Originally posted here: https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2022/05/review-traveller-alien-modules-1984.html

I thought it behooves me to spend some time with the major Alien races we encounter in Traveller. Indeed, it was the aliens and the ads for the first three books in Dragon Magazine that made me want to go back and check out Traveller some more.

Alien Module 2 - K'kree

PDF. 44 pages, color cover, black and white interior art.

These aliens were very alien to me. While I could relate to the Aslan and the Vargr, these centaur-like aliens were very different and thus pushed a lot lower on my "wish list." I don't even think I had read any of this book until I picked up the PDF ten years ago.

This book is set up much the same as the Aslan book and the future books in the line. I found the bits on K'kree psychology most interesting. As herbivores, they tend to be peaceful. This combined with the race's inherent claustrophobia goes to explain that while they had Jump technology they had not expanded as fast as other races.

We do get the sections on history, politics and governments, space travel and starship design, and the language section on creating K'kree names. There is a section on character creation as well.

This Alien Module also gives a few pages on adventures with or about the K'kree. So a little bit more background here than on the Aslan, but I think needed since this species is so different.

Reading this 10 years ago I was not overly impressed I think. Today I am of a completely different mind and would like to see these guys used more.