Greyspace
{{short description|1992 role-playing game supplement}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = Greyspace
| image = SJR6GreyspaceCover.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Cover art by Thomas Baxa
| author = Nigel Findley
| genre = Fantasy role-playing game
| publisher = TSR, Inc.
| release_date = 1992
| media_type = Book
| pages = 96
| isbn = 1-56076-348-5
}}
Greyspace (product code SJR6) is a supplement published by TSR in 1992 for the steampunk role-playing campaign setting Spelljammer, which uses the rules for Dungeons & Dragons.
Contents
Greyspace describes a part of the sphere of the Ptolemaic system that surrounds the planet Oerth of the Greyhawk setting. The book has 18 chapters that describe:
- the planets Oerth, Kule, Raenei, Liga, The Grinder, Edill, Gnibile, Conatha, Ginsel, Borka, Greela, and The Spectre.
- Other astronomical bodies and phenomena
- Spacefaring companies, including pirate bands, trading companies and mercenaries
- Adventure ideas
- New magical items
- The limitations of religion while travelling in space
- Three space-faring monsters
The book also includes a wall poster illustrating a map of the Sphere of Known Space.
Publication history
In 1989, TSR introduced a number of new RPG campaign settings, including Spelljammer, which added a note of steampunk science fiction to the fantasy Greyhawk setting. TSR subsequently published several supplements and adventures for Spelljammer, including Greyspace in 1992, a 96-page softcover book written by Nigel Findley, with cover art by Tom Baxa, interior illustrations by David O. Miller, and cartography by John Knecht.{{cite web|url = https://www.legrog.org/jeux/ad-d-spelljammer/sjr6-greyspace-en | date=April 2013|title= SJR6 - Greyspace |website=Guide du Rôliste Galactique| access-date= 2023-09-09 |language=fr}}
Reception
Greyspace was a finalist for "Trophée du meilleur supplément, français ou étranger, publié en 1992 pour un jeu de rôle" ("Best Role-playing Supplement of 1992, French or foreign-language") awarded by the French RPG magazine Casus Belli.{{cite magazine | title =Élisez les Trophées | magazine = Casus Belli | issue =73| pages =10–11| date = January–February 1993| language =fr }}