Here's the second part of my Dark Sun conversion to the 2d6-based RPG Sword of Cepheus. This covers all of the PC races that players can choose from. Previously in this series I listed some desert survival rules. These are all based on the descriptions in the Dark Sun Rules Book, along with some ideas … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part II – Races of Athas
Recently I was introduced to the RPG Star Trek: Alpha Quadrant by Steven J. Ege, a hack of the Cepheus Engine set in the Star Trek universe. It's a fan work, and it's available for free here. It's an interesting, professional looking book. I recently created both a Cepheus Engine sheet and a character sheet … Continue reading Free Character Sheet for Star Trek: Alpha Quadrant/Cepheus Engine
I've always been intrigued by the Dark Sun setting TSR put out for AD&D back in 1991. It's got a bleak, weird, post-apocalyptic quality to it. However, I've always thought AD&D wasn't really the right system for it. So I've decided to make my own version using The Sword of Cepheus, the Cepheus Engine-based fantasy … Continue reading Dark Sun for Sword of Cepheus: Part I – Desert Survival Rules
I just ran a one-shot of The Nautilus of Time, a procedurally generated starship crawl I created for the One Page Derelict Jam Winter 2021. The players went four levels deep before fleeing for their lives. Only half of them winked out of existence when they tried to bring their alternate time-selves with them. The … Continue reading Nautilus of Time for Cepheus Quantum: Pregens & Monster Stats
I've been gradually working on my post-apocalyptic hex crawl The Shabby Land. As I design each hex, I've been trying to keep each location succinct, evocative, and to the point. This is how my favorite OSR hex crawls handle it, and I'd like to follow their example. However, some locations will require a little more … Continue reading Shabby Land: The Adjudication Pits of Barter-Mart
In 1978, the now defunct company Heritage Models released a line of Star Trek miniatures. To go along with them, they also released Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier - the first licensed RPG for Star Trek. This was a year before the first movie, and a decade before TNG, so it was … Continue reading Character Sheet for the 1978 Star Trek RPG
There's a game jam over on itch.io about creating one-page sci-fi scenarios - the One Page Derelict Winter 2021 Jam. The creators are asked to follow these rules when creating their submissions: The scenario must be system-neutralIt has to be set in a sci-fi (or science fantasy) universeIt has to involve a abandoned structureIt can … Continue reading Nautilus of Time: Sci-Fi One Page Shipcrawl Adventure
I'm continuing my work for my entry in the itch.io game jam One Page Derelict Jam Winter 2021. The idea is to create a one-page science fiction scenario involving a derelict ship/space station/ etc. All of the entries are system neutral. My submission is going to be called the Nautilus of Time. It'll be about … Continue reading Nautilus of Time: Random Encounter table for a WIP Sci-Fi Scenario
I've always been fascinated with Michael Brown's Cepheus Engine setting Omega 99. It's heavily based on the old ITV show Space 1999. Honestly, I didn't think the original TV show was particularly good, but the fun 1970s style of it, and Brown's very interesting gameable take on the source material continue to intrigue me. Here's … Continue reading Further Thoughts on Omega 99
I run a weekly one-shot RPG group. Obviously, in this, the Year of the Mask - they were mostly online. I threw together a quick list of every game I ran this year in rough chronological order. This list is more for my reference, than of any use to anyone else. If you've seen my … Continue reading Every RPG I ran in 2020
