''Airwaves'' is a set of three role-playing game adventures published by
Atlas Games in 1993 for the ''
Over the Edge'' role-playing game system.
Description
''Airwaves'' is a 16-page booklet of three adventures for the ''
Over the Edge'' role-playing game system:
* ''Airwaves'', written by Rembert Parker, describes the alien infiltration of a newly established television station on the island of Al Amarja.
* ''House Call'', written by Dustin Browder, describes a pocket universe with intelligent fungi and Nazi shoe salesmen.
* ''Unauthorized Broadcast'', written by
Robin Laws
Robin D. Laws (born October 14, 1964 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian writer and game designer who lives in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of a number of novels and role-playing games as well as an anthologist.
Career
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, introduces a drug that grants its users strange mental powers.
Reception
In the October 1993 edition of ''
Dragon
A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...
'' (Issue 198),
Rick Swan
Rick Swan is a game designer and author who worked for TSR.
His work for TSR, mostly for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, appeared from 1989 to 1995.
Swan also wrote ''The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games'' (1990), published by St. Martin's Pre ...
commented that "Occasionally, good things do come in small packages" and each of these adventures "boasts writing and art that any major publisher would envy." Swan did point out that the adventures were only basic sketches, and would require a lot of work to flesh out. But he concluded that "considering the raw material, ambitious do-it-yourselfers should have a field day."
References
Role-playing game adventures
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1993
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