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Justifiers RPG is a role-playing game published by StarChilde in 1988. [1]
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Justifiers RPG is a role-playing game published by StarChilde in 1988. [1]
Justifiers RPG is a science-fiction space-adventure system in which player characters select from 28 humanoid animal types, including bats, albatrosses, gila monsters, and rhinos. [2] The game features a skill-based system in which character class dictates what skills a character has. [2] Skill resolution is by the simple percentage-roll method; combat is likewise fairly streamlined. [2] There are rules for psionic powers, cybernetic implants, weapons, and spaceships. [2] The background is of a future history in which megacorporations own entire worlds and are exploring the galaxy to find more systems to exploit. [2] The "beta-humanoid" heroes work for the corporations. [2] The game includes an introductory scenario. [2]
Justifiers RPG was designed by Gideon, with Blaine Pardoe, and published by StarChilde in 1988 as a 128-page book. [2] Several sourcebooks and a second edition of the core rulebook followed.
List of Justifiers RPG Books:
At some point author Markus Heitz from Germany secured the rights to the Justifiers IP. He proceeded to create a series of novels and short stories with other authors and well as a new edition of the game. [3]
List of Markus Heitz' Justifier Series
Novels (in German):
Graphic Novels (in German):
Roleplaying Books (in German:)
Justifiers RPG was reviewed in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 88. [4] The reviewer commented that "I think this is an excellent primer for beginning gamers. Its main focus is on small unit combat and inter-player conflict. This appears to be what most beginning gamers enjoy the most." [4]
Lawrence Schick commented that Justifiers "takes 'Pets in Space' to its farthest extreme", and that "If you can get by that, you'll find a solid skill-based system". [2]
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