Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard

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Action Aboard
Adventures on the King Richard
Action Aboard, Adventures on the King Richard.jpg
Cover by William H. Keith.
Designers Bill Paley
Publishers FASA
Publication1981;
43 years ago (1981)
Genres Science-fiction
SystemsClassic 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.

Contents

Plot summary

Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard is a supplement presenting character descriptions and game statistics, with adventure ideas and outlines so that gamemasters can devise scenarios for player characters to be used aboard the 5000-ton King Richard luxury liner. [1]

Publication history

Action Aboard: Adventures on the King Richard was written by Bill Paley, 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Barton, William A. (January 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (47): 26–27.
  2. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 327. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  3. ↑ McWilliams, Bob (June–July 1982). "Open Box". White Dwarf . Games Workshop (31): 16–17.
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