Worlds Beyond is a role-playing game published by Other World Games in 1990. It was acquired by Precis Intermedia in 2020.[1]
Worlds Beyond is a science-fiction space-adventure system in which the player characters can be human or alien (three alien races are available).[2] Character creation rules are skill-based.[2] Rules cover generation of planets, spaceships, and robots.[2] Six sample spaceships are described, with deck plans.[2] Over 20 worlds are described as a campaign background.[2]
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.[2] It was re-published as a classic reprint in 2021 by Precis Intermedia.[3]
Lawrence Schick comments: "A solid system, simpler than most, but worth a look if Traveller seems too intimidating."[2]
. Lawrence Schick. Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books . 1991. 0-87975-653-5 . 346.