Over on Mastodon (where there's a great RPG community forming) someone posted about their adaptation of the 1978 version of Battlestar Galactica into Classic Traveller. I found this sort of inspiring, so I made some custom character sheets in the BSG style. One is color, the other black & white. They're both fillable, and you … Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Traveller/Cepheus character sheets
A cognitohazard is a artificial pattern, usually visual, that actually hacks the human brain causing harmful psychological effects to anyone who sees it. The initial idea came from the author David Langford, from his story BLIT: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm, though the idea of an image too dangerous to look at appears in many fictional works (Including a … Continue reading Cognitohazards – Things you don’t want to see for Cepheus\Traveller
Just ran a one-shot of Heckin' Good Doggos, an RPG from Wet Ink Games where you play a pack of neighborhood dogs having adventures with their friends. It's a delightful game, genuinely family-friendly and gentle. I found it a nice little break from all of the slightly grimmer games I've been playing. I'll do a … Continue reading Heckin’ Good Doggos: Character Sheets & Cheat Sheet for a doggie-based RPG
I've been going through Sherwood, the new RPG from Richard Ruane. It's based around the various tales of Robin Hood. The most interesting thing about Sherwood, is that it's a OSR-style game that's not based on D&D. It's pretty clearly based on Traveller, the venerable sci-fi game, first published in 1977. I've posted before about … Continue reading Sherwood: A review and custom character sheet for a Robin Hood RPG
Over on itch, there's a bundle called the TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Florida It includes a lot of really interesting games. One of these is Gubat Banwa, a fantasy RPG inspired by Southeast Asian culture, by Joaquin Kyle “Makapatag” Saavedra. It's an elaborate setting with a lot of detail, and I haven't read through … Continue reading Gubat Banwa – Fillable Character Sheets for a Southeast Asian Fantasy RPG
Recently I backed a Kickstarter for the second edition of the Black Sword Hack (BSW). BSW is an OSR RPG using the same roll-low rules as the Black Hack. Still waiting on the print version, but I got the PDFs a while back, and ran a one-shot. I'll do a full review at some point, … Continue reading Black Sword Hack – Custom Character sheets for a Moorcock-style OSR game
I recently ran a one-shot of Mouth Brood, a system agnostic science fiction adventure from Amanda Lee Franck. It's difficult to find in print, which is unfortunate, as it's a lovely book, but it's still available in PDF format over at DriveThru. The setting for the game is a mysterious geodesic dome in a remote … Continue reading Mouth Brood: Adapting a sci-fi exploration setting to the Cepheus Engine
White Lies is a modern OSR espionage game from Bill Logan of DwD Studios. They've recently released a second edition of the game. Like the first version, it's completely free to download. I discussed the first edition of White Lies in a previous post, where I also made a fillable version of the character sheet. … Continue reading White Lies – Epsionage RPG 2nd Edition – Review & Character Sheets
Just finished up a one shot of One Shot World, by Yochai Gal. It's a simplified, stripped-down version of Dungeon World, the popular Powered by the Apocalypse fantasy game. It's designed to run one shots and short campaigns. It's available to download for free at both itch.io and DriveThruRPG I always found Dungeon World a … Continue reading Fillable playbook sheets for One Shot World
I just ran a one-shot of FIST, and wanted to share some thoughts, pregens, and a custom character sheet. FIST (Freelance Infintry Strike Team) is a very simple but fun paranormal action/adventure game written by B. Everett Dutton & Ripley Caldwell. The setting is intentionally left vague; it's set during the "second half of the … Continue reading FIST – some notes, a character sheet, and some pregens
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