The Awful Green Things from Outer Space

The Awful Green Things from Outer Space is a two-player board game published by TSR in 1980. The rights to the game were subsequently acquired by Steve Jackson Games, in both full-sized and smaller Pocket Box editions exist. The spaceship Znutar has become infested with rapidly multiplying space monsters. The players can assume the role of The Awful Green Things (GT's) or the ship's crew. The GT's role is simple: devour the crew and grow. The crew must destroy the GT's, using hand to hand combat and improvised "weapons" of unknown effect. If it is determined that the cause is hopeless, the crew can activate the ship's self-destruct mechanism and abandon ship. The crew must act quickly, or become overwhelmed by the rapidly breeding menace.