Author Archives: First Age

Always Be Prepared

I’m zeroing in on finishing a small scenario book for Drivethru. It’s going to be print and PDF and gets some Cepheus Deluxe off my brain and out there.   In theory I now follow this up with the full … Continue reading

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Foundry VTT and 4e Adventures

Fun times, now that I have retirement time. I am paying a bit more for my Foundry VTT upkeep. In addition to Forge hosting, I am paying the developer of the Livekit AV integration via his Patreon. This gives me … Continue reading

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Conan 2d20 on a Forged Foundry

It’s been a fair bit of effort to get the VTT ready for some tabletop action. I’ve been fiddling with NPC abilities, attacks, items and the actual assets to reflect the campaign. All told it has been a more effort … Continue reading

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Westlands

My Cepheus delight, which is a mere extension of my Traveller delight, is finding broader expression in the fantasy genre. I very much enjoyed ‘Sword of Cepheus’ from Stellagama Publishing, with its tempting open content approach for my own innovation … Continue reading

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Hinterspace Notes #5

 Just messing about with classic covers. Perhaps, If I can crack Publisher, I could get a small adventure out on Drivethru as a precursor to the subsector book?

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Hinterspace Notes #4

 I’m continuing to enjoy the background process of shapng the Hinterspace setting for Cepheus Deluxe. To keep me motivated, I’m using the notes and images I have created as the setting for a convention game this year. I’ve taken one … Continue reading

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Chivalry & Sorcery 2nd Edition

This game was my jam in the mid Eighties. We were early adopters and actually gave it a proper go. The idealised feudal detail, with castles to manage, and the societal structures, reflected a ‘realistic’ amount of detail mirrored in … Continue reading

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Cepheus Deluxe Characters

 I’ve started creating Cepheus Deluxe characters for the convention games to come this year. The character generation is very simple and quick,  but the thought processes around the procedure are longer and require more invention. That’s pretty much how it … Continue reading

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Games played during Quarter 1 of 2022

  Twenty two in the quarter with two more sneaking in for this weekend, to give me 24 by close of this weekend. Will I make the tonne for the year? D&D 4e will probably dominate as I have much … Continue reading

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Wayfarer – Hope in the Darkness

 Wayfarer is a working title for an RPG based on a blend of the Open Content in Sword of Cepheus, Cepheus Deluxe, and Of Realms Unbounded. A hopepunk fantasy of heroes that bring change for the better, saving, preserving and … Continue reading

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