Star Frontiers Referee's Screen And Mini-Module
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''Star Frontiers Referee's Screen and Mini-Module'' is a supplement published by TSR in 1983 for the science fiction role-playing game ''
Star Frontiers ''Star Frontiers'' is a science fiction role-playing game produced by TSR, Inc., TSR from 1982 to 1985. The game offered a space opera action-adventure setting. Fictional setting ''Star Frontiers'' takes place near the center of a spiral galax ...
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Contents

''Star Frontiers Referee's Screen and Mini-Module'' provides a three-panel gamemaster's screen. On one side are tables and charts used by the gamemaster, and on the other side are the cover art and tables used by the players. Packaged inside the gamemaster's screen is an eight-page booklet titled "Assault of Starship Omicron" that contains two mini-modules: "Sathar Attack Scenario" and "Rogue Robots Scenario". In both scenarios, which can be played as separate or linked adventures, the characters are the security crew aboard the ''Omicron'', which is being automatically navigated to a starport. In "Sathar Attack Scenario", the ship is attacked by a force of Sathar, a new alien race called the Zuraqqor, and a cybodragon. In "Rogue Robots Scenario", the Zuraqqor have infiltrated a robot onto the ''Omicron'' that has reprogrammed the ship's robots. The Zuraqqor now order the robots to take control of the ship. Eight pre-generated characters are provided for the players.


Publication history

TSR published the science fiction role-playing game ''Star Frontiers'' in 1982. ''Star Frontiers Referee's Screen and Mini-Module'' was released the following year. The included adventures were written by Mark Acres with
Tom Moldvay Thomas Steven Moldvay (Nov. 5, 1948 – March 9, 2007) was an American game designer and author, best known for his work on early materials for the fantasy role-playing game '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (D&D). Career During the 1970s while a stud ...
. The cover art was by Jeff Easley.


Reception

Jim Bambra reviewed ''Star Frontiers Referee's Screen and Mini-Module'' for '' Imagine'' magazine, and stated that "Now you can relax, confident that your 'secret' maps are safely hidden from prying eyes. If you take your refereeing seriously you cannot afford to be without it."


References

{{reflist Gamemaster's screens Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1983 Science fiction role-playing game supplements Star Frontiers