SpaceTime is a role-playing game published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center in 1988.
SpaceTime is a role-playing game published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center in 1988.
SpaceTime is a cyberpunk system, fully compatible with Timelords . [1] Set in a nasty urban future ruled by interplanetary corporations, the rules cover character creation, skills, combat, medical technology, equipment, weapons, and alien environments. [1]
SpaceTime was designed by Greg Porter, and published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center in 1988 as a 128-page book. [1]
Renegade Dreams, a cyberpunk adventure, was released in 1989.
In 2003, the game was redone as a setting under BTRC's EABA game system.[ citation needed ]
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