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The
"Q Manual" provides players with the weapons and equipment used in the
James Bond movie series, plus many additional items that may be employed
during the course of a mission. Simple mechanics allow these items to be
easily incorporated into the James Bond 007 Role Playing Game. Comprehensive
background on Q Branch --- its history, purpose, capabilities, and known
personnel. Select your means of transportation --- Aston Martin DB-V, Lotus
Esprit, Bell Texas Ranger Helicopter, Wallis Autogyro, Boeing Jet-Foil,
Chris Craft Stinger. Arm yourself from the world's best armoury --- from
the famous Walther PPK and Beretta to the Uzi and Heckler & Koch 53
submachine guns. Choose from a selection of covert devices --- X-ray safecracker,
nightfinder goggles, voice synthesizer, optic fiber decoder, infrared camera,
electronic tracer. Add your own personal enhancers --- shoe escape kit,
explosive belt, umbrella sword, rotary saw watch, shaving canister flamethrower,
acid pen, glove gun.
148
pages with over 150 illustrations.
Victory
Games / Avalon Hill from 1983. ISBN 0912515015
NOTE:
Ownership of the Basic Game is required to play modules & supplements.
Additional
info:
The
007, James Bond items from Victory Games were divided into three areas:
Action
Episodes: There are four of these that I can find --- "Goldfinger",
"Live & Let Die",
"Man With The Golden Gun" and "You
Only Live Twice". These involved gameboards or mapboards, Counters,
Cards and interaction by a player involving some episode, usually from
the movie.
Adventure
Modules: These are --- The "007
Basic Set", "A View
To A Kill", "Dr. No",
"For Your Eyes Only",
"Goldfinger", "Goldfinger
II - Man With The Midas Touch", "Live
And Let Die", "Man
With The Golden Gun", "Octopussy",
"You Only Live
Twice" and "You
Only Live Twice II - Back Of Beyond". These were more traditional role-playing
games, with characters built up, dice rolling and imagination used.
Supplements:
These are --- "For
Your Information", "Gamesmaster
Pack", "Q Manual", "Thrilling
Locations" and "Villains".
These were added enhancements for the Adventure Modules.
The
only oddities in the above were the "Bond
Assault Game", which had a mix of Episode & Adventure game and
could be played either way, and "On
Her Majesty's Secret Service", which used Action & NPC cards.
An
important note regarding Avalon Hill games
- It was not unusual for Avalon Hill to re-publish most of their games
with 2nd, 3rd or more Editions. Sometimes the game components changed,
sometimes they didn't. If your game components do not correspond exactly
with what is listed, do not despair. You may just have to do a little more
checking to insure its completeness.
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