Edge-On

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Edge-On
Cover of Edge-On 1985.png
Cover art by Janet Aulisio-Dannheiser, 1990
Author Terry Amthor
Genre Role-playing game
PublisherIron Crown Enterprises
Publication date
1990
Media typebook

Edge-On is an adventure published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1990 for the near-future science fiction role-playing game Cyberspace .

Contents

Description

Edge-On includes four unrelated scenarios for Cyberspace. They provide only a framework, requiring gamemasters to provide added detail for optimal play. [1]

  1. "Network 69 takes the fall": The player-characters are hired by media firm Channel 32 to steal data on future programs from rival Channel 69. [2]
  2. "Ward, I'm Worried": The player-characters are hired by a mega-corporation to find a missing scientist, bringing them in contact with the Fusers gang in the slums of San Francisco, and the Fusers' cybernetic leader. [2]
  3. "Safety Violation": The player-characters are hired by Okira Corporation to sabotage an oil rig owned by rival New Edison. After they start the explosives' timers, an earthquake cuts off their line of escape. [2]
  4. "Unscheduled Layover": During a courier mission, the player-characters' shuttle crashes in the Amazon rainforest, and they discover an ancient Mayan city transformed into a secret base. [2]

Reviewer Stephan Wieck spoke positively about scenarios No. 1 and 3, stating that "Safety Violation" had the best plot. [1] He felt scenarios No. 2 and 4 may have been insufficiently developed. [3]

The book also includes guidelines showing how to link the scenarios to one another. [4]

Publication history

ICE first published Cyberspace in 1989. The game's first supplement, Edge-On, subtitled Cyberventure Mission File #1, was published the following year, a 48-page softcover book written by Terry Amthor, with interior art by Kevin Barrett, Angela Bostick, Dell Harris, Rick Lowry, and Chuck Muchowa, and cover art by Janet Aulisio-Dannheiser. [4]

Reception

Stephan Wieck reviewed the product in the June–July 1990 issue of White Wolf . [5] He rated it at 3 of 5 points, stating that there was "some good stuff" but "requires additional work". [5]

Reviews

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References

  1. 1 2 Wieck, Stephan (June–July 1990). "Capsule Reviews: Iron Crown Enterprises; Edge-On". White Wolf . No. 21. p. 69.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Edge-On". Guide du Rôliste Galactique (in French). 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  3. ↑ Wieck, Stephan (June–July 1990). "Capsule Reviews: Iron Crown Enterprises; Edge-On". White Wolf . No. 21. p. 70.
  4. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. pp. 288–289. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  5. 1 2 Wieck, Stephan (June–July 1990). "Capsule Reviews: Iron Crown Enterprises; Edge-On". White Wolf . No. 21. pp. 69–70.
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