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DeutschBabylon 5 Roleplaying Game
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| Publishers | Mongoose Publishing |
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| Publication | 2003 |
| Genres | Role-playing game |
The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game published by Mongoose Publishing in 2003.
Description
[edit]The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game is based on the Babylon 5 TV series. The game's mechanic is the d20 System published by Wizards of the Coast with character classes and races specific to the setting. Characters have a low number of hit points meaning that they can die very easily, in keeping with the show.[1]
Publication history
[edit]The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game was published by Mongoose Publishing in 2003. A second edition of the core rules was published in 2006 using the WotC Open Game License.[2] In 2008 Mongoose published Universe of Babylon 5, a set of rules allowing the game to use Mongoose's edition of Traveller as its RPG engine instead of the d20 System.
Reception
[edit]Babylon 5 won the 2004 Silver Ennie Award for "Best Licensed Product".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Matt Cowger (2005). "The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game: Review". Revolution SF. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018.
- ^ "Babylon 5 RPG". RPG Resource. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- ^ "The ENnie Awards -- 2004 Awards". www.ennie-awards.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2022.