''Knight Hawks'' is a 1983
role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out ...
supplement published by
TSR for ''
Star Frontiers
''Star Frontiers'' is a science fiction role-playing game produced by TSR from 1982 to 1985. The game offers a space opera action-adventure setting.
Description
''Star Frontiers'' is a space opera role-playing game that is set near the cent ...
''.
Contents
''Knight Hawks'' is a supplement which includes rules for spaceships and space combat, with a military boardgame and a Campaign Book rulebook.
''Knight Hawks'' is a
board wargame
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that can be integrated with ''Star Frontiers'' to depict tactical battles.
Reception
Mark Pokrzywnicki reviewed ''Knight Hawks'' in ''
Space Gamer
''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...
'' No. 67.
Pokrzywnicki commented that "''Knight Hawks'' is a needed role-playing supplement and a decent space boardgame. It isn't worth the money if you just want the boardgame
..but if you play ''Star Frontiers'', this set is a good bargain that will expands your game tremendously."
Andy Slack reviewed ''Knight Hawks'' for ''
White Dwarf
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'' #51, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "Overall, this vastly improves the original ''Star Frontiers''
..and if you bought ''Star Frontiers'' I strongly recommend you buy this. As a 12-year old I would have vastly enjoyed this system, and if you know any 12-year olds you want to corrupt into role-playing this is a good system; but serious and aged gamers such as myself will look elsewhere."
Tony Watson reviewed ''Knight Hawks'' for ''
Different Worlds
''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987.
Scope
''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Rune ...
'' magazine and stated that "''Knight Hawks'' is a credit to the TSR design staff and a valuable addition to the ''Star Frontiers'' game system. Those players who are involved in a ''Star Frontiers'' campaign will certainly wish to expand spaceward with the ''Knight Hawks'' material; those gamers who have been reluctant to consider the ''Star Frontiers'' system because of the lack of spaceship rules, may wish to give it a second look."
Reviews
*''Space Voyager''
References
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Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1983
Science fiction role-playing game supplements
Star Frontiers