Manhunter (role-playing game)

Manhunter is a role-playing game originally published by Kingslayer Productions in 1988.

Description

The Manhunter system features much savage hi-tech combat, set in the far-future Manhunter universe, for which a history and star charts are provided. It is a skill-based system, with four types of skills: Finesse (acrobatics, archery, light blades, etc.), Manual (brawling, climbing, heavy blades, etc.), Mental (scientific, magical, psionic), and Reaction (piloting, fast draw, etc.). The rules also cover personal combat, space combat, experience, robots, three alien races, and a brief spell list. The game includes a GM's screen The 2nd edition adds an introductory scenario with a description of a space port but lacks the GM's screen. Subsequent editions published by Myrmidon Press expanded the number of playable races to twelve and adopted the Megaversal System RPG system developed by Palladium Books.

Setting

Manhunter takes place in a distant future where humanity has discovered faster-than-light travel and began to colonize the galaxy. While on such an exploration mission, a human scout ship encountered a more technologically advanced alien race called Aglians. The encounter went poorly resulting in the destruction of the scout ship. The human colonists believed the Aglians were a threat and formed a fleet to seek retribution for what they perceived as Aglian aggression.