! The Stars!"''<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|53}} As Miller related, a late-night session of ''[[Lensman (game)|Lensman]]'' with Harshman using blank hex-grid battle board combat "inspired the design for ''Triplanetary'', with its image of our solar system and use of vector movement".<ref name="HG">{{Cite book | contribution=[[Lensman (game)|Lensman]] | title=Hobby Games: The 100 Best | last=Miller | first=Marc W. | author-link=Marc W. Miller | editor-last=Lowder | editor-first=James | editor-link=James Lowder | publisher=[[Green Ronin Publishing]] | year=2007 | pages=176β178 | isbn=978-1-932442-96-0}}</ref> In 1976, GDW released ''Triplanetary Variant V/2'', an expansion of the suggested "Prospecting" scenario that was part of the original errata sheets.<ref name=SG4 />
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