Traveller Referee Screen Explained

Traveller Referee Screen is a 1979 role-playing game supplement for Traveller published by Judges Guild.

Contents

Traveller Referee Screen is a gamemaster's screen which contains the important tables from Traveller Books 1-4 involving combat, encounters, use of psionic abilities and maneuvers for starships.

Referee Screen is a GM's screen with charts and tables from Traveller plus weapons data from Book 4, Mercenary.

Publication history

Shannon Appelcline explains that the first licenses Judges Guild acquired with a company other than TSR was for the Traveller role-playing game from GDW, and so "Following their original methodology of publishing gaming aids, Judges Guild rapidly put out a referee screen (1978), a character creation aid (1979), and a book of deck plans (1979)".^[1]

Referee Screen was published by Judges Guild in 1979 as four cardstock pieces.^[2]

Reception

Bob McWilliams reviewed Traveller Referee Screen for White Dwarf #15, giving it an overall rating of 7 out of 10, and stated that "this is a useful though not essential purchase."^[3]

William A. Barton reviewed Traveller Referee Screen in The Space Gamer No. 36.^[4] Barton commented that "the Traveller Referee Screen will make for smoother play in even the wildest campaign."

Notes and References

1. Book: Appelcline, Shannon . Designers & Dragons: The '70s . Evil Hat Productions . 2014 . 978-1-61317-075-5.
2. Book: Schick, Lawrence . Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games . Prometheus Books . 1991 . 0-87975-653-5 . 338 . Lawrence Schick.
3. McWilliams . Bob . October–November 1979 . Open Box . White Dwarf . Games Workshop . 15 . 21.
4. Barton . William A. . February 1981 . Capsule Reviews . The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games . 36 . 26.