Scouts & Assassins

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Scouts & Assassins is a 1980 role-playing game supplement for Traveller published by Paranoia Press.

Contents

Contents

Scouts & Assassins is a book detailing scout and assassin characters for Traveller. [1]

Publication history

Scouts and Assassins was written by Donald P. Rapp and was published in 1980 by Paranoia Press as a digest-sized 12-page book; a second edition was published in the same year with a red cover, as was a 16-page third edition with a white cover, a map, and a 4-page pamphlet. [2]

Reception

William A. Barton reviewed Scouts & Assassins in The Space Gamer No. 32. [3] Barton commented that "Until GDW publishes their own, if you want an 'official' scout system, Scouts & Assassins is it." [3]

William A. Barton reviewed the 2nd edition of Scouts & Assassins in The Space Gamer No. 41. [1] Barton commented that "Scouts & Assassins, 2nd Edition is a very professional work, worthy to stand alongside GDW's own Traveller materials. Even if you own a copy of the first edition, I recommend the new one; you'll find enough new material to make it well worth the price." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Barton, William A. (July 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 41. Steve Jackson Games. pp. 32–33.
  2. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 339. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  3. 1 2 Barton, William A. (October 1980). "Expanding Traveller". The Space Gamer. No. 32. Steve Jackson Games. p. 10.