Worlds Beyond (role-playing game)

Worlds Beyond is a role-playing game published by Other World Games in 1990. It was acquired by Precis Intermedia in 2020.

Description

Worlds Beyond is a science-fiction space-adventure system in which the player characters can be human or alien. 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.

Publication history

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.

Reception

Stewart Wieck reviewed Worlds Beyond in White Wolf #21, 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."
Lawrence Schick comments: "A solid system, simpler than most, but worth a look if Traveller seems too intimidating."

Reviews

''Voyages to the Worlds of SF Gaming''