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Cassiopean Empire

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

Description

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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

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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.[citation needed]

Reception

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. pp. 302–303. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. ^ a b Varney, Allen (Sep–Oct 1985). "Capsule Reviews". Space Gamer (76). Steve Jackson Games: 34.