High Colonies is a role-playing game published by Waterford Publishing House Ltd. (Can.) in 1988.
High Colonies is a role-playing game published by Waterford Publishing House Ltd. (Can.) in 1988.
High Colonies is a science-fiction space-adventure game, a hard-science system set in 2188. [1] The Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear/biological holocaust, and human society continued only in the orbital colonies that surround Earth and are scattered throughout the Solar System. [1] The game includes rules for character creation (a skill-based system), robots, one alien race, genetic engineering, melee combat (between people and/or robots), and spaceship combat. [1] There is campaign setting material describing the factions that control the various colonies, and an introductory scenario, "Hard Times at Lyric 3." [1] The timeline which establishes the background for High Colonies runs to almost 8,000 words. [2]
High Colonies featured design and art by Eric Hotz, and was published by Waterford Publishing House Ltd. in 1988 as a 104-page book. [1]
Rick Swan reviewed High Colonies in Space Gamer Vol. II No. 1. [3] Swan commented that "As a game, High Colonies doesn't measure up to the competition. As a sourcebook, science-fiction role-players could do a lot worse." [3]
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