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The 3rd edition of Gamma World was another boxed set, credited to James M. Ward and published in September 1985.

It introduced the Action Control Table, a color-coded table used to resolve nearly all actions in the game.

( Color-coded tables were something of a trend at TSR in mid-1980s.

After 1984's Marvel Super-Heroes proved the viability of the concept, TSR revised Gamma World, Star Frontiers, and Top Secret to use similar tables.

) Unfortunately for TSR, this version of the rules became notorious for the number of editorial mistakes, including cross-references to rules that didn't appear in the boxed set.

The errors were serious enough that TSR published a Gamma World Rules Supplement containing the " missing " rules.

The Rules Supplement was sent to gamers who requested it by mail, and included in reprintings of the boxed set ( Ward and Johnson 1986 ).