Merc (role-playing game)


Merc is a role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1981.

Description

Merc is a military role-playing system of modern mercenaries and counter-insurgency. The rules cover character creation, specialties, action success tests, movement, combat, and vehicles.

Publication history

Merc was designed by Paul D. Baader, Lawrence Sangee, and Walter Mark, and was published by Fantasy Games Unlimited as a boxed set with a 36-page book, four cardstock reference sheets, a plastic transparency, and dice.

Reception

Brian R. Train reviewed Merc in The Space Gamer No. 59. Train commented that "this is quite a good game for an first effort – I feel its flaws are due basically to not enough development time and design limits. If a later, revised edition of Merc were put out, I would heartily recommend it. As it is, though, I would warn the buyer to 'approach with caution' unless he is already quite familiar with the subject matter, in order to fill in the numerous holes."

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