Talk:They've Invaded Pleasantville

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@Cunard, in the AFD for the article on this game's designer, the notability of this game was questioned. In case this one were to come up for deletion, do you see any more sources for this game? BOZ (talk) 03:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

Barton, William A. (August 1981). "They've Invaded Pleasantville". The Space Gamer. No. 42. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-03-25 – via Internet Archive.
The article notes: "Though cut from the same general mold as TSR's other minigames, Pleasantville isn't quite as pleasing graphically; the counters are bland black and white minus symbols of any sort (just name and stats), and the map consists merely of abstract irregular boxes to represent the town. The 12-turn limit can be a little hard on the town player, especially if he has trouble convincing enough influential people early on. The necessity for the alien player to take counters off the map and hide behind a "screen" to take over townspeople is a bit cumbersome, but seems about the only solution in a game of this scope. Unless you shudder every time you remember those old late-show sci-fi flicks or you tend to shun anything less complex than Freedom in the Galaxy, you should find They've Invaded Pleasantville an amusing little diversion."
Borenstein, Greg (2015-05-08). The Future of Tabletop Games (PDF) (MSc thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. pp. 45–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Scholarship says, "Masters dissertations and theses are considered reliable only if they can be shown to have had significant scholarly influence." This Google search returns few results, indicating the thesis may not have had "significant scholarly influence".
The master's thesis notes on page 45: "For example, in They’ve Invaded Pleasantville one player controls a 2 group of aliens that secretly seize control of a series of human victims by installing implants in them. The other player controls the remaining still-human townspeople. The human player attempts to discover which townspeople have been implanted in order to liberate or interrogate them."
The master's thesis notes on page 46: "The process of using these lookup tables (and the many others littered throughout They’ve Invaded Pleasantville’s manual) is painstaking and slow. However, their presence gives attentive players an opportunity to fully understand the rules of the simulations driving the game as they are literally laid out for players to read."
Sackson, Sid (1982) [1969]. A Gamut of Games (2 ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. p. 195. ISBN 0-394-71115-7. Retrieved 2024-03-25 – via Internet Archive.
The book notes: "They've Invaded Pleasantville (TSR). The alien attempts to take over the residents, keeping the "zombies" secret as long as possible. The town player tries to convince the residents that the alien exists, rescue the zombies, and locate the alien leader. Two players."
Ritenhouse, Duke (April 1998). "Three-Dollar Wars. A look back at the Golden Age of Metagaming's Microgames". Vindicator. 2 (1): 11. Retrieved 2024-03-25 – via Internet Archive.
The article provides one sentence of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "The big red dragon from Lake Geneva even got into the act by 1981, taking time out from counting its Advanced Dungeons & Dragons profits to release a series of minis that came in ridiculous unwieldy, clear plastic cases. Anyone remember They've invaded Pleasantville? Revolt on Antares? Vampyre? For that matter, does anyone remember Remember the Alamo?"
Peterson, Gary (1984-05-23). "Iowa man keeper of Wood lore". The Capital Times. Archived from the original on 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-25 – via Newspapers.com.
The article provides one sentence of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "He's even got a new game called "They've Invaded Pleasantville: The Game of Infiltration" which sports the Gothic duo being attacked by Martians on its cover."

Cunard (talk) 06:51, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks @Cunard, I'll see what I can do with these! BOZ (talk) 11:43, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]