Worlds Beyond (role-playing game)

Worlds Beyond is a science-fiction space-adventure system in which the player characters can be human or alien (three alien races are available).{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=346}} Character creation rules are skill-based. Rules cover generation of planets, spaceships, and robots. Six sample spaceships are described, with deck plans. Over 20 worlds are described as a campaign background.

Worlds Beyond was designed by Frank S. Shewmake with Steve Douglas, Douglas Laedtke, John Damon Lavette, Leigh Skilling, and Gary Warth, with a cover by Frank Lurz, and published by Other World Games in 1990 as a 160-page book. It was re-published as a classic reprint in 2021 by Precis Intermedia.{{Cite web|title=Worlds Beyond|url=https://www.pigames.net/store/default.php?cPath=149|access-date=2021-06-29|website=Precis Intermedia|language=en}}

Stewart Wieck reviewed Worlds Beyond in White Wolf #21 (June/July 1990), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "The book is plagued with typographical errors, but the wealth of information and nice illustrations far outweigh this fault."{{Cite magazine |last=Wieck|first=Stewart|authorlink=Stewart Wieck |date=June–July 1990 |title=Capsule Reviews |magazine= White Wolf Magazine |number=21 |page= 32 |url=https://imgur.com/a/hWk8CuA}}

Lawrence Schick comments: "A solid system, simpler than most, but worth a look if Traveller seems too intimidating."

• Voyages to the Worlds of SF Gaming (Issue 11 - Apr 1990)

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Category:Role-playing games introduced in 1990

Category:Space opera role-playing games