Year of the Phoenix
Year of the Phoenix is a role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1986.
Description
Year of the Phoenix is a near-future science-fiction system in which the players' "Training Manual" (48 pages) prepares them to be soldiers, members of the United States Space Command – but from the beginning they are transported into the future of 2197, where the Russians occupy North America and are opposed by only a few small bands of freedom fighters.[1] The "Adventure Guide" (80 pages), the GM's rulebook, describes a fairly complex skill-based system.[1] Players assign points to various "Skill Spheres" to emphasize the skills they want.[1] There are two scenarios, one introductory.[1] The game includes a GM's screen, a player handout, pregenerated character sheets, a map, combat grid, and vehicle counters.[1]
Publication history
Year of the Phoenix was designed by Martin Wixted, and was published in 1986 by Fantasy Games Unlimited as a boxed set with a 80-page book, an 48-page book, a cardstock screen, eight sheets, two cardstock counter sheets, a map, and dice.[1]
Year of the Phoenix was the last new role-playing game published by FGU.[2]:75 FGU published a few final supplements for Aftermath!, Space Opera, Villains and Vigilantes, and Year of the Phoenix in 1987 and 1998, and then the company largely shut down.[2]:76
Reviews
- Stardate (Volume 3, Issue 4 - Summer 1987)
- Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer (Issue 82 - Jul 1988)
