Merchant Class Ships
Merchant Class Ships is a 1982 role-playing game supplement for "Traveller" published by FASA. Contents. "Merchant Class Ships" is a set of ship plans that fully depicts six different 1,000-ton merchant vessels. Publication history. "Merchant Class Ships" was written by Ross Babcock, J. Andrew Keith, and Jordan Weisman and was published in 1981 by FASA as a boxed set containing a 16-page pamphlet, three large map sheets, and counters; it was published again in 1986 by Seeker as a pamphlet, three large map sheets, and counters. Reception. William A. Barton reviewed "Merchant Class Ships  in The Space Gamer" No. 58. Barton commented that "For the merchant-minded "Traveller", "Merchant Class Ships" is a worthwhile investment, and, with the minor exception of the box weight, I can give it my highest recommendation." Bob McWilliams reviewed "Merchant Class Ships" for "White Dwarf" #36, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10 for the novice, and 7 for the expert, and stated that "the plans themselves and the supporting material show continuing improvement over past efforts from the company."