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Aurore Sourcebook

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Aurore Sourcebook
Humanity's Furthest Outpost
Cover by Steve Venters
DesignersWilliam H. Keith, Jr.
PublishersGame Designers' Workshop
Publication1987; 37 years ago (1987)
GenresScience fiction
Systems2300 AD
ISBN0943580374

Aurore Sourcebook is a supplement published by Game Designers' Workshop in 1987 for the science fiction role-playing game 2300 AD.

Contents

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Aurore Sourcebook is a campaign setting supplement which details the distant planet Aurore and includes ideas for adventure scenarios, with eight pages of color illustrations.[1]

Publication history

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Aurore Sourcebook was written by William H. Keith, Jr., with a cover by Steve Venters, and was published in 1987 by Game Designers' Workshop as a 96-page book.[1]

Reception

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In the May 1988 edition of Dragon (Issue #145), Jim Bambra thought this book "contains a wealth of detail and is stuffed full of adventure ideas... Great care and inspired design have gone into this book." Bambra concluded, "The Aurore Sourcebook is highly recommended as a fully fledged science-fiction setting and as a world of adventure."[2]

Other reviews

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  • Tidewater Traveller Times Volume 1, Issue 5 (Oct 1987, p. 5)

References

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  1. ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 344. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. ^ Bambra, Jim (May 1989). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon (145). TSR, Inc.: 72–74.