Waspwinter

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Waspwinter is a 1981 role-playing game supplement published by Judges Guild for Traveller .

Contents

Contents

Waspwinter is supplement detailing a planet that alien space pirates are using as a colony for slave labor as part of an attempt to take over their own home world. [1]

Publication history

Waspwinter was written by Walter Bledsaw and Dorothy Bledsaw and was published in 1981 by Judges Guild as a 32-page book with a large map. [2]

Reception

Stefan Jones reviewed Waspwinter in The Space Gamer No. 49. [1] Jones commented that "Waspwinter is an excellent adventure for refs who don't mind having to fill out the details of the adventures they buy. Those who want a ready-to-play situation are warned to try something else." [1]

Review

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jones, Stefan (March 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 49. Steve Jackson Games. p. 31.
  2. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 342. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  3. "Different Worlds Magazine".