Survivors' Guide To The United Kingdom
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''Survivors' Guide to the United Kingdom'' is a supplement published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1990 for the post-apocalyptic role-playing game ''
Twilight: 2000 ''Twilight: 2000'' is a 1984 post-apocalyptic military tabletop role-playing game published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW). Set in the aftermath of World War III (the "Twilight War"), the game operates on the premise that the United States/NATO ...
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Content

In the original ''Twilight: 2000'' game, many of the first adventures centred around a military unit stranded in Central Europe following a fictional World War III known in the game as the "Twilight War". ''Survivors' Guide to the United Kingdom'' gives details of how to create a campaign setting for adventures set in Great Britain. The book covers: *Year by year effects of World War III on Great Britain, 1996–2000 *Subsequent changes to geography, living conditions, the economy, and availabler armaments *A guide to various regions *Notable personalities *Various military and militia units and intelligence agencies *Random encounters


Publication history

GDW published the first edition of ''Twilight: 2000'' in 1984. Many adventures and supplements followed including ''Survivors' Guide to the United Kingdom'' in 1990, a 48-page softcover book written by Peter Phillipps, with interior art by Kirk Wescom and
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, and cover art by Radley Masinelli. ''Survivors' Guide to the United Kingdom'' was one of the last supplements published for the first edition of ''Twilight: 2000'', since shortly after its release, GDW published a second edition of the game.


Reception

Allen Mixson reviewed the product in a 1991 issue of ''
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'', highly recommending it and rating it a 4 out of a possible 5 overall.


Other reviews

*''Terra Traveller Times'', Issue 30 (July 1990, p. 5) *''Games Review'', Vol. 2, Issue 8 (May 1990, p.43)


References

{{reflist Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1990 Science fiction role-playing game supplements Twilight: 2000