The FCI Consumer Guide
{{short description|1982 Science-fiction role-playing game supplement}}
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|title=The FCI Consumer Guide
|subtitle=The Freedonian Consumer Institute Product Research Division Consumer Guide, Volume 1
|publisher=FASA
|date={{Start date and age|1982|br=yes}}
|image=The FCI Consumer Guide.jpg
|caption=
|system=Classic Traveller
|genre=Science fiction
|designer=Steve Harmon
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The FCI Consumer Guide is a 1982 role-playing game supplement for Traveller published by FASA.
Contents
The FCI Consumer Guide (short for The Freedonian Consumer Institute Product Research Division Consumer Guide, Volume 1) is a supplement that describes equipment including tools and accessories for weapons, as well as equipment such as life support gear, clothing, communications gear, and vision aids.
Publication history
The FCI Consumer Guide was written by Steve Harmon, and was published in 1982 by FASA as a digest-sized 48-page book.{{Cite book |last=Schick |first=Lawrence |title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games |publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991 |isbn=0-87975-653-5 |pages=333 |author-link=Lawrence Schick}}
Reception
William A. Barton reviewed The FCI Consumer Guide in The Space Gamer No. 52.{{Cite magazine |last=Barton |first=William A. |date=June 1982 |title=Capsule Reviews |magazine=The Space Gamer |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |issue=52 |page=34}} Barton commented that "All in all, The FCI Consumer Guide could prove to be one of the more useful supplements yet published for Traveller."
Bob McWilliams reviewed The FCI Consumer Guide for White Dwarf #36, giving it an overall rating of 9 out of 10 for the novice, and 7 for the expert, and stated that "This booklet collects together a great deal of useful information suitable for any type of Traveller campaign."{{cite magazine | last =McWilliams | first =Bob | title =Open Box | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =36 | pages =27 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = December 1982 }}
Tony Watson reviewed The FCI Consumer Guide for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "Any Traveller group with a little imagination could come up with this equipment and performance parameters as the situations arose. The Guide, though, will save the referee valuable time by providing him with a readily available source of equipment for everyday use."{{cite journal | last = Watson |first = Tony | title = Reviews | journal = Different Worlds | issue = 28 | pages =44 |date=April 1983}}
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