Artifact (board game)

The game posits that an alien artifact called a "dingus" has been discovered, and two factions are fighting for ownership.

"[2] In 1977, Metagaming Concepts pioneered a new type of small, fast, and cheap wargame packaged in a ziplock bag titled Ogre.

Artifact was the 16th game in the series, designed by Glenn Williams, with interior and cover art by Doug Potter.

"[2] In Issue 31 of The Space Gamer, Robert Marrinan called the counters "an awful shade of purple and white" and the game map was "not very impressive, but typical of what Metagaming has been offering for the past few years."

"[1] In Issue 35 of Warning Order, Matt Irsik commented, "Not much good to say about this game other than the system works, but it's a lot of effort for not much gain."