James Nicoll Reviews

Tower to the Sky

2300 AD

By Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, Timothy B. Brown & Lester W. Smith

4 Oct, 2022

**Big Hair, Big Guns!**

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Marc W. Miller, Frank Chadwick, Timothy B. Brown, and Lester W. Smith’s1988 RPG 2300 AD¹ is the second edition of a 1986 near-future hard-SF roleplaying game originally titled Traveller: 2300, put out by Game Designer Workshop. In addition to the rebranding, GDW substantially expanded second edition 2300 AD: whereas Traveller: 2300’s various manuals totaled 129 pages, 2300 AD’s manuals totaled 232. To sweeten the deal even more, GDW was willing to swap copies of Traveller: 2300 for copies of 2300 AD.

Inside the hefty and durable box², gamers found:

Dulce et Decorum Est

Imperium

By Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick & John Harshman

3 Jan, 2021

**Because My Tears Are Delicious To You**

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1977’s Imperium, designed by Marc W. Miller and developed by Frank Chadwick and John Harshman, is a two-player science fiction board wargame. It depicts the struggle between the unified might of the Terran Confederation and the forces available to a small border province of the Imperium.