Stardemon

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Stardemon is a 1989 role-playing game adventure for GURPS published by Steve Jackson Games.

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Plot summary

Stardemon is an adventure in which the player characters take part in an archeological expedition in the jungle of the planet Anson. [1]

Publication history

Stardemon: Spacefarers Unlock an Ancient Secret was written by Greg Porter, and was published by Steve Jackson Games in 1989 as a 32-page book. [2]

Reception

Paul Mason reviewed Stardemon for Games International magazine, and gave it 3 stars out of 5, and stated that "While it's not the kind of thing to buy for ideas, if try to run a reasonably standard science fiction campaign Stardemon provides a useful stop-gap scenario which could set up several recurring plot themes." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mason, Paul (June 1989). "Rolegames". Games International (6): 43.
  2. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 394. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
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