Traveller Referee Screen is a 1979 role-playing game supplement for Traveller published by Judges Guild.

Contents

Traveller Referee Screen is a gamemaster's screen which contains the important tables from Traveller Books 1-4 involving combat, encounters, use of psionic abilities and maneuvers for starships.[1]

Referee Screen is a GM's screen with charts and tables from Traveller plus weapons data from Book 4, Mercenary.[2]

Publication history

The first of Judges Guild's licenses with companies other than TSR was for GDW's Traveller game. Following their original methodology of publishing gaming aids, Judges Guild rapidly put out a referee screen (1978), a character creation aid (1979), and a book of deck plans (1979).[3]: 198 

Referee Screen was published by Judges Guild in 1979 as four cardstock pieces.[2]

Reception

Bob McWilliams reviewed Traveller Referee Screen for White Dwarf #15, giving it an overall rating of 7 out of 10, and stated that "this is a useful though not essential purchase."[4]

William A. Barton reviewed Traveller Referee Screen in The Space Gamer No. 36.[1] Barton commented that "the Traveller Referee Screen will make for smoother play in even the wildest campaign."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barton, William A. (February 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 36. Steve Jackson Games. p. 26.
  2. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 338. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  3. ↑ Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-075-5.
  4. ↑ McWilliams, Bob (October–November 1979). "Open Box". White Dwarf. No. 15. Games Workshop. p. 21.
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