Ordeal by Eshaar is a 1981 role-playing game adventure for Traveller published by FASA.
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| Designers | |
|---|---|
| Publishers | FASA |
| Publication | 1981 |
| Genres | Science fiction |
| Systems | Classic Traveller |
Plot summary
editOrdeal by Eshaar is an adventure in which the player characters must deal with the diplomacy and intrigue early in the Fifth Frontier War on an alien planet near the Zhodani Consulate.[1]
Publication history
editOrdeal by Eshaar was the first published Traveller adventure by FASA.[1] Ordeal by Eshaar was written by J. Andrew Keith and William H. Keith Jr. and was published in 1981 by FASA as a digest-sized 44-page book.[2]
Reception
editWilliam A. Barton reviewed Ordeal by Eshaar in The Space Gamer No. 46.[1] Barton commented that "Ordeal by Eshaar is undoubtedly the best non-GDW Traveller adventure published by anyone so far – and it ranks high among GDW's own offerings. Recommended."[1]
Bob McWilliams reviewed Ordeal by Eshaar for White Dwarf #31, giving it an overall rating of 6 out of 10 for the novice, and 7 for the expert, and stated that "Well produced and with plenty going on, the designers have provided referees with as much help as can be fitted in booklets of this size, gone into detail at points in the adventure where it's necessary and not filled out with 'chrome'."[3]
Reviews
edit- Different Worlds #18 (Jan. 1982)[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Barton, William A. (December 1981). "Expanding Traveller". The Space Gamer (46). Steve Jackson Games: 12.
- ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 337. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ McWilliams, Bob (June–July 1982). "Open Box". White Dwarf (31). Games Workshop: 16–17.
- ^ "Different Worlds Magazine".