The Legend of the Sky Raiders

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The Legend of the Sky Raiders
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Publishers FASA
Publication1981;
42 years ago (1981)
GenresScience fiction
SystemsClassic Traveller

The Legend of the Sky Raiders is a 1981 role-playing game adventure for Traveller published by FASA.

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Plot summary

The Legend of the Sky Raiders is an adventure in which the player character are on an expedition supporting a scientific team, looking in swampy outback territory for clues to help them find out about the legendary Sky Raiders. [1]

Publication history

The Legend of the Sky Raiders was written by J. Andrew Keith and William H. Keith Jr. and was published in 1981 by FASA as a digest-sized 48-page book with a two-color map. [2]

Reception

William A. Barton reviewed The Legend of the Sky Raiders in The Space Gamer No. 50. [1] Barton commented that "Legend of the Sky Raiders is definitely worth adding to your Traveller collection and, when run, should prove one of the more exciting adventures your players have yet experienced." [1]

Bob McWilliams reviewed The Legend of the Sky Raiders for White Dwarf #31, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "Well produced and with plenty going on, the designers have provided referees with as much help as can be fitted in booklets of this size, gone into detail at points in the adventure where it's necessary and not filled out with 'chrome'." [3]

In a retrospective review of The Legend of the Sky Raiders in Black Gate , Patrick Kanouse said "The Legend of the Sky Raiders holds up very well and has a place at the gaming table for adventuring Travellers to this day." [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Barton, William A. (April 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (50): 32.
  2. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 336. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  3. ↑ McWilliams, Bob (June–July 1982). "Open Box". White Dwarf . Games Workshop (31): 16–17.
  4. ↑ "Raiders of the Lost Ark in Traveller: The Sky Raiders – Black Gate".
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