Crimefighters
| Designers | David Cook |
|---|---|
| Publishers | TSR |
| Publication | 1981 |
| Genres | Crime Crimefighting Pulp Role-playing game |
| Playing time | Varies |
| Random chance | Dice |
| Skills required | Improvisation, arithmetic |
Crimefighters is a 1981 TSR pulp-themed tabletop role-playing game created by game designer David Cook.[1][2][3] Crimefighters was originally released in issue 47 of the March 1981 edition of Dragon magazine.[4][5] This issue of Dragon magazine also contained an introductory Crimefighters adventure called The Case of the Editor’s Envelope.
The game featured artwork by artist Jeff Dee[1][6] who also drew the Crimefighters game character Dark Night Dan.[1]
Crimefighters was included in the Dragon Magazine Archive, a collection of five CD-ROMs comprising the first 250 issues of Dragon magazine.[7]
Game overview[]
Crimefighters emulates the 1930s pulp adventures of characters such as Doc Savage, The Spirit, The Spider and The Shadow.[1]
Character classes players can choose from are Defender, a law-abiding crimefighter, Avenger, a vigilante, or Pragmatist, one who obeys the spirit, if not the letter of the law.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Cook, David (March 1981). "Crimefighters" (PDF). Dragon. rollenspiel-almanach.de (47).
- ^ "Crimefighters". onedrive.live.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- ^ "Crimefighters!". stargazersworld.com. June 15, 2009.
- ^ "Dragon #47". rpg.net.
- ^ "Crimefighters". rpg.net.
- ^ "The Jeff Dee Gallery". paratime.ca.
- ^ Coffin, Bill (December 2, 1999). "REVIEW OF DRAGON #47". rpg.net.
External links[]
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- Pulp and noir period role-playing games