IISS Ship Files
{{Short description|Tabletop Science-fiction role-playing game supplement}}
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|publisher=Games Workshop
|date={{sda|1981}}
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|system=Classic Traveller
|genre=Science fiction
|designer=Bob McWilliams
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IISS Ship Files is a 1981 role-playing game supplement published by Games Workshop for Traveller, written by Bob McWilliams.{{cite book |last1=Schick |first1=Lawrence |title=Heroic worlds : a history and guide to role-playing games |date=1991 |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=Buffalo |isbn=0-87975-652-7}}{{rp|335}}
Contents
Publication history
Shannon Appelcline wrote that Traveller "made its way into the UK through Games Workshop imports and then through British reprints that began as early as 1979; Games Workshop even put out a few original accessories for the game: IISS Ship Files (1981), Personal Data Files (1981), and Starship Layout Sheets (1981).{{Cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-61317-087-8}}{{rp|122}}
Reception
Robert McMahon reviewed IISS Ship Files for White Dwarf #27, giving it an overall rating of 10 out of 10, and stated that "IISS Ship Files deserves full marks for giving the best ship plans for Traveller yet."{{Cite magazine |last=McMahon |first=Robert |date=October–November 1981 |title=Open Box |magazine=White Dwarf |publisher=Games Workshop |issue=27 |page=13}}
William A. Barton reviewed IISS Ship Files in The Space Gamer No. 48.{{Cite magazine |last=Barton |first=William A. |date=February 1982 |title=Capsule Reviews |magazine=The Space Gamer |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |issue=48 |page=34}} Barton commented that "IISS Ship Files is a strong first offering from Games Workshop's Traveller folks."