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200:, the large book revision that had just been published, and liked the new introductory material. He found that "The production of the book is generally good; spelling errors have been largely eliminated, while tables are concentrated on specific pages, leaving clean blocks of text broken only by some acceptable illustrations." While he had some minor issues, he concluded by giving it a high rating of 9 out of 10, calling it "a work of quality by any standards." 234:
and complimented the "profusely illustrated" book, which "has done a good job of linking the pictures to the text with which they appear." Watson also liked the placement of relevant charts and tables, calling the organization "a distincet improvement over the first edition rules." He also liked the
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expanded equipment section, and "the new emphasis on encounters... the core events in any role-playing session." He concluded by calling this edition "a significant improvement of an already excellent game system."
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in their "Top 100 Games of 1982", praising its "exceptionally thorough rules and sample adventures" for getting started with science-fiction role-playing games.
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and wish to start, now is a good time. Never before has it been as easy to get started."
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Barton, William A. (January 1983). "The Traveller Book: Featured Review".
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second-edition basic rulebooks, as well as the more significant parts of
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Schmittberger, R. Wayne, ed. (November 1982). "The Top 100 Games 1982".
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is a hardcover book which includes most of the text from the
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No. 59. Barton commented that "I certainly wish that
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Index


William H. Keith, Jr
Designers
Marc W. Miller
Game Designers' Workshop
Traveller
Traveller
Marc W. Miller
Game Designers' Workshop
Traveller Book 0
Traveller Double Adventure 1
76 Patrons
Games
The Space Gamer
White Dwarf
Phil Masters
Imagine
Jim Bambra
Different Worlds



The Space Gamer
Steve Jackson Games
Games
Masters, Phil
White Dwarf
Games Workshop
Bambra, Jim
Imagine

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