Character Codex

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Character Codex
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Genre Role-playing game
Publisher Judges Guild
Media typePrint

Character Codex is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1979.

Contents

Contents

Character Codex is a players' aid, a book of character record sheets, each with an illustration portraying a character of the appropriate class. It also includes an equipment price list. [1]

Publication history

Character Codex features art by Jennell Jaquays [lower-alpha 1] , and was published by Judges Guild in 1979 as a 96-page book. [1]

TSR extended Judges Guild's license to include Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1978, which allowed Judges Guild to produce many more products in that line, beginning with the Character Codex (1979). [2] : 196 

Reception

Notes

  1. ↑ Credited as Paul Jaquays.

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References

  1. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 88. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  2. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN   978-1-61317-075-5.
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