This is not the first time I review Stars without Number, the old-school SciFi sandboxing RPG by Kevin Crawford (Sine Nomine Publishing), but with my growing experience in role-play gaming I feel I missed some real important things the last two times. So, again, let's have a look at what makes SWN special.

We'll skip the boring parts, like the character creations (it's D&D. Take 3d6 and roll them. Got it?), combat rules (Take a d20 and I'll tell you if you hit!), gear (pistol goes bang, laser ...