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Mutants in Orbit

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Mutants in Orbit
Front cover of Mutants in Orbit
role-playing game sourcebook
AuthorJames Wallis, Kevin Siembieda
IllustratorMichael Gustovich, Newton Ewell, Kevin Long, Kevin Siembieda
Cover artistKeith Parkinson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAfter the Bomb and Rifts RPGs
GenrePost-apocalyptic science fiction
PublisherPalladium Books
Publication date
March 1992 (1992-03)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages112
ISBN978-0-916211-48-6
Preceded byMutants in Avalon 
Followed byAfter the Bomb (2nd edition) 

Mutants in Orbit is an adventure and sourcebook for the After the Bomb and Rifts role-playing games, authored by James Wallis and Kevin Siembieda. It was released by Palladium Books in March 1992. The book deals with life of space colonies. The setting is on the same time scale as the After the Bomb and Rifts, but from the space colonies' point of view.

Publication history

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At GenCon 22 in 1989, Erick Wujcik introduced James Wallis to Kevin Siembieda of Palladium Books, leading to Wallis becoming involved in the publication of role-playing game supplements through Mutants in Avalon (1990) and Mutants in Orbit (1992).[1]: 304  Mutants in Orbit functioned as a sourcebook for both the Rifts and After the Bomb role-playing games.[1]: 160 

References

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  1. ^ a b Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.