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''Indiana Jones Judge's Survival Pack'' is a supplement published by TSR in 1985 for the action-adventure role-playing game ''
The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game ''The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game'' is a licensed pulp style action-adventure role-playing game published by TSR in 1984 that is based on the '' Indiana Jones'' movie franchise. Publication history In 1984, TSR gained the l ...
'', itself based on the '' Indiana Jones'' movie franchise.


Contents

''Indiana Jones Judge's Survival Pack'' is a 16-page booklet with a cardstock cover and cardstock inserts that includes: * a Combat Computer * cardstock cut-out-and-assemble models, including a truck, a motorcycle and side car, and a jeep * cardstock cut-out furniture, floors, idols, railway crossing signs, and traffic barriers * expanded rules for generating characters * maps of generic ruins * advice for
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* the cardstock bifold cover acts as a
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Publication history

In 1984, TSR gained the license to make a role-playing game based on '' Indiana Jones'', and the result was ''
The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game ''The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game'' is a licensed pulp style action-adventure role-playing game published by TSR in 1984 that is based on the '' Indiana Jones'' movie franchise. Publication history In 1984, TSR gained the l ...
''. A number of adventures and supplements were subsequently published, including 1985's ''Indiana Jones Judge's Survival Pack'', a 16-page booklet with a cardstock cover and cardstock models sheet designed by Harold Johnson, with contributions by Ed Carmien. The cut-out figures and interior art were created by Dennis and Marsha Kauth, cartography was by Dave Sutherland, and cover art was by
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. ''The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game'' did not sell well, and TSR eventually allowed the license to expire, and publication stopped. In 1994,
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acquired the rights to publish their own Indiana Jones role-playing game, ''
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''.


Reception

In Issue 29 of ''
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'', Paul Mason was not impressed by the ''Indiana Jones Judge's Survival Pack'', saying "this accessory pack doesn't provide anything that makes it particularly worth the price and much of what it does contain should have been included in the original game anyway. But if you're a mad keen ''Indiana Jones'' player, you'll probably find it indispensable."


Other recognition

A copy of ''Indiana Jones Judge's Survival Pack'' is held in the collection of the
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(object 110.2082).


References

{{reflist Role-playing game books Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1985 The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game