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World Builder's Handbook
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Author		Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith, Gary L. Thomas
Publisher		Digest Group Publications
Version		MegaTraveller
Edition		1st
Format		Book (Softback)
Language		English
Pages		96
Year Published		1989
Canonical		Yes
Available from		No (Aftermarket)
Product no. 875

TBD Product Name is a TBD Publisher product.

It is a source book written for Classic Traveller.

Description (Specifications)

Learn how the Imperial Scouts survey and explore new worlds ...

And learn how to build exciting and interesting new worlds of your own with these extensive rules!

Contents include -

Survey Procedures: Procedures used by the Scouts to survey and explore worlds.
Survey Equipment: Thirty pages of detailed equipment sheets for players to use on survey and exploration missions. Includes sensors, personal-assist hardware, clothing and protective gear, vehicles, and complete plans of the Donosev Survey Starship used by the Scouts.
Sensor Readout Panel: Comprehensive sensor readout panel for use with all manner of sensory equipment, from lowly handheld sensors all the way to powerful starship sensor arrays.
Extensive World Building Section: Detail your worlds to a level of detail you never thought possible. Create new environments with exotic alien cultures. Includes rules for detailing not only Terran-like worlds, but also more unusual locations such as:

Mapping a World: Guidelines on how to properly map the world you have built.

Library Data Entries (Automated)

Library data entries

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)

The World Builder's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to surveying and detailing worlds.

World-building & Colonization

Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), .Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), .(1977) created the UWP, which was later expanded with "Extended UWP Statistics", and was continued with the following products:

World Displays (1981), by Ad Astra Products, which provided subsector and world record forms.
Grand Survey (1986), by Digest Group Publications, which detailed the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service and the Grand Surveys, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. Grand Survey called the UWP, the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile.
- Issue 10 of Travellers' Digest contained some additions and clarifications for Grand Survey.
Grand Census (1987), by Digest Group Publications, which detailed world cultural characteristics, including details of the social structures, government institutions, languages, and technology of the UWP.
World Builder's Handbook (1989), by Digest Group Publications, which detailed how Imperial Scouts survey and explore new worlds including colonization and world mapping techniques.
World Tamer's Handbook (1994), by Game Designers' Workshop, which brought even more detail to the survey and colonization processes.
Traveller 5th (2013), by Far Future Enterprises, which further continues the UWP legacy with many new features.

Credits (Primary Sources)

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit	Authors & Contributors
Author	TBD

Design and Development: Joe D. Fugate Sr., J. Andrew Keith, Gary L. Thomas
Additional Design: Robert Parker, Nancy Parker, James Holden, Rob Caswell, Ed Edwards
Cover Artwork: A. C. Farley
Interior Artwork: Rob Caswell, Joe D. Fugate Sr.

External Link/s

Commentary & Data articles:

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Reviews:

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Other Articles:

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Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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 And learn how to build exciting and interesting new [[world]]s of your own with these extensive rules!
-'''Contents include - '''
+''Contents include - ''
-*'''Survey Procedures:''' Procedures used by the [[IISS|Scouts]] to survey and explore worlds.
+*''Survey Procedures:'' Procedures used by the [[IISS|Scouts]] to survey and explore worlds.
-*'''Survey Equipment:''' Thirty pages of detailed equipment sheets for players to use on survey and exploration missions. Includes sensors, personal-assist hardware, clothing and protective gear, vehicles, and complete plans of the [[Donosev Class Survey Scout|Donosev Survey Starship]] used by the Scouts.
+*''Survey Equipment:'' Thirty pages of detailed equipment sheets for players to use on survey and exploration missions. Includes sensors, personal-assist hardware, clothing and protective gear, vehicles, and complete plans of the [[Donosev Class Survey Scout|Donosev Survey Starship]] used by the Scouts.
-*'''Sensor Readout Panel:''' Comprehensive sensor readout panel for use with all manner of sensory equipment, from lowly handheld sensors all the way to powerful starship sensor arrays.
+*''Sensor Readout Panel:'' Comprehensive sensor readout panel for use with all manner of sensory equipment, from lowly handheld sensors all the way to powerful starship sensor arrays.
-*'''Extensive World Building Section:''' Detail your worlds to a level of detail you never thought possible. Create new environments with exotic alien cultures. Includes rules for detailing not only Terran-like worlds, but also more unusual locations such as:
+*''Extensive World Building Section:'' Detail your worlds to a level of detail you never thought possible. Create new environments with exotic alien cultures. Includes rules for detailing not only Terran-like worlds, but also more unusual locations such as:
 :* [[Asteroid World]]s
 :* [[Gas Giant]]s
 :* [[Tidally-locked World]]s
-*'''Mapping a World:''' Guidelines on how to properly map the world you have built.
+*''Mapping a World:'' Guidelines on how to properly map the world you have built.
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 : [[Rob Caswell]], [[Joe Fugate|Joe D. Fugate Sr.]]
+=== External Link/s ===
+''Commentary & Data articles:''
+# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
+''Reviews:''
+# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
+''Other Articles:''
+# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
 == References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==

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Section	Page/s
World Detail Sheet	IFC
Survey and Exploration	2
Survey Equipment	17
Survey Vehicles	43
Donosev class Survey Starship	48
Building a World	52
Tables	59
Mapping a World	87
Using World Data	92
World Map Grid	IBC

Difference between revisions of "World Builder's Handbook"

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Contents

Description (Specifications)

Table of Contents

Library Data Entries (Public)