Tag: scifi


  • Panic! at the Cryo

    Panic! at the Cryo

    My sci-fi starcrawl game Insomniacs is on sale for a week. There are a ton of posts here about its development and playtesting, but I’m writing this post because I think it would pair well with two of my favorite sci-fi things to come out after Insomniacs’ release.

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  • Spaceships Forever

    Spaceships Forever

    I had a chance to read through the digital release of An Infinity of Ships that dropped last week. At its most reductive level, it’s a ton of random spaceship tables but they are really, really, good tables.

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  • Power Metal Cyber Future

    Power Metal Cyber Future

    Filing the serial numbers off Star Wars has long been a pastime I’ve looked down upon, but a few things happened to change my mind. Star Wars Filled Up I will always love this venerable setting, but as far as a background for TTRPGs goes, Star Wars goes through a lot of peaks and valleys

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  • Star Dust, a Fiasco Playset

    Star Dust, a Fiasco Playset

    My followup to Insomniacs this week is a space opera meets office politics playset for the excellent new edition of Fiasco.

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  • Insomniacs, a Cryoship Road Trip

    Insomniacs, a Cryoship Road Trip

    Insomniacs is out! The journey through its design has ironically mirrored an Insomniacs campaign – an incredibly long odyssey punctuated by false hope, mistakes, research projects, and self-discovery.

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  • Yes Virginia, There Is a Space D&D

    Yes Virginia, There Is a Space D&D

    Space D&D isn’t about the system you use. It’s all about the setting, and a more specific setting than you might realize – but it’ll feel familiar nonetheless. It’s a setting you’ve seen across multiple TV shows, movies, and even quite a few space sandbox videogames.

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