Traveller Adventure 3: Twilight's Peak Explained

Traveller Supplement Adventure 3: Twilight's Peak is a 1980 role-playing game adventure for Traveller published by Game Designers' Workshop.

Plot summary

Twilight's Peak is an adventure in which the player characters seek the lost Twilight's Peak drug convoy, and discover the secrets of the long-dead Ancients.

Reception

William A. Barton reviewed Twilight's Peak in The Space Gamer No. 34.^[1] Barton commented that "If there are any serious flaws to be found in Twilight's Peak, this reviewer was unable to locate them. It is the best adventure thus far created for Traveller. Don't pass this one up - not even for a cargo hold of advanced powered battle armor."

Andy Slack reviewed Twilight's Peak for White Dwarf #24, giving it an overall rating of 10 out of 10, and stated that "In conclusion, I can only say: This is how Traveller should be. Buy it."^[2]

Twilight's Peak was awarded the H.G. Wells Award for "Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1980".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Barton . William A. . December 1980 . Capsule Reviews . The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games . 34 . 34.
2. Slack . Andy . April–May 1981 . Open Box . White Dwarf . Games Workshop . 24 . 15.
3. Web site: The 1980 Origins Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121216052355/http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1980s/The1980OriginsAwards/tabid/3223/Default.aspx . December 16, 2012 . Game Manufacturers Association.