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153:, which had been released simultaneously. Bailey complimented FASA for including updated rules on the Daleks that made them much harder to damage in combat, but criticized FASA for the necessity of including this information in a supplement rather than the original rules, saying, "I wonder, however, why it was necessary to do this in a supplement? FASA should have got it right first time - anything else deserves the strongest criticism." Although Bailey was not pleased by the introduction of many new rules, which required integration with the original 84:. The information in the player's book may or may not be accurate. As reviewer Barry Bailey noted, "the players' booklet is carefully compiled as a mixture of truth, inaccuracies, lies, damn lies and statistics." Although these two booklets were originally sold together, they are usually found separately on the used book market. Since there have been more players than gamemasters, the player's booklet is rarer than the gamemaster's book. 33: 165:, and gave them both an average overall rating of 7 out of 10, saying, "If you intend using either of the two villains regularly, and don't feel you know enough from the series to be able to handle them, then you should use these supplements. Otherwise you'd probably be better trusting to your own judgement." 22: 124:
was designed by the staff writers of Fantasimulation Associates, Guy McLimore Jr., Greg Poehlein, and David F. Tepool. Interior art was by Dana Andrews, Jane K. Bigos, James Holloway, David J. Hutchins, Todd F. Marsh, Jordan Weisman, and
80:'s booklet with truthful background information about the Daleks, including society, history, tactics, and physiology; and a 24-page booklet with information for players titled "The Dalek Problem – A Symposium", supposedly written by the 237: 242: 149: 110: 247: 215: 51: 81: 157:
game rules, he was impressed by the "Dalek Combat Flowchart". Bailey was ambivalent about the usefulness of either
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contains information about Doctor Who's longest running adversary, the
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Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
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Jim Holloway

FASA
The Doctor Who Role Playing Game
Doctor Who
Daleks
gamemaster
Celestial Intervention Agency
The Lords of Destiny
The Iytean Menace
The Master
James Holloway
White Dwarf
The Master


White Dwarf
Games Workshop
ISBN
0-87975-653-5
Categories
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1985
Science fiction role-playing game supplements
The Doctor Who Role Playing Game

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