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My gaming group never used this supplement. Well, that’s

not entirely true.

The new races are a cool new addition to an already great

game. The new frontier detail was incredibly valuable. The

new gear was really cool after tiring of the old handful of

things to be found in the frontier. The skill system in the old

Star Frontiers game is built around solid frameworks that

didn’t allow certain character concepts (“I want to be a

stealthy assassin type, but don’t give a hoot about analyzing

mineral samples!”), so the different skill list seemed like an

interesting idea.

But we didn’t like the modified game mechanic. It was good,

as it stood, but not for our sacred Star Frontiers. We liked

the way things worked already. We had house-ruled a few

things, and made decisions about how to handle this or that.

For us to do all that over again didn’t wound like a very fun

idea.

Additionally, the new options, if implemented, made all the

other existing published data no longer compatible. For

example, what about the character statistics found in all

supplements and adventure modules? What skills to THEY

have?

So that is why I didn’t convert the original book to these rules

and stick with them throughout. Since I liked the old rules, I

figured everyone did. I was wrong.

It turns out that as I distributed this file to friends and they

distributed it to theirs... people started asking for Zebulon’s

Guide to the Frontier. Who am I to argue with the masses?

I’ve seen Frankenstein too many times to ever want to anger

a mob.

So here it is, in its original glory, reformatted and organized

to make it more like today’s role-playing games. As I worked

on this, I found that the new game mechanics are actually

very sound. I like them. Use them if you’d prefer these, but

just like the original Star Frontiers, I’ll only make rules and

supplements for public consumption that rely on the original

Star Frontiers game.

Enjoy,

Bill Logan

[email protected]

Last Revision: 3.9.2007

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