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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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Hinterspace Notes #3
I’m still working on the two page spread for each mainworld system in my Eventide subsector setting. The plan is to have two pages in a standard format per system, with just over thirty systems to record. That gives a … Continue reading
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Hinterspace Notes #2
Terraforming The Terraformers of EOS are able to influence a world’s Atmosphere and Hydrosphere characteristics. For every century of elapsed time, the terraforming process modifies either or both UWP characteristics by +/-1. Present techniques can modify up to +/-3. These … Continue reading
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Hinterspace Notes #1
Holiday Tuesday and I’m scribbling for my Hinterspace Cepheus Deluxe setting. Seem to have dallied on how longevity is managed, including newly available life extension treatments in the Empire of Stars (EOS), and unsuccessful attempts at sentience syphoning to quantum … Continue reading
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Looking Back and Forward to 2022
This is a gaming review and some thoughts on what 2022 might bring for me. For context, I retire at the end of March 2022, so I will have much more time for everything, includng the gaming hobby. We head … Continue reading
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Ssarosk Infiltrator (TL12)
Thinking about games next year and hoping to be able to get a Cepheus Deluxe game going in a homebrew setting. This morning I had a play with the starship design sequence in the game, which feels like a simplified … Continue reading
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Drawing Mainworlds
From December I plan to start creating a detailed subsector for Cepheus Deluxe games next year. Every system in the subsector will have some detail. At present I expect that to include the mainworld UWP stats, an Isodecahedron map of … Continue reading
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A Long Form Pause
A synchronicity of play has brought both my long running campaigns to a brief reflective pause. Pathfinder 2e is more than 40 sessions in, and we are enjoying Adevnture Path blending, exploring exciting sessions of play whilst delving into the … Continue reading
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Character Premise
Player characters with a premise are easier to play as distinct and deeper personas, with a story to tell in the game you are playing. A premise is a prior set of statements from which a plot develops and has … Continue reading
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Eventide
I’m having some innocent fun with Traveller setting building, just as a thought exercise and to squeeze some creative juices. This was precipitated by the acquisition of the new Cepheus Deluxe, a really wonderful version of Traveller. I talk about … Continue reading
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