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==Issue 83 (October/November 1988)==
 
==Issue 83 (October/November 1988)==
New Inborn Abilities for MechWarriors by Barry Osser
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New Inborn Abilities for [[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game|MechWarriors]] by Barry Osser
  
 
==Issue 85 (January/February 1989)==
 
==Issue 85 (January/February 1989)==
ARTICLE: The Mechwarrior Aliens by Barry Osser. This 2-page article features three new races for MechWarrior, the Gecko, the Vegan and the Briata. Reaction to the introduction of non-humans into the BTU was often critical.
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ARTICLE: The Mechwarrior Aliens by Barry Osser. This 2-page article features three new races for [[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game|MechWarrior]], the Gecko, the Vegan and the Briata. Reaction to the introduction of non-humans into the BTU was often critical.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
  
 
[[Category:Magazines]]
 
[[Category:Magazines]]

Revision as of 18:58, 18 April 2016


The Space Gamer
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Warren Spector, Anne Jaffe, Jeff Albanse
Publication information
Publisher Steve Jackson Games Inc.
First published 1975-1990
Content

This long-lived science-fiction gaming magazine covered a diverse number of games, but the focus of this article are the handful of those with BattleTech content.[1]

Known content

Issue 75 (July/August 1985)

BattleDroids Variants by George MacDonald

Issue 78 (April/May 1987)

  • Flea FLE-15 Light BattleMech by Dale L. Kemper. 3 Pages. (15 tons, Cruising Speed: 92.3 mph, (1) ML, (2) SL and (2) MG.)
  • Infotech on BattleTech by Scott Tanner. 3 page article summarizing FASA products of the time.
  • Popular House Rules for BattleTech by Stephen Fuelleman. 2 pages.

Issue 79 (August/September 1987)

ARTICLE: Cestus CST-3S 65-ton BattleMech by Dale Kemper. (Artwork by John Bridges)

This 2-page article explicitly gives statistics to the Ral Partha miniature (Catalog Number 20-814). First produced in 2555, this Star League era design was "very popular" and remained in service with House Steiner after the fall of the Star League.

Issue 80 (October/November 1987)

Optional Smoke Rules by Robert Isenberg

Issue 83 (October/November 1988)

New Inborn Abilities for MechWarriors by Barry Osser

Issue 85 (January/February 1989)

ARTICLE: The Mechwarrior Aliens by Barry Osser. This 2-page article features three new races for MechWarrior, the Gecko, the Vegan and the Briata. Reaction to the introduction of non-humans into the BTU was often critical.

References