Field Guide to Encounters
Field Guide to Encounters is a role-playing game published by Judges Guild in 1982.
Description
Field Guide to Encounters is a science-fantasy system with Dungeons & Dragons-like character classes and skill levels.[1] The game includes 34 occupations, rules for mutations, lycanthropy, psionics, "manitou combat," and character godhood, plus over 600 monsters.[1]
Publication history
Field Guide to Encounters was designed by Dragon's Byte, and published by Judges Guild in 1982 as a 112-page book and a 96-page book.[1]
Reception
Lawrence Schick called the game "Dumb" and commented: "Inexplicably, one group of monsters are giant animated breakfast foods: friend eggs, bowls of oatmeal, toast, burnt toast (higher armor class than regular toast), etc. You figure it out."[1]
Reviews
- The Space Gamer (Issue 55 - Sep 1982)
References
- ^ a b c d Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 273. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.