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Wanted: Adventurers

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Wanted: Adventurers
DesignersJ. Andrew Keith
PublishersGame Designers' Workshop
Publication1984;
40 years ago
 (1984)
GenresScience-fiction
SystemsClassic Traveller

Wanted: Adventurers is a 1984 role-playing game supplement, written by J. Andrew Keith under the pen-name of John Marshal for Traveller published by Gamelords.

Contents

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Wanted: Adventurers is a book containing short adventure scenarios.[1]

Publication history

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Wanted: Adventurers was written by John Marshal,[2]: 56  and was published in 1984 by Gamelords as a digest-sized 48-page book.[3]

Reception

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Stephen Nutt reviewed Wanted: Adventurers for Imagine magazine, and stated that "The scenarios contained in this play aid are only skeletons. yet it gives depth to the referee's campaigns and allows off-the-cuff activity in play sessions."[4]

William A. Barton reviewed Wanted: Adventurers in Space Gamer No. 72.[1] Barton commented that "Most of the scenarios outlined in Wanted: Adventurers are intriguing hooks that a clever referee can turn into exciting adventure situations."[1]

Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Barton, William A. (January–February 1985). "Featured Review: Traveller Supplements from Gamelords". The Space Gamer. No. 72. Steve Jackson Games. p. 8.
  2. ^ Appelcline, Shannon (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 342. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  4. ^ Nutt, Stephen (September 1984). "Notices". Imagine (review). No. 18. TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. p. 41.
  5. ^ "Dungeons & Dragons World - Magazines - Polyhedron Magazine".