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T2000: W+10

W+10 No. That is not the sunrise. We’d been near the town of Luban, not far drom the German border for a few days and was beginning to feel a…
Posted inT2000 Writing Twilight 2000

T2000: W+8

I woke at 7 am and padded into the shower. Hot water. Soap. Clean towel. Breakfast. Coffee. I heard a voice calling me. I knew it was the Colonel. And…
Posted inT2000 Writing Twilight 2000

T2000: W Day

The silence is deafening. We were shelled last night. I could hear the pum-pum of guns and the blasts as they landed near. My ears bled from the pressure waves…
Posted inFrontier Game Design

Explorers: Ten Experts

Human Unity has build dozens of these craft; their primary purpose to map the wormholes and document everything they encounter. Because they may be out of touch with Earth for…
Posted inFrontier

Is there life out there?

CETI We present a cosmic perspective on the search for life and examine the likely number of Communicating Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent civilizations (CETI) in our Galaxy by utilizing the latest astrophysical…
Posted inLateGaming SNCC XDO

SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO

SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO is set in the world of San Metro, a massive city home to some 45 Million people. Highlights of the city include the Bay Marina, The Spire, PersComm Tower, The Sumarii Building and The Arch. The city also receives some 10 Million commuters on the complex public transport and ground traffic network.

The city is also home to vigilantes such as the Boom Boys with their pirated high-tech power armour, covert Military Police (The Red and Black SOX) and organised crime. San Metro Police Department is stumbling under the workload. Vigilantes like the Boom Boys can only do so much to help. Perhaps it is time for another group to aid the city?

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Frontier….2020: progress, updates and the future

I’ve begun working on Frontier again, firstly through a collaboration with a young Kenyan artist to produce some concept pieces for the book. It’s really helping to crystallise some of the thoughts but I definitely need to lock down the dates for things a lot more to keep them in my head. Is it 500 years in the future or 200? Erg.

I present, for your amusement, some sample images.

  

Posted inGM Traveller

Classic Traveller 1105-001

in media res

Through happenstance and dumb luck (good and bad), you’re on the slow liner “Indignant Pause” R-OO1256 trundling along on a Jump-1 route to Bellerophon (Esperance Subsector 0709 A88A986-E). This is a human populated water world within the Vegan Autonomous District. This may or may not be your final destination.

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Brett Devereaux on the Siege of Gondor:

It's pretty interesting reading. Pop along here for the series. My reply? While I enjoyed reading this incredibly nerdy analysis of the battle for Gondor, The author forgets several points.…
ALIENS RPG by Fria Ligan
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ALIENS RPG by Fria Ligan

We've run two sessions of the Aliens RPG for Graham, Jim, Mike and Barry and we've had a heap of fun. I've run the starter adventure (Cinematic) and we're just…
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Welcome back…

For the last few months, the lategaming web site has been offline - this has been for a combination of reasons. I wasn't getting much gaming done I wasn't getting…
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Glowing Eyes

Over the weekend I watched "The Darkest Minds". A movie of the YA novel of the same name about some kids who gain superpowers (there are very few kids around…