The FCI Consumer Guide
Contents
The FCI Consumer Guide (or, The Freedonian Consumer Institute Product Research Division Consumer Guide, Volume 1) is a supplement that covers equipment ranging from tools to weapons accessories, from life support gear to ordinary clothing, from communications gear to vision aids.[1]
Publication history
The FCI Consumer Guide was written by Steve Harmon, and was published in 1982 by FASA as a digest-sized 48-page book.[2]
Reception
William A. Barton reviewed The FCI Consumer Guide in The Space Gamer No. 52.[1] Barton commented that "All in all, The FCI Consumer Guide could prove to be one of the more useful supplements yet published for Traveller."[1]
Bob McWilliams reviewed The FCI Consumer Guide for White Dwarf #36, giving it an overall rating of 9 out of 10 for the novice, and 7 for the expert, and stated that "This booklet collects together a great deal of useful information suitable for any type of Traveller campaign."[3]
Reviews
- Different Worlds #28 (April, 1983)
References
- Barton, William A. (June 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. No. 52. Steve Jackson Games. p. 43.
- Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 333. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- McWilliams, Bob (December 1982). "Open Box". White Dwarf. No. 36. Games Workshop. p. 27.