Of course the buggers I talking about are awful and green and NOT the gang at SJG…
From Steve Jackson Games:
The crew of the exploration ship Znutar just wanted to cruise around the Galaxy, discovering strange new worlds and playing pool. But then their ship was invaded by the Awful Green Things . . . and suddenly they were fighting for their lives!
In this wacky two-player game, one player controls the Awful Green Things. They grow and multiply every turn – especially if they can gobble up a crew member! The other player commands the crew, frantically trying weapon after weapon (pool sticks, fire extinguishers, cans of Zgwortz) to find something that kills the monsters.
This classic game by Tom Wham first appeared in Dragon Magazine in 1980, and has been a fan favorite ever since! This edition includes Tom’s “Outside the Znutar” rules and counters, for going out the airlocks and fighting on the surface of the ship, and upgraded components: a mounted gameboard, heavy die-cut counters, and a full-color rulebook!
You can get a peek at the rules right here!
Wow, blast from the past. Here’s an old SJ game I vaguely remember owning. Don’t really remember actually playing it though. Did they sell it in one of those little plastic boxes about the size of a dvd case?