Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game

Tabletop role-playing game

*Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game*
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Publishers	Mongoose Publishing
Publication	2003
Genres	Role-playing game

The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game published by Mongoose Publishing in 2003.

Description

The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game is based on the Babylon 5 TV series. The game's mechanic is the d20 System published by Wizards of the Coast with character classes and races specific to the setting. Characters have a low number of hit points meaning that they can die very easily, in keeping with the show.^[1]

Publication history

The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game was published by Mongoose Publishing in 2003. A second edition of the core rules was published in 2006 using the WotC Open Game License.^[2] In 2008 Mongoose published Universe of Babylon 5, a set of rules allowing the game to use Mongoose's edition of Traveller as its RPG engine instead of the d20 System.

Reception

Babylon 5 won the 2004 Silver Ennie Award for "Best Licensed Product".^[3]

References

^ Matt Cowger (2005). "The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game: Review". Revolution SF. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018.
^ "Babylon 5 RPG". RPG Resource. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
^ "The ENnie Awards -- 2004 Awards". www.ennie-awards.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2022.