Referee's Screen (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying) [Hardcover]

GDW Staff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1989

"A four-panel, full-color screen on heavy card stock, the Referee's Screen fulfills a vital function in Space: 1889 - it presents crucial combat information for the Space: 1889 referee. Charts for explosives, thrown explosives, unarmed combat, armed melee combat, small arms and missile combat, artillery, and animal combat are all right at a referee's fingertips. No more paging back through the rules to find the statistics for an NPC's weapon or to review the nuances of an animal's attack forms. That information is all laid out clearly in readable charts, right before your eyes. On the players' side of the screen is a condensed price list to aid in speedy character generation, and a panel of useful game terms and units to streamline combat and task rolls. No more forgetting what number is required to succeed at a task, what actions are possible in combat, or how far a character can move when running. It's all laid out in large print to answer the most frequently asked player questions before they're even spoken. Along with the decorative and useful screen is included a 16-page booklet of frequently used game charts, arranged for ease of use. The NPC generation rules, stock NPC tables, and NPC Motivations Table are all close together for easy NPC construction. Encounter information is arranged by planet, and weather encounters are clarified in individual weather charts for each planet. Not only are the game charts clarified and expanded for easy referee usage, but new rules for throwing explosive weapons, expanded wound recovery rules, and refinements on the character generation procedure are included for the very first time."

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Game Designers Workshop (GDW) (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558780157
• ISBN-13: 978-1558780156
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,434,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)