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This is a review about the first T20 product I got my hands on. Eagerly anticipating that new game, I was happy to see the first sourcebook. I like equipment books a lot, and therefore downloaded this PDF at once.

I have to say my money was wasted (kinda hard at only 5 bucks). I tought there would be race-specific weapons, variations on rifles etc. What I got was tons of tables that basically consist of a weapon range and damage (wow, how exciting - that should allow for various combat tactics). While there are some special weapons, about 80% of the book describes weapons I would expect in the basic rulebook like a generic rifle, pistol, or sword.

To be fair, the book looks nice enough, there are some neat illustrations and the layout is professional. I am quite sure however, that most of this info will be found in the basic T20 rules as well and that I have gotten about 5 pages of what I was looking for (a handful of unique guns) and even those were a bit disappointing.

Traveller's Aide #1: Personal Weapons of Charted Space
Traveller's Aide #1: Personal Weapons of Charted Space Capsule Review by Peter Lustig on 28/04/02 Style: 4 (Classy and well done) Substance: 1 (I Wasted My Money) This supplement does not live up to its name in any way... Product: Traveller's Aide #1: Personal Weapons of Charted Space Author: Martin Dougherty Category: RPG Company/Publisher: RPG Realms Line: Traveller T20 Cost: 5$ Page count: 45 Year published: 2002 ISBN: SKU: Comp copy?: no Capsule Review by Peter Lustig on 28/04/02 Genre tags: Science Fiction Far Future Space	This is a review about the first T20 product I got my hands on. Eagerly anticipating that new game, I was happy to see the first sourcebook. I like equipment books a lot, and therefore downloaded this PDF at once. I have to say my money was wasted (kinda hard at only 5 bucks). I tought there would be race-specific weapons, variations on rifles etc. What I got was tons of tables that basically consist of a weapon range and damage (wow, how exciting - that should allow for various combat tactics). While there are some special weapons, about 80% of the book describes weapons I would expect in the basic rulebook like a generic rifle, pistol, or sword. To be fair, the book looks nice enough, there are some neat illustrations and the layout is professional. I am quite sure however, that most of this info will be found in the basic T20 rules as well and that I have gotten about 5 pages of what I was looking for (a handful of unique guns) and even those were a bit disappointing.

Traveller's Aide #1: Personal Weapons of Charted Space