$2.95 i RVEST \ ARS a N PeTHE HARVEST WARS Game design by Howard Thompson Edited by Steve Jackson Illustrations by Paul Jaquays Copyright © 1977 by Metagaming Cover art copyright © 1978 by Metagaming Second Printing 1978 The designer acknowledges philosophical inspiration and reading enjoyment provided by Jack Vance’s The Dragon Masters and The Last Castle and Hellstrom’s Hive by Frank Herbert. Thanks also go to Robert Taylor and Ben Ostrander, who provided playtesting and commentary, respectively. A special thanks must also go to numerous readers of ihe Space Gamer whose constant interest in the Hymen- optera game system kept me at what has been a simultan- eously demanding and rewarding work. A Metagaming MicroGame