Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game

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Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game
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PublishersMongoose Publishing
Publication2003
GenresRole-playing game

The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game published by Mongoose Publishing in 2003.

Description

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The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game is based on the Babylon 5 TV series. The game's mechanic is the d20 System published by Wizards of the Coast with character classes and races specific to the setting. Characters have a low number of hit points meaning that they can die very easily, in keeping with the show.[1]

Publication history

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The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game was published by Mongoose Publishing in 2003. A second edition of the core rules was published in 2006 using the WotC Open Game License.[2] In 2008 Mongoose published Universe of Babylon 5, a set of rules allowing the game to use Mongoose's edition of Traveller as its RPG engine instead of the d20 System.

Reception

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Babylon 5 won the 2004 Silver Ennie Award for "Best Licensed Product".[3]

Reviews

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References

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  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090325164901/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue329/games.html