''Domination'' is a
role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...
published by
StarChilde Publications in 1989.
Description
''Domination'' is a science fiction system set in a near-future in which the Earth has been conquered by the alien Kalotions.
The
player character
A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters that are not control ...
s are members of the human resistance.
Players select character classes (commando, intelligence agent, pilot, etc.) that determine which skills the character has.
The game briefly describes the Kalotions, their technology, and the alien subject races they employ in oppressing the Earthlings.
It also covers the major resistance groups, their key leaders, and common modern weapons.
Publication history
''Domination'' was designed by
Blaine Pardoe
Blaine Lee Pardoe is a bestselling and award-winning American author and military historian, known primarily for writing the ''Battletech'' and '' MechWarrior: Dark Age'' series of science fiction books, business management books, military history ...
, and published by
StarChilde Publications in 1989 as a digest-sized 100-page book.
Reception
Lawrence Schick
Lawrence Schick is a game designer and writer associated with role-playing games.
Early life and education
Schick attended Kent State University
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university al ...
notes that the "combat rules are simple", and comments that this game is "A brief set of rules by current standards, with the mere outline of a campaign setting."
References
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Role-playing games introduced in 1989
Science fiction role-playing games