Blackwatch


Blackwatch is a role-playing game published by Different Worlds Publications in 1989.

Description

Blackwatch is a science-fiction space-adventure system in which the player characters are members of the Blackwatch, a freelance organization of troubleshooters. The character rules describe a fairly complex skill-based system. Characters can be human or one of four alien races, including a race of shapeshifters. Included are rules for how to role-play, planet creation, equipment, robots, starship design and combat, and psionics. The "Blackwatch Universe" and a dozen star systems are briefly described. The first edition is individually numbered.

Publication history

Blackwatch was designed by Ted Greer and Peter Christian, with illustrations by Gary Davis, and published by Different Worlds Publications in 1989 as 140 pages in a 3-ring binder.

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