I thought I’d rummage around the Traveller OGL world on Driverthru for the evening. There’s a lot going on in this Universal Game Profile (UGP) and it is all very good indeed.
I plunged into the depths of the Cepheus Engine System Reference Document to find a full OGL version of Traveller based on Mongoose 1st edition with just a few tweaks here and there. You get the works, including starship, vehicles and planets. If you are looking for a fully compatible and cost effective access to Traveller then look no further. There is also a Word doc version to toll your own OpenQuest stylee.
Drivethru is resplendent with a rich array of 2d6 SF gaming once you scratch the surface of Mongoose’s over priced official stuff. The Universal World Profile looks to be a revised and adapted edition of the ‘World Creator’s Handbook’ which was previously published under the Traveller SRD licence, now compatible with Cepheus Engine. And what is going on in the Clement Sector? More than colouring in?
I picked up the Near Space, a fully OGL near Sol star map with UPPs to get the juices going for your own near earth SF adventures. Nice.
For those who love their mappage, and don’t we all(?), here’s a free beauty, for the Aventyr Campaign Setting.
Finally, in one of those ‘what’s free and fun looking’ binges, I dipped into some Synergy Fantasy. And why not?
This is the second edition of Synergy Fantasy; rebranded as Worlds of Adventure: Fantasy Realms with a host of additional content, rules addition, revisions and expansions. Synergy is the same game system as that found in Blue Planet v.2 adapted for the fantasy genre. The Test Drive has a streamlined version of the rules, sample characters and a short scenario for you to try them out with.
I’m not familiar with Blue Planet, but this game is a nice looking and elegant foray into fantasy.
There’s such a lot out there, all high quality, and for the price of a PWYW complement.