Mach: The First Colony
Mach: The First Colony is a role-playing game published by Alliance Publications in 1983. Description. "Mach: The First Colony" is a science-fiction system in which the player characters are mercenaries on a frontier planet. The planet, its societies, and mixed technologies are described in detail. The first book (32 pages) covers character creation and combat; the second (32 pages) covers skills and creatures. The game includes an introductory scenario (16 pages). Publication history. "Mach: The First Colony" was designed by Michael Lange with Martin Miller, and published by Alliance Publications in 1983 as a  boxed set containing a 32-page book, a 32-page book, and a 16-page book. Reception. William A. Barton reviewed "Mach - The First Colony" in "Space Gamer" No. 69. Barton commented that "Those players who like complex, highly detailed games – players of systems such as "Space Opera", "Chivalry & Sorcery", and "Aftermath" – might find "Mach" worth its [...] price. Admirers of simpler systems, such as "The Fantasy Trip", "" or "Call of Cthulhu", should probably pass this one up."