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- Page 8 - "Each campaign module will focus on one main career in the ALIEN universe." -- This is not true for BBW, and should either be amended to be true (extremely unlikely) or this statement should be modified/removed.
Note that my previous errors in the official thread regarding the tables were wrong, though to my defense, Alien RPG has rarely deviated from the d6/d66 format in the past, and there were multiple deviations in this one, with notes as to how they're changed not being very apparent.
- Given the focus on the explorer/colonist framework here for the first time, I'm very surprised there wasn't a creature generator akin to something like what's in Forbidden Lands, especially since the Lost Worlds campaign references at least some livestock that's relevant.
- Somewhat related to the above, pets were referenced multiple times, specifically dogs, with a new talent that would make them relevant, but no guidance was given as to their mechanics. Given that Heart of Darkness statted out a cat, it was very surprising not to see such in BBW.
- The Lost Worlds campaigns, unlike the Frontier War in CMOM, didn't seem to make as much use of the new things in BBW as I'd have expected. To my knowledge, no NPCs were called out as wildcatters or entertainers, and only so much in the way of the gear, vehicles, and special rules such as suit decompression came up.
- As for existing things, both the Kid and the Survival skill continue to get ignored. While I actually have no love for the former, it's surprising that no kid NPCs seemed to have spotlight moments, especially when the lore lists things like the Little Explorers. Survival, however, seems a more surprising omission in official use, even going so far as to use Observation in places where Survival makes sense. I *was* glad to at least see it useful for the Husbandry talent, but without official animal stats (aside from the Harvester), it seems the GM would have to do some leg work. In a campaign framework all about exploring and living in alien worlds, seeing the Survival skjll continue to seem useless is sad.
- Ever since the CRB, there's been quite a highlight made about dangerous space obstacles such as black holes and such. It would have been nice to see a table of space hazards for something like BBW, where that seems particularly relevant.