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FrontierSpace Referee's Handbook

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A Referee is many things: host, writer, actor, and judge. While players play, you have to do everything else. It’s almost like work, and isn’t for everyone. But you’re different; you LIKE the job. It’s a big job to do, and your toolkit should stack up to the size of your job.

The Referee’s Handbook is the essential toolkit for the FrontierSpace roleplaying game. While it does contain rules for action, adventure, and combat – it is full of so much more. A wealth of game preparation tools accompany this rulebook.

Inspiration is contained herein. Add psionics to your games. Design security systems and corporate installations to infiltrate. Customize characters, weapons, robots, vehicles, and starships. Design your own species and creatures. Build a campaign setting of your own, or flesh out the one provided. Generate star systems and planets to explore. You just add imagination!

The Referee's Handbook is the essential toolkit for every FrontierSpace Referee. Contained in this book you'll find all the rules you need for running the game. This is a companion volume to the Player's Handbook, available here.

FrontierSpace is built upon the foundation of the d00lite system, the same game engine used to power BareBones Fantasy and Covert Ops roleplaying games. Years of feedback and continued game system development has evolved this product into something that flows at the game table while getting out of the way of a good story.

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Pauli K July 29, 2021 6:59 am UTC
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My video review!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvIyHtWT3RE
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michael A October 12, 2020 10:19 pm UTC
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Do the rules have a section for starship design? I was looking thru the contents and nothing jumped out at me.
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William L October 13, 2020 12:10 pm UTC
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In the core rulebooks there are no rules for starship design... though a supplement is in the works. However, the core system is very adaptive and customizable. You can easily start with a base model and use the rules to tweak its design considerably, to the point where you have a new ship.
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Ensley G April 23, 2021 5:45 pm UTC
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Any word or timeline on the starships supplement?
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Andrew L April 09, 2018 12:12 pm UTC
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How much support do you have in the pipeline, are yo open to Fan submissions for the game for Publication?
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William L October 13, 2020 12:09 pm UTC
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We have a starship design system in the works, and several adventures. And yes - we're certainly open for submissions for publication!
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Herbert N March 29, 2018 6:39 pm UTC
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Ugh, I somehow ordered only print versions not print and pdf. If they are the same price I would appreciate there only be the bundled option.
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William L March 29, 2018 7:40 pm UTC
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I'm happy to send you the PDFs... just send me an email at wlogan[at]dwdstudios[dot]com !
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Jason C February 02, 2018 7:34 pm UTC
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There are some minor typos in the creatures section. Some times for BP it looks like this:

BP 5

Other times it's like this:

BP 5 BP

Minor stuff. Oh, and the dragon's have 5 BP listed when it's obvious it should be something closer to 500.

Overall, it's a fun game!
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William L February 02, 2018 7:40 pm UTC
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Yes - I should go back through the creature stat blocks and clean those up. The dragon, however, is correct. It's HP not BP.
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Ken B November 25, 2017 9:40 am UTC
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Just got the hard copy version and very pleased with it :-)
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Ken B November 15, 2017 7:37 pm UTC
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Hi William,

Excellent that you've got the print version available now. Is there a mechanism for a discount for those of us who bought the PDF version right away?

Thanks
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William L November 15, 2017 7:46 pm UTC
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Hi Ken. Yep... I sent out an email using the publisher tools on this site. If you purchased the PDF you should have received the email - check your spam folder :-) If for some reason you're not set up to receive site discounts & contact, please send me an email at wlogan[at]dwdstudios[dot]com and show me your PDF order number as validation. I can then reply with the coupon for either a softcover or hardcover version (your choice - please specify). Happy to oblige.
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November 13, 2017 1:22 pm UTC
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To be clear, is there a bestiary?
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William L November 13, 2017 2:09 pm UTC
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There is nothing specifically called a "bestiary" but there is a chapter on "Alien Lifeforms" which provides Referee tools for creating alien creatures and species, and includes many pages of examples of both. So I guess there is a bestiary of roughly 9 creatures and five alien species.
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Curt M November 08, 2017 5:41 pm UTC
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Any word on the POD release?
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William L November 08, 2017 6:40 pm UTC
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Still waiting on workflow on this site. Hopefully soon!!!
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Richard Thomas H November 04, 2017 7:49 pm UTC
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Wonderful, simply wonderful. I just can't wait for the dead tree version to come out.
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Ken B November 02, 2017 10:14 pm UTC
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Bought the PDF and it is awesome. Both volumes are excellent. Like others here though, I'd like a print version of the Referee's Handbook to go with the Player's one . And a print version with an adjustment for already owning the PDF would be even better! Really enjoying FrontierSpace and looking forward to gaming with it.
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Chris T November 02, 2017 5:11 am UTC
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Is there a chance people who get the PDF now could get a discount for the price of the PDF to buy the print copy when it becomes available? I'd love to pick this up now, but I don't want to have to pay extra for the PDF when it would have been free with the print version. Assuming you price this the same way you priced the player's guide that is.
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William L November 02, 2017 12:09 pm UTC
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Yep. I did that for the Player's Handbook and will do it for this book as well.
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November 03, 2017 11:10 pm UTC
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Nice one - got the pdf. Looks great so far. Cheers.
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Christopher R November 09, 2017 4:46 pm UTC
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Awesome! What's next? An alien/monster compendium?
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Pierre S November 01, 2017 2:58 pm UTC
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Yee, haw! Along with the Player's Handbook, the core rules are complete. I am dying for some old-school action SF of yore, and *this* will do the trick.
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Tim R November 01, 2017 3:00 am UTC
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Also looking forward to a POD combo.
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Chad K October 31, 2017 5:20 pm UTC
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OH YEAH!! I want this bad, but waiting for print copy. Yazirians, Vrusks, Dralsites are back!
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Nigel C October 31, 2017 8:47 am UTC
What about hard copy plus pdf options?
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William L October 31, 2017 11:59 am UTC
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It will be available. Getting POD files prepped today.
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October 31, 2017 9:34 pm UTC
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Good news. I'll hang on for the POD & PDF option.
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Jeff C November 01, 2017 4:27 pm UTC
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Thank you!!!
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Uwe S November 09, 2017 8:21 am UTC
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Any estimate as to when the POD option will be available?
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