''Aurore Sourcebook'' is a supplement published by
Game Designers' Workshop in 1987 for the science fiction role-playing game ''
2300 AD
''2300 AD'', originally titled ''Traveller: 2300'', is a tabletop science fiction role-playing game created by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) and first published in 1986.
Publication history
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Contents
''Aurore Sourcebook'' is a campaign setting supplement which details the distant planet Aurore and includes ideas for adventure scenarios, with eight pages of color illustrations.
Publication history
''Aurore Sourcebook'' was written by
William H. Keith, Jr.
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, with a cover by
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, and was published in 1987 by
Game Designers' Workshop as a 96-page book.
Reception
In the May 1988 edition of ''
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'' (Issue #145),
Jim Bambra thought this book "contains a wealth of detail and is stuffed full of adventure ideas... Great care and inspired design have gone into this book." Bambra concluded, "The ''Aurore Sourcebook'' is highly recommended as a fully fledged science-fiction setting and as a world of adventure."
Other reviews
*''Tidewater Traveller Times'' Volume 1, Issue 5 (Oct 1987, p. 5)
References
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2300 AD supplements
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987