[1] The ziplock bag holds: The defender sets out counters for defense, including the exact placement of the Web generator.

Combat can either be ranged or close assault, which may raise clouds of dust, temporarily incapacitating affected units.

[2] In 1977, Metagaming Concepts pioneered a new type of small, fast and cheap solitaire or two-player wargame packaged in a ziplock bag, and produced nearly two dozen game in the series over the next five years.

[a] In the inaugural issue of Ares Magazine, David Ritchie noted that the game "borrows quite shamelessly from Heinlein's Starship Troopers."

"[1] In the November 1978 edition of Dragon, Tony Watson generally liked the game, although he didn't think it was as unique as some of Metagaming's previous MicroGame offerings such as Ogre or WarpWar.

"[3] In Issue 27 of Simulacrum, Brian Train noted that this was the very first MicroGame he purchased and he recalled "[I] had a load of fun with it, even playing solitaire!