Editing Spelljammer (section)

==Reception==
In the January 1990 edition  of ''[[Games International]]'' (issue #12), James Wallis was not a fan of the initial release, ''[[Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space]]'', finding inconsistencies in the combat rules, saying that the cumulative effect of these inconsistencies is to make space combat unplayable. He did find the background "imaginative and consistent", but very little of it. Although he admired the production values of the components, he found the book disorganized to the point of "disarray and confusion". He concluded by giving the game a poor rating of only 2 out of 5, saying that "''Spelljammer'' may score well physically but fails mentally [...] Scavenging ''AD&D'' players who enjoy stripping tasty ideas from the carcasses of dying games may find it of interest, but I cannot recommend it to anyone else".<ref name=gi>{{cite magazine|last=Wallis|first=James| date=January 1990 |title=Spelljammer|journal=[[Games International]]| issue=12|pages=43}}</ref>

Alexander Sowa, for ''[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]'' in October 2021, commented that Spelljammer should be one of the classic settings Wizards of the Coast brings back for the 5th Edition. Sowa wrote that "players have been asking for Spelljammer to be introduced to ''5e'' since the release of the first setting sourcebook. Wizards tossed them a bone with the Dream of The Blue Veil spell added in ''[[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]]'', but it's not a replacement for the niche Spelljammer previously filled. It's not just a way to travel between different campaign settings; it's a simultaneous fulfillment of sci-fi and fantasy dreams of exploration, venturing deep into unknown depths and contending with the strange and otherworldly".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-07 |title=Dungeons & Dragons Should Revisit Spelljammer and Dark Sun in 2022 |url=https://www.cbr.com/dnd-5e-2022-spelljammer-dark-sun/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref>

Spelljammer was #3 on ''The Gamer''<nowiki/>'s 2022 "The 8 Best Dungeons & Dragons Settings Ever" list — the article states that "Spelljammer is one of the most unique settings on this list, with endless possibilities brought up in its planet-hopping realms. The Spelljammer setting can almost best be surmised as 'pirates meets sci-fi fantasy' with its blend of magical worlds and galaxy-traversing galleons".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=The 8 Best Dungeons & Dragons Settings Ever |url=https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-best-settings-worlds-campaigns/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}</ref> In a separate article for ''The Gamer'', in February 2022, Paul DiSalvo commented that "while D&D's second edition was home to a wide range of Spelljammer books including several adventure modules, the setting has since faded into obscurity, with it not being prominently featured within the game's third, fourth, and fifth editions".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-28 |title=Dungeons & Dragons: What Is Spelljammer? |url=https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-spelljammer-explained/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}</ref>

In his 2023 book ''Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground'', RPG historian Stu Horvath called the game "gloriously bewildering." Horvath also noted the new edition being launched for the 5th edition of ''[[D&D]]'', commenting "I can't imagine something so weird as the original coming out today — the new version already seems different, a little less odd, a little more formulaic."<ref name=mahg>{{cite book| last = Horvath| first = Stu| title = Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground| publisher = MIT Press| date = 2023| location = Cambridge, Massachusetts| pages = 194–197| isbn =9780262048224 }}</ref>