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|title=''Alien Realms''<br />
|publisher=[[Game Designers' Workshop]]<br />
|date={{Start date and age|1983}}<br />
|image=GDW262_Module_04_Alien_Realms_RPG_supplement_cover_1983.jpg<br />
|caption=Cover art by David Deitrick, 1983<br />
|system=Classic [[Traveller (role-playing game)|Traveller]]<br />
|genre=[[Science-fiction]]<br />
|designer={{Unbulleted list|[[Timothy B. Brown]]|[[J. Andrew Keith]]}}<br />
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'''''Alien Realms''''' is an anthology of adventures published by [[Game Designers' Workshop]] (GDW) in 1983 for the science fiction role-playing game ''[[Traveller (role-playing game)|Traveller]]''. <br />
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==Description==<br />
''Alien Realms'' is a collection of eight adventures that are based on material about alien races published by GDW in their ''Alien Modules'' series: ''[[Traveller Alien Module 1: Aslan]]'' (1984), ''[[Traveller Alien Module 2: K'kree]]'' (1984), ''[[Traveller Alien Module 3: Vargr]]'' (1984), ''[[Traveller Alien Module 4: Zhodani]]'' (1985), and ''Traveller Alien Module 5: Droyne'' (1985).<ref name="WD84"/> In some of the adventures, [[player characters]] are humans interacting with the alien race, in others, they are an alien race. <br />
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The eight adventures and the alien races featured in each of them are:<br />
*"The Last Patrol" (Zhodani)<br />
*"Deep Metal" (Zhodani)<br />
*"Prosperity for the Taking" (Vargr)<br />
*"No Credit Check" (Vargr & Zhodani)<br />
*"First Son, Lost Son" (Aslan)<br />
*"Interdiction Zone" (Aslan)<br />
*"Ahriy Uprising" (Aslan)<br />
*"The Casteless" (Droyne)<br />
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==Publication history==<br />
GDW first published the science fiction role-playing game ''Traveller'' in 1977, and followed that with dozens of supplements and adventures. ''Alien Realms'', a 48-page book published in 1983, was written by [[Timothy B. Brown]] and [[J. Andrew Keith]], with cover art by David Deitrick.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=329}}</ref> It is considered one of the classic [[List of Traveller Books#Modules|''Traveller'' Modules series]].<ref name="GtCT">{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Marc |title=Guide to Classic Traveller |date=2010 |publisher=Far Futures |location=USA |edition=1}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
[[Jim Bambra]] reviewed ''Alien Realms'' for ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'' #84, and stated that "This module is highly recommended to referees and players interested in new roleplaying experiences. If you are looking for some ideas with what can be done with alien characters, ''Alien Realms'' has plenty of suggestions."<ref name="WD84">{{cite magazine |last =Bambra |first =Jim |author-link =Jim Bambra |title =Open Box |magazine =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]] |issue =84 |pages =5 |publisher =[[Games Workshop]] |date = December 1986 }}</ref><br />
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==Other reviews==<br />
*''The Imperium Staple'', Issue 6 (Aug 1986, p.14)<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Traveller Books#Modules|Classic Traveller Modules]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1983]]<br />
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