Whilst my collection is myriad, it doesn't come close to some of the shelves I've seen shared in the brief time that I've been a member. Here's my little contribution:
Justifiers RPG (ISBN: 1-878711-00-8) p128
Published in 1988 by Star Childe Publications, Justifiers RPG puts you in the role of a Betahumanoid. A half human, half animal genetically modified hybrid, you are the property of your corporation and your job is to "justify" or explore newly discovered planets. If anthropomorphic sci-fi adventure in the style of Traveller is what you want, then Justifiers is for you.
Reviews from Ryleh gave Justifiers a good going over
The rule book also contains the scenario The Axon Confrontation written by Battletech author Blaine Pardoe.
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There are a handful of other books I do not (but would love to) own to complete my collection:
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I have also subsequently discovered that Justifiers is not technically dead and some of the books are available as Watermarked PDFs from Drivethru RPG. Apparently more are in the works.
Other StarChilde Books
Domination: Sabot and Laser - I can't tell if this is a standalone game or a supplement for something else. The cover has a modern soldier and a generic insect atop a WWII tank so this could be something completely unconnected.
UPDATE: This is the blurb from the back of the book:
"In 1961 mankind struck out into space...In 1992 space struck back! Play out the critical campaigns of mankind's most desperate war. On the one side the superior technology of the Kalotian Empire. On the other, men and women who know too well that the fate of the Earth rests with them. With a complete role playing interface for Domination."So clearly this is a standalone game and nothing to do with Justifiers.
Guardians RPG - StarChilde Publications also made this Superhero roleplaying game. From what I can research this amounts to two even rarer books (someone should really create a Starchilde wikipage).
UPDATE: As with Justifiers RPG both of the Guardians books are now available on Drivethru RPG as Watermarked PDFs.
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I wrote Domination and Sabot and Laser - and some work on Justifiers. It is a separate game sytem. B. Pardoe
ReplyDeleteHi Blaine, Thanks for the info. It's always nice to have the authors set the record straight. Many thanks for your contribution to the hobby over the years.
DeleteJust as a mention there was a new version of the game out in 2010. Called Justifiers - Das Abenteuerspiel. It had sme supplement and was finished then. There were an additional ten 400 page novels written for that version. The German writer Markus Heitz bought the rights to the game and released the new verson and the books in German only. While the game tanked, the novels sold quite well, so they made it to twelve books by different authors.
ReplyDeleteClockwork Publishing teamed with Heitz to bring a new edition based on a different rule system in 2019, which has not been published yet. Latest details say that the game will be based on the Year Zero engine.
Hi Ingolf, Thanks for clearing this up. I did spot the Markus Heitz version of Justifiers on eBay but as I'm not a German speaker and I couldn't verify for sure if it was the same game.
DeleteIt's good to see someone continuing with the Justifiers game and I would be interested in an english translation of the novels if they ever become available. Happy Gaming
Just for fun I converted Justifiers to the BESM 2ed system for my group at the time and it seemed to work rather well as they still talk about it. Though that's more down to the superb original concept, which I too thought would be excellent book material, more than anything I did. I have a PDF of it if anyone's interested.
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