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''The Mind Masters'' is a 1983 role-playing game adventure for ''
Gamma World ''Gamma World'' is a science fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet, and first published by TSR in 1978. It borrowed heavily from Ward's earlier game, ''Metamorphosis Alpha''. Setting ''Gamma World'' ...
'' published by TSR.


Plot summary

''The Mind Masters'' is an adventure in which the
player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters that are not control ...
s go to explore a large trove of artifacts.


Publication history

''The Mind Masters'' was the fourth adventure published for ''
Gamma World ''Gamma World'' is a science fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet, and first published by TSR in 1978. It borrowed heavily from Ward's earlier game, ''Metamorphosis Alpha''. Setting ''Gamma World'' ...
''.


Reception

Chris Baylis reviewed ''The Mind Masters'' for ''
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'' magazine, and stated that "The impressive cover, good production and artwork fail to hide this time-wasting scenario TSR have released for the ''Gamma World'' game." Steve Crow reviewed ''The Mind Masters'' in ''
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'' No. 70. Crow commented that "While I would recommend this module to any
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looking for new and different ways to challenge his players, I would advise that the gamemaster must be ''very'' experienced, as he or she is going to have to fill in the many gaps in the play sequence. ''The Mind Masters'' is definitely the best of the ''Gamma World'' modules to come out, despite its flaws, but be advised that there are holes that will have to be navigated to get to the good parts."


References

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