''Aurore Sourcebook'' is a supplement published by
Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a Board wargame, wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.
History
Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. ...
in 1987 for the science fiction role-playing game ''
2300 AD
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Contents
''Aurore Sourcebook'' is a campaign setting supplement which details the distant planet Aurore and includes ideas for adventure scenarios, with eight pages of color illustrations.
Publication history
''Aurore Sourcebook'' was written by
William H. Keith Jr.
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, with a cover by
Steve Venters
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, and was published in 1987 by
Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a Board wargame, wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.
History
Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. ...
as a 96-page book.
Reception
In the May 1988 edition of ''
Dragon
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'' (Issue #145),
thought this book "contains a wealth of detail and is stuffed full of adventure ideas... Great care and inspired design have gone into this book." Bambra concluded, "The ''Aurore Sourcebook'' is highly recommended as a fully fledged science-fiction setting and as a world of adventure."
Other reviews
*''Tidewater Traveller Times'' Volume 1, Issue 5 (Oct 1987, p. 5)
References
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2300 AD supplements
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987