Worlds Beyond (role-playing game)

Worlds Beyond is a role-playing game published by Other World Games in 1990.

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).[1] Character creation rules are skill-based.[1] Rules cover generation of planets, spaceships, and robots.[1] Six sample spaceships are described, with deck plans.[1] Over 20 worlds are described as a campaign background.[1]

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.[1]

Reception

Lawrence Schick comments: "A solid system, simpler than most, but worth a look if Traveller seems too intimidating."[1]

Reviews

References

  1. 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.
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