''Droids'' is a role-playing game published by Integral Games in 1983.

Description

''Droids'' is a science-fiction robot role-playing game. The rules cover construction of droids (i.e., character creation), combat, droid society, encounters, and scenarios. The

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s are robots trying to survive after humanity destroyed their world.

Publication history

''Droids: The Cybernetic Role-Playing Game'' was designed by Neil Patrick Moore, and published by Integral Games in 1983 as an 80-page digest-sized book.

Reception

Tony Watson reviewed ''Droids'' in ''

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'' No. 64. Watson commented that "''Droids'' fails as an RPG. A role-playing game requires more than a character generation system and rules for combat. Where the booklet might have some real applicability is as a design system for robots for existing SF RPGs such as ''

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''. The rules provided for designing droids and the comprehensive listings of components are very good, but as an independent role-playing game, ''Droids'' is wide of the mark." Ian R. Beste reviewed ''Droids'' for ''

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'' magazine and stated that "My recommendation: if you like hack-and-slash, get ''Droids''. If you need some robot design rules for a campaign of, say, ''The Morrow Project'', look at ''Droids''. Otherwise, skit it."

References

{{reflist Role-playing games introduced in 1983 Science fiction role-playing games