Ringworld: Roleplaying Adventure Beneath the Great Arch [BOX SET] [Game]

John Hewitt (Author), Sherman Kahn (Author), Lynn Willis (Author), Sandy Petersen (Author), Charlie Krank (Author), Ed Gore (Author), Rudy Kraft (Author), Ralph McQuarrie (Illustrator), Lisa A. Free (Illustrator), Michael Blum (Illustrator), Yurek Chodak (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: 1984

"The Pak looped a million-mile-wide, harder-than-steel ribbon around a star, and set the ribbon spinning. Like a lariat the scrith band spun evenly, in an orbit comparable to Earth's. Air came, and water and soil, and beneath a sun always at high noon lived and died man-like beings who knew no other reality. Mysteriously, the Pak died out, but upon the Ring there came to be many species with intelligence - Ghouls, City Builders, Grass Giants, Machine People - and their empires and destinies grew bright or dimmed... -COMPONENTS- EXPLORER BOOK: introduction, human explorer creation; pursuits and skills; game system; essays on Earth, the Belt, Canyon, Down, Gummidgy, Home, Jinx, Margave, Plateau, Silvereyes, We Made It, Wunderland; Kzin explorer creation and in-depth essay; Puppeteer explorer creation and in-depth essay. HUMAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY: autodocs, computers, drugs, energy systems, autopilots, memory plastics, medicinal and recreational drugs, boosterspice, stasis fields, gravity generators, handguns, heavy weapons, vehicles, vac suits, water tools, much more. CREATURES BOOK: complete statistics and lengthy descriptions for aliens, (including Grogs, Outsiders, Kdatlyno, Dolphins, and Bandersnatchi), hominids (including City Builders, Healers, Ghouls, Grass Giants, Muck Ogres, Hairy Ones, Machine People, Valley People, and Vampires), and unusual Ringworld flora and fauna. RINGWORLD BOOK: essays on Ringworld history, the Pak, rishathra, the structure of Ringworld, the shadow-squares, scrith, mysteries of Ringworld, energy and power, Fist-of-God, eyestorms and punctures, the rim transport system, attitude jets, control and repair centers, and more; Ringworld hominid technological devices and weapons; a complete introductory journey to and adventure on the surface of Ringworld; gamemastering tips; plus much more. OTHER COMPONENTS include explorer sheets, game reference sheets, visions of Ringworld (four essays), the Ringworld printout.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } "The Pak looped a million-mile-wide, harder-than-steel ribbon around a star, and set the ribbon spinning. Like a lariat the scrith band spun evenly, in an orbit comparable to Earth's. Air came, and water and soil, and beneath a sun always at high noon lived and died man-like beings who knew no other reality. Mysteriously, the Pak died out, but upon the Ring there came to be many species with intelligence - Ghouls, City Builders, Grass Giants, Machine People - and their empires and destinies grew bright or dimmed... -COMPONENTS- EXPLORER BOOK: introduction, human explorer creation; pursuits and skills; game system; essays on Earth, the Belt, Canyon, Down, Gummidgy, Home, Jinx, Margave, Plateau, Silvereyes, We Made It, Wunderland; Kzin explorer creation and in-depth essay; Puppeteer explorer creation and in-depth essay. HUMAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY: autodocs, computers, drugs, energy systems, autopilots, memory plastics, medicinal and recreational drugs, boosterspice, stasis fields, gravity generators, handguns, heavy weapons, vehicles, vac suits, water tools, much more. CREATURES BOOK: complete statistics and lengthy descriptions for aliens, (including Grogs, Outsiders, Kdatlyno, Dolphins, and Bandersnatchi), hominids (including City Builders, Healers, Ghouls, Grass Giants, Muck Ogres, Hairy Ones, Machine People, Valley People, and Vampires), and unusual Ringworld flora and fauna. RINGWORLD BOOK: essays on Ringworld history, the Pak, rishathra, the structure of Ringworld, the shadow-squares, scrith, mysteries of Ringworld, energy and power, Fist-of-God, eyestorms and punctures, the rim transport system, attitude jets, control and repair centers, and more; Ringworld hominid technological devices and weapons; a complete introductory journey to and adventure on the surface of Ringworld; gamemastering tips; plus much more. OTHER COMPONENTS include explorer sheets, game reference sheets, visions of Ringworld (four essays), the Ringworld printout.

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Publisher: Chaosium (1984)
Language: English
ASIN: B000FZXGEM
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,333,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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