Starships & Spacecraft Explained

Starships & Spacecraft is a supplement published by Judges Guild in 1979 for Game Designers Workshop's science-fiction role-playing game Traveller.

Contents

Starships & Spacecraft is a supplement containing three large three-color sheets of startship deck plans, which also provide technical data, and sheets containing information on each of the types of craft found in Traveller Book 2 (Starships).

Publication history

Starships & Spacecraft was written by Dave Sering and was published in 1979 by Judges Guild as three 3-color map sheets.^[1]

Reception

Bob McWilliams reviewed Starships and Spacecraft for White Dwarf #15, giving it an overall rating of 5 out of 10, and stated that "If you feel you really cannot design and draw your own starship layouts (surely one of the pleasures of being a Traveller Referee), this is for you."^[2]

William A. Barton reviewed Starships & Spacecraft in The Space Gamer No. 32.^[3] Barton commented that "Starships & Spacecraft should prove quite helpful in making your Traveller campaign even more realistic to your players. It deserves a place in your Traveller library."

Notes and References

1. Book: Schick, Lawrence . Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games . Prometheus Books . 1991 . 0-87975-653-5 . 340 . Lawrence Schick.
2. McWilliams . Bob . October–November 1979 . Open Box . White Dwarf . Games Workshop . 15 . 21.
3. Barton . William . October 1980 . Expanding Traveller . The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games . 32 . 10–11.