Worlds Beyond (role-playing game)

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Worlds Beyond is a role-playing game published by Other World Games in 1990. It was acquired by Precis Intermedia in 2020. [1]

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Description

Worlds Beyond is a science-fiction space-adventure system in which the player characters can be human or alien (three alien races are available). [2] Character creation rules are skill-based. [2] Rules cover generation of planets, spaceships, and robots. [2] Six sample spaceships are described, with deck plans. [2] Over 20 worlds are described as a campaign background. [2]

Publication history

Worlds Beyond was designed by Frank S. Shewmake with Steve Douglas, Douglas Laedtke, John Damon Lavette, Leigh Skilling, and Gary Warth, with a cover by Frank Lurz, and published by Other World Games in 1990 as a 160-page book. [2] It was re-published as a classic reprint in 2021 by Precis Intermedia. [3]

Reception

Stewart Wieck reviewed Worlds Beyond in White Wolf #21 (June/July 1990), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "The book is plagued with typographical errors, but the wealth of information and nice illustrations far outweigh this fault." [4]

Lawrence Schick comments: "A solid system, simpler than most, but worth a look if Traveller seems too intimidating." [2]

Reviews

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References

  1. ↑ "Blog Entry (October 1, 2020)". Precis Intermedia.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 346. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  3. ↑ "Worlds Beyond". Precis Intermedia. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. ↑ Wieck, Stewart (June–July 1990). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine . No. 21. p. 32.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
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