''The Astromundi Cluster'' is a 1993
boxed set accessory for the
Spelljammer campaign setting
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, part of the ''
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Contents
''The Astromundi Cluster'' described a unique
crystal sphere composed of free-floating asteroids. The sphere's weak barriers encourage free passage between the Prime Material Plane and the
Inner Planes, resulting in a bizarre and potentially explosive mix of creatures.
The "Celestial Almanac" lists dozens of locales, from the outcast colony of Chakarak to the orchard-laden Boyarny.
The "Astrogator's Guide" provides game statistics for the Doombat and other new ships.
Publication history
''The Astromundi Cluster'' was designed by
Sam Witt, and published by
TSR in 1993. The box cover painting and interior art was by David O. Miller, with the booklet cover painting by
Jeff Easley
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Early life
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Reception
Rick Swan reviewed ''The Astromundi Cluster'' for ''
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'' magazine #203 (March 1994).
He felt that this "lavish boxed set" was "Intended to jump-start sleepy Spelljammer campaigns".
He had two gripes about the boxed set, one being that some of the names "are more silly than sinister, like the mist-covered bodies called Gasteroids, and the shadowy lands known as the Grim Regions", and the other being that with 192 pages to work with, "couldn't the designer have found room for at least one developed adventure?"
References
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Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1993
Spelljammer supplements