Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard
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| Designers | Bill Paley |
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| Publishers | FASA |
| Publication | 1981 |
| Genres | Science-fiction |
| Systems | Classic Traveller |
Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard is a 1981 role-playing game adventure for Classic Traveller, written by Bill Paley, with a cover by William H. Keith, and published by FASA.
Plot summary[]
Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard is a set of character descriptions and stats, along with some situational ideas and scenario outlines, which referees may use to create scenarios for player characters aboard the 5000-ton luxury liner, King Richard.[1]
Publication history[]
Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard was written by , with art by Kevin Siembieda, and was published in 1981 by FASA as a digest-sized 48-page book with a two-color map.[2]
Reception[]
William A. Barton reviewed Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard in The Space Gamer No. 47.[1] Barton commented that "Overall, Action Aboard is quite well done and should provide many hours of adventure for Traveller players who can appreciate several different types of scenarios."[1]
Bob McWilliams reviewed Action Aboard for White Dwarf #31, giving it an overall rating of 5 out of 10 for the novice, and 6 for the expert, and stated that "Well produced and with plenty going on, the designers have provided referees with as much help as can be fitted in booklets of this size, gone into detail at points in the adventure where it's necessary and not filled out with 'chrome'."[3]
Reviews[]
- Different Worlds #18 (Jan., 1982)[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Barton, William A. (January 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (47): 26–27.
- ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 327. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ McWilliams, Bob (June–July 1982). "Open Box". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (31): 16–17.
- ^ "Different Worlds Magazine".
- Traveller (role-playing game) adventures