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
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
This is the second in my series of sample hexes for The Shabby Land, my upcoming post-apocalyptic hexcrawl zine for Cepheus Atom. Here's the first one I did. Here are all of my Shabby Land posts. Hex 0308 - The Carcinogen Isles Parrotoid Pirates raid ships in Poison Bay with a rocket powered catamaran. Just … Continue reading The Parrotoid Pirates of the Carcinogen Isles: Another hex for the Shabby Land
I've been continuing my work on The Shabby Land - my post-apocalypse hexcrawl for Cepheus Atom. I've been maxing my own custom hex icons. Here's the current map for the players:
I've been putting together a hexcrawl zine for the post-apocalypse RPG Cepheus Atom. Cepheus Atom is a stripped-down, simplified version of the Traveller/Cepheus Engine ruleset, set in a slightly gonzo apocalypse. Basically, it's Traveller: Gamma World. My character sheets are available here. I've been making a hexcrawl for Cepheus Atom called The Shabby Land. I … Continue reading PAX Station Theta: A sample hex for a post-apocalypse hexcrawl.
I've been playing around with creating my own version of a character sheet for the Cepheus Engine, the open source version of Traveller. It's based on my old Hostile character sheet. It uses a nice clean Eurostile font that I hope gives it a futuristic feel. There's a wound tracker that will automatically provide boxes … Continue reading Cepheus Engine: Fillable Character Sheet – BETA VERSION
