New, recently-established colonies can offer lots of opportunity to those interested in taking advantage of them... the opportunities, I mean, not the colonies - although, knowing some Traveller players... hmm.

This resource covers the whole of the Dawn Subsector in Gypsy Knights campaign setting, although only four of them actually have been settled so far - and these four are all relatively new colonies, settled within about 50 years or so ago.

Two are mineral-rich worlds, settled for obvious reasons; the others have both attracted settlers of particular ethnic groups - one is full of Italians and the other contains Greeks and Slavs.

For each there is a full write-up of the system in astronomical terms, followed by copious details of the main world - history, geography, politics, local customs and festivals... just about anything a visitor might want to know. There are also illustrations of all worlds in each system, plus maps of the main ones that could be landed on (vacc suit recommended in some cases, of course).

The product rounds off with notes on what 'homeworld' skills someone from any of these worlds is likely to have, notes on likely adventure possibilities and encounter tables for each location. Think I'll fire up my Jump drive and go visit...

Return to The Dawn Colonies page.

Reviewed: 21 June 2013