Scouts &amp; AssassinsScouts &amp; Assassins Scouts & Assassins Scouts & Assassins is a 1980 role-playing game supplement for "Traveller" published by Paranoia Press. Contents. "Scouts & Assassins" is a book detailing scouts and assassins for "Traveller". Publication history. "Scouts and Assassins" was written by Donald P. Rapp and was published in 1980 by Paranoia Press as a digest-sized 12-page book; a second edition was published in the same year with a red cover, as was a 16-page third edition with a white cover, a map, and a 4-page pamphlet. Reception. William A. Barton reviewed "Scouts & Assassins" in "The Space Gamer" No. 32. Barton  commented that "Until GDW publishes their own, if you want an 'official' scout system, "Scouts & Assassins" is it." William A. Barton reviewed the 2nd edition of "Scouts & Assassins" in "The Space Gamer" No. 41. Barton commented that ""Scouts & Assassins, 2nd Edition" is a very professional work, worthy to stand alongside GDW's own "Traveller" materials. Even if you own a copy of the first edition, I recommend the new one; you'll find enough new material to make it well worth the price." Scouts & Assassins Scouts & Assassins is a 1980 role-playing game supplement for "Traveller" published by Paranoia Press