''Instant Adventures'' is an anthology of short adventures published by West End Games (WEG) in 1997 for '' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'', itself based on the ''

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Description

''Star Wars Instant Adventures'' is a collection of nine short adventure scenarios for the ''Star Wars'' role-playing game that can be added to a campaign, introduced as a link between other adventures, or used anytime the gamemaster needs a short interlude. The book also includes 32 full-color adventure cards that provide illustrations of some of the ships, vehicles and aliens and people encountered in the scenarios. The adventures include: *"The Argovia Strike" by Paul Sudlow *"Agent Nallok is Missing" by Peter Schweighofer *"Heavy Lifting" by Floyd Wesel *"Into the Heat of Battle" by Peter Schweighofer *"Family Problems" by Floyd Wesel *"Meltdown" by George Strayton *"New Recruits and Rebel Guns" by Peter Schweighofer *"The Treasure of Celis Mott" by Timothy S. O'Brien *"Operation: Shadowstrike" by Eric Trautmann

Publication history

In 1987, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ''Star Wars'',

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licensed WEG to produce a role-playing game based on the first three ''Star Wars'' movies. The result was ''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'', which used the same D6 System created for their ''Ghostbusters'' role-playing game in 1986. This was updated by a second edition in 1992 that expanded to use material from ''Star Wars'' novels being written by Timothy Zahn and others. In 1997, WEG published ''Instant Adventures'', a 64-page book with adventures written by six different authors, with interior art by Mike Chen, Paul Daly, Ray Lederer, Christopher Trevas, Christina Wald, and

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, and cover art by Lucasfilm. Adventure card illustrations were done by Robert Duchlinski, Brian Schomburg, Christopher Trevas, and Christina Wald.

Reception

In the December 1997 edition of ''

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'' (#242), Rick Swan liked the idea of "bite-sized adventures ..each playable in an afternoon." He particularly liked "Agent Nallok is Missing" by Peter Schweighofer. Swan concluded, "Add a set of 32 reference cards (bound in the back of the book), and you've got a keeper."

References

External links

*{{Wookieepedia, Instant Adventures, ''Instant Adventures'' Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1997 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game adventures