Startown Liberty is a 1984 role-playing game supplement, written by J. Andrew Keith under the pen-name of John Marshal for Traveller published by Gamelords.
 Cover by William H. Keith | |
| Designers | J. Andrew Keith |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Game Designers' Workshop |
| Publication | 1984 |
| Genres | Science-fiction |
| Systems | Classic Traveller |
Contents
editStartown Liberty is a supplement which provides encounters and events to take place in the area near the starport of a world.[1]
Publication history
editStartown Liberty was written by John Marshal,[2]: 56 with art by William H. Keith Jr., and was published in 1984 by Gamelords as a digest-sized 48-page book.[3]
Reception
editStephen Nutt reviewed Startown Liberty for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Startown liberty is not a full scenario, it is a play-aid. As such it is really useful to a referee and it can be used over and over again."[4]
Tony Watson reviewed Startown Liberty in The Space Gamer No. 72.[1] Watson commented that "Startown Liberty is a fine way to provide a playing group with diversion, red herrings, or a necessary contact."[1]
Reviews
edit- Different Worlds #37 (Nov./Dec. 1984)
- Polyhedron #75[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Watson, Tony (January–February 1985). "Featured Review: Traveller Supplements from Gamelords". The Space Gamer. No. 72. Steve Jackson Games. pp. 7–8.
- ^ Appelcline, Shannon (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 340. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Nutt, Stephen (July 1984). "Notices". Imagine (review). No. 16. TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. p. 41.
- ^ "Dungeons & Dragons World - Magazines - Polyhedron Magazine".