Traveller Alien Module 7: Hivers
{{short description|Science-fiction role-playing game}}
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{{Infobox RPG
|title=Alien Module 7: Hivers
|publisher=Game Designers' Workshop
|date=1986
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|caption=Cover art by Steve Venters, 1986.
|system=Classic Traveller
|genre=Science-fiction
|designer={{Unbulleted list|J. Andrew Keith|Marc W. Miller|Loren Wiseman}}}}
Traveller Alien Module 7: Hivers is a supplement published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1986 for the science fiction role-playing game Traveller.
Contents
Continuing in GDW's Alien Modules series, Traveller Alien Module 7: Hivers details the alien race known as the Hiver manipulators. Topics include physiology, society, psychology, political structure, history, how to generate a Hiver character, weapons, and ships. The book also includes an adventure, "Something Stinks!"
Publication history
GDW first published the science fiction role-playing game Traveller in 1977, and followed that with dozens of supplements and adventures, including a multipart Alien Modules series, each focussed on a different alien race: 1: Aslan (1984), 2: K'kree (1984), 3: Vargr (1984), 4: Zhodani (1985), 5: Droyne (1985), and 6: Solomani.
In 1986, the series continued with 7: Hivers, a 48-page book written by J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, and Loren Wiseman, with interior art by Bryan Gibson and Steve Venters, and cover art by Venters.{{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 |page=329}} It is considered one of the classic Traveller Modules series.{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Marc |title=Guide to Classic Traveller |date=2010 |publisher=Far Futures |location=USA |edition=1}}
In 1987, GDW followed 7: Hivers with a final addition to the Alien Module series, 8: Darrians.
Reception
Jim Bambra reviewed Traveller Alien Module 7: Hivers for White Dwarf #84, and stated that "Hivers is yet another valuable and impressive addition to the Traveller universe."{{cite magazine| last =Bambra | first =Jim | author-link =Jim Bambra | title =Open Box | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =84 | pages =5 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = December 1986 }}
In his 1990 book The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games, game critic Rick Swan called this one of the best Traveller expansions, and especially recommended it.{{cite book | last =Swan | first =Rick | author-link=Rick Swan |title =The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games | publisher =St. Martin's Press | date =1990 | location =New York | pages =224}}
Other reviews
- The Imperium Staple, Issue 6 (Aug 1986, p.14)