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Mongoose is in talks with Cepheus Engine publishers over Traveller license concerns

January 24, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s concerns Cepheus Engine publishers have a bleak future as and when Wizards of the Coast deauthorises the OGL.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cepheus Engine, Independence Games, Mongoose Publishing, traveller

Free to Download: DoubleZero – Primer

November 20, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

DoubleZero is a toolset for tabletop gaming. It works in any modern setting that does not favour characters with magical, paranormal, or superhuman skills. The rules engineĀ is ideal for mystery, espionage, thrillers, procedurals, and drama.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Berin Kinsman, DoubleZero, free to download, James Bond, lightspress media, traveller

Eyes up sci-fi fans: Two Traveller RPG bundles launched today

November 7, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Traveller is, for many, the original and best sci-fi tabletop RPG. There are loads of versions, and it’s perhaps a challenge figuring out where and how to start.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Mongoose Publishing, the great rift, traveller

Traveller5 RPG deal will be over in days

August 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The sci-curious or Traveller fans only have until August 17th to grab the RPG deal.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, marc miller, traveller

Traveller, the iconic sci-fi RPG, is 45

July 25, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

MegaTraveller followed Traveller in 1978, then Traveller: The New Era in 1993 and Marc Miller’s Traveller in 1996. Since then, there have been d20 versions, GuRPs versions, Traveller5, and Mongoose Publishing released the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: marc miller, Mongoose Publishing, sci-fi, traveller

What are the best-selling games in DriveThruRPG’s Christmas in July mega sale?

July 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DriveThruRPG’s big Christmas in July sale has been on for a few days, with about two weeks left. That’s enough time to see which games are contenders for the best sellers.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ChamomileHasAdventures, conan, CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, cyberpunk red, dark lord, drivethrurpg, Expeditious Retreat Press, Free League Publishing, kids on bikes, m20 the operative's dossier, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Ptolus, sales, sentinel hill press, Shadowrun, star trek, star trek adventures, the dare, the halls of arden vul, The One Ring, thought police interactive, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade, worlds without number

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #159

July 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary round-up from Geek Native. It’s a chance to catch up with new releases, reviews, events, and discoveries from around the web.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: curse of the chupacabra, cyberpunk red, dms guild, hollows, J Gray, Mongoose Publishing, Outland Entertainment, robot handbook, roll20, routinely itemised, rowan rook and decard, the sagaverse, traveller, When the Wolf Comes, wizards of the coast, zinequest

Three core sci-fi RPGs headline the Cepheus retro-clone bundle

June 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Stellagama Publishing’s Cepheus Engine is probably the leading retro-cline of Traveller. It’s certainly very popular, and it’s in the Bundle of Holding for the next two weeks.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Cepheus Deluxe, stellagama publishing, traveller

Sci-fi and Traveller history available today: It’s Gamelords

May 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re going back to the 80s for this and two some of the earliest third-party studios for Traveller; Gamelords and Marischal Adventures.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Gamelords, marischal adventures, traveller

Genre Police: Choose Your Own Adventure(s)

April 3, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 3 Comments

Last time we talked about new RPGs and how to get players to try them. But how do you even begin to work out what you want to play?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 7th Sea, Abney Park's Airship Pirates, alien rpg, Andrews McMeel, apocalypse world, brutal games, Call of Cthulhu, Champions, Chaosium, chill, corporation, cubicle 7, Cyberpunk, cyberpunk red, deadlands, degenesis, dread, Dungeon World, Dungeons & Dragons, Eclipse Phase, edge, everway, Evil Hat Productions, feng shui, Free League Publishing, Gamma World, genre police, Green Ronin Publishing, lancer, Legend of the Five Rings, lexoccultum, magpie games, masks, Melsonian Arts Council, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, mork borg, mutant: year zero, Mutants & Masterminds, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, parable games, paranoia, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, posthuman studios, pugmire, R. Talsorian Games, runequest, scum and villainy, Shadowrun, shiver, Spirit Of The Century, star trek adventures, the sprawl, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, traveller, troika, twilight: 2000, vaesen, Vampire: The Masquerade, warhammer, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Wild Talents, zweihander

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