File:Cover of Starship Troopers wargame.png

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Description	The cover of the wargame "Starship Troopers" published by Avalon Hill in 1976.
Author or copyright owner	Avalon Hill
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://boardgamegeek.com/image/3214/starship-troopers
Date of publication	1976
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Starship Troopers (board wargame)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer [1]
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Starship Troopers (board wargame)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cover_of_Starship_Troopers_wargame.pngtrue

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1. Palmer, Nicholas (1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. pp. xxx.