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''The Astromundi Cluster'' is a 1993
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Contents

''The Astromundi Cluster'' described a unique crystal sphere composed of free-floating asteroids. The sphere's weak barriers encourage free passage between the Prime Material Plane and the
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s, resulting in a bizarre and potentially explosive mix of creatures. The "Celestial Almananc" lists dozens of locales, from the outcast colony of Chakarak to the orchard-laden Boyarny. The "Astrogator's Guide" provides game statistics for the Doombat and other new ships.


Publication history

''The Astromundi Cluster'' was designed by
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, and published by TSR in 1993. The box cover painting and interior art was by David O. Miller, with the booklet cover painting by
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Reception

Rick Swan Rick Swan is a game designer and author who worked for TSR. His work for TSR, mostly for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, appeared from 1989 to 1995. Swan also wrote ''The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games'' (1990), published by St. Martin's Pre ...
reviewed ''The Astromundi Cluster'' for ''
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'' magazine #203 (March 1994). He felt that this "lavish boxed set" was "Intended to jump-start sleepy Spelljammer campaigns". He had two gripes about the boxed set, one being that some of the names "are more silly than sinister, like the mist-covered bodies called Gasteroids, and the shadowy lands known as the Grim Regions", and the other being that with 192 pages to work with, "couldn't the designer have found room for at least one developed adventure?"


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Astromundi Cluster, The Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1993 Spelljammer supplements