Thrilling Locations
{{short description|Spy fiction tabletop role-playing game supplement}}
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{{Infobox RPG
|title=Thrilling Locations
|publisher=Victory Games
|date={{Start date and age|1985}}
|image=Thrilling_Locations_RPG_supplement_cover_1985.jpg
|system=James Bond 007
|genre=Spy fiction
}}
Thrilling Locations is a 1985 Spy fiction tabletop role-playing game supplement for James Bond 007 published by Victory Games. Originally published as a separate supplement, it was later included with the boxed Basic Set for the game.
Contents
Thrilling Locations is a supplement which deals with the types of locales commonly featured in James Bond stories, such as casinos, hotels, restaurants, trains, boats, and planes; it also includes game statistics for non-player characters and random encounters appropriate for these places.
Reception
Steve Crow and William A. Barton did a point/counterpoint review of Thrilling Locations in Space Gamer No. 76.{{cite journal|last1=Crow |first1=Steve |last2=Barton |first2=William A. |date=Sep–Oct 1985 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=76|pages=44}} Crow commented that "Thrilling Locations is an excellent buy, not only for James Bond 007 players but for those who play Top Secret, Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes, or any other secret-agent RPG." Barton commented that "Maybe I just expect too much of Victory Games, but Thrilling Locations is a disappointment."
Bob Neville reviewed Thrilling Locations for White Dwarf #71, giving it an overall rating of 7 out of 10, and stated that "On the whole, I have very few quibbles about this supplement and would whole-heartedly recommend it to other Bond GMs."{{cite magazine | last =Neville | first =Bob | title =Open Box | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =71 | pages =8 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = November 1985 }}