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
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 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 recently ran a one-shot of Tiny Living Dead, the Tiny D6 RPG from Gallant Knight Games. Half the party died.Here are the pregens I used, created with my custom TLD character sheet: tinylivingdead_pregensDownload A cheat sheet of the basic Tiny D6 rules for each player: tinylivingdead_cheatsheetDownload Here's the scenario I used - it's a … Continue reading It’s All Happening at the Zoo – A Tiny Living Dead scenario with Pregens
I run mostly one-shot adventures for my home RPG group, so I'm always on the look out for one-shot scenarios that will save me time. With that in mind, I just came across this amazing blog - One Shot Adventures. There's a whole bunch of table-ready one-shot adventures in multiple genres (including pulp - which … Continue reading My new favorite RPG site: One Shot Adventures
The Artifact A scenario for Omega 99, the Cepheus Engine/Traveller setting based on Space 1999. Two days ago, an Omega science expedition returned from the system Klein-805, led by the scientist Professor Winfield Goddard. He and his team spent weeks exploring the ruins of an alien civilization, and returned with an artifact for further analysis. … Continue reading The Artifact – a scenario for Omega 99
I've been playing around with Casket Land, the gothic supernatural western game from Marie Enger. It's set in a dying southwestern town surrounded by vast rows of caskets and horrible monsters. It uses the Powered by the Apocalypse system. I've created a few locations that should fit right in with Casket Land's bleak tone Sea … Continue reading Casket Land – Bleak Locations
Cavaliers & Coilguns, by G. Michael Truran is a fun little pulp adventure RPG system I've been playing with. It's a hack of the game Tunnel Goons by Nate Treme. You can pick it up cheaply at itch.io for a few dollars. It doesn't have an actual explicit setting, but it does have an implied … Continue reading Planet Amethyst – A setting and adventure for Cavaliers & Coilguns
