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The Mountain Environment

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The Mountain Environment
DesignersJ. Andrew Keith
PublishersGamelords
Publication1983
GenresScience-fiction
SystemsClassic Traveller

The Mountain Environment is a 1983 tabletop role-playing game supplement, written by J. Andrew Keith, with a cover by William H. Keith, for Traveller published by Gamelords.

Contents

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The Mountain Environment is a book that details how to use mountainous terrain as a locale for adventure scenarios.[1]

Publication history

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The Mountain Environment was written by J. Andrew Keith, with art by William H. Keith Jr., and was published in 1983 by Gamelords as a digest-sized 48-page book.[2]

A companion adventure, Ascent To Anekthor was written by the same author.

Reception

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Stephen Nutt reviewed The Mountain Environment for Imagine magazine, and stated that "How many times will your Travellers have to scale a mountain face? The only times I have been able to use this are in crash situations or when small climbs are needed, usually skulking around doing a dirty deed. Apart from that one scenario where the players climb a mountain for fun, I don't think I shall ever use the full mountaineering rules."[3]

Tony Watson reviewed The Mountain Environment and The Undersea Environment together in The Space Gamer No. 72.[1] Watson commented that "The tight focus and elaborate detail of these supplements is both their strength and weakness. Just about all aspects of mountain and undersea environments are covered, but I wonder just how much of this material is really going to make its way into the average adventure."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Watson, Tony (Jan–Feb 1985). "Featured Review: Traveller Supplements from Gamelords". The Space Gamer. No. 72. Steve Jackson Games. pp. 6–7.
  2. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 337. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  3. ^ Nutt, Stephen (September 1984). "Notices". Imagine (review). No. 18. TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. p. 40.