Cassiopean Empire Explained

Cassiopean Empire is a role-playing game published by Norton Games in 1982.

Description

Cassiopean Empire is a science-fiction space-adventure system, with rules for character creation, spaceships, star systems, aliens, robots, and a description of the interstellar Empire.[1]

Publication history

Cassiopean Empire was designed by Raymond Norton, and published by Norton Games in 1982 as a 16-page book with a character record sheet.[1] The game included art by F.Scott McKown.

Reception

Allen Varney reviewed the 1985 release of Advanced Cassiopeian Empire in Space Gamer No. 76.[2] Varney commented that "There's so much wrong with this game that I can't even find the parts that are right . . . assuming there are any. Such searching doesn't seem worth the effort."[2]

Lawrence Schick called this game "Amateurish", and noted that the character creation rules were similar to Traveller.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schick, Lawrence. Lawrence Schick

    . Lawrence Schick. Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books . 1991. 0-87975-653-5 . 302–303.

  2. Varney . Allen . Allen Varney . Sep–Oct 1985 . Capsule Reviews. Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 76. 34.