Knight Hawks
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Knight Hawks is a 1983 role-playing game supplement published by TSR for Star Frontiers.
Contents
Knight Hawks is a supplement which includes rules for spaceships and space combat, with a military boardgame and a Campaign Book rulebook.
Knight Hawks is a board wargame that can be integrated with Star Frontiers to depict tactical battles.{{cite book | last =Arnaudo | first =Marco | title =Storytelling in the Modern Board Game: Narrative Trends from the Late 1960s to Today | publisher =McFarland | date =2018 | pages =102|isbn=9781476669519}}
Reception
Mark Pokrzywnicki reviewed Knight Hawks in Space Gamer No. 67.{{cite journal|last=Pokrzywnicki |first=Mark |date=Jan–Feb 1984 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=67|pages=33–34}} Pokrzywnicki commented that "Knight Hawks is a needed role-playing supplement and a decent space boardgame. It isn't worth the money if you just want the boardgame [...] but if you play Star Frontiers, this set is a good bargain that will expands your game tremendously."
Andy Slack reviewed Knight Hawks for White Dwarf #51, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "Overall, this vastly improves the original Star Frontiers [...] and if you bought Star Frontiers I strongly recommend you buy this. As a 12-year old I would have vastly enjoyed this system, and if you know any 12-year olds you want to corrupt into role-playing this is a good system; but serious and aged gamers such as myself will look elsewhere."{{cite magazine | last =Slack | first =Andy | title =Open Box | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =51 | pages =13 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = March 1984 }}
Tony Watson reviewed Knight Hawks for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "Knight Hawks is a credit to the TSR design staff and a valuable addition to the Star Frontiers game system. Those players who are involved in a Star Frontiers campaign will certainly wish to expand spaceward with the Knight Hawks material; those gamers who have been reluctant to consider the Star Frontiers system because of the lack of spaceship rules, may wish to give it a second look."{{cite journal | last = Watson |first = Tony | title = Game Reviews | journal = Different Worlds | issue = 40 | pages =28–29 |date=July–August 1985}}