Battle for the Golden Sun

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Star Wars
Battle for the Golden Sun
ISBN
978-0874311037

Battle for the Golden Sun is an adventure published by West End Games in 1988 for the science fiction role-playing game Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.

Publication history

Battle for the Golden Sun was written by Douglas Kaufman, with a cover by Greg Guler and James Bauer, and illustrations by Jeff Dee, and was published by West End Games in 1988 as a 40-page booklet, a 4-page pamphlet, and a large color map.[1]

Plot summary

This adventure is set on a

water planet in the Star Wars universe populated by an alien race that is being threatened by Imperial forces. Part of the adventure takes place underwater.[2]

Reception

In the March 1990 edition of

player characters, but it moves along nicely and contains some well-staged combat sequences." He was not impressed by the underwater aspect of the adventure, which he felt suffered from a lack of specifics about "how to successfully stage underwater settings." He also felt there were not enough details about either the planet or the alien race. Bambra concluded that the adventure "moves at a rapid pace but at the cost of a more fully realized setting."[2]

Awards

Battle for the Golden Sun won the

Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1988.[3]

Reviews

References

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    TSR, Inc.
    : 82.
  3. ^ "1989 Origins Awards winners". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

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