Monthly Archives: May 2008

Things like this inspire games

Posted on May 13, 2008 by AJ

NASA media announcement I can think of a half-dozen things that would make a great game. It’s not going to be any of those things though. It’ll be something dull like a new source of some type of radiation.

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Resolutions: Dealing with Canon and Context

Posted on May 13, 2008 by matt

Canon is the past in the play. It establishes facts which have gone before. It doesn’t mean it can’t be retconned afterwards but for the most part it is immutable (or at least it should have immutable facts and mutable … Continue reading →

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systems, systems, systems

Posted on May 9, 2008 by matt

Is it right to design another system for a game? At the moment we’re still writing War of the Worlds, though we’ve started development on Status: Refugee and a Supers game. In all three, the working system is to be … Continue reading →

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Portraits of the Dead.

Posted on May 7, 2008 by matt

MetalFloss has

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Ransom

Posted on May 6, 2008 by matt

The idea of ransoming game material is definitely new and innovative. It’s being done rather successfully by Greg Stolze for his Reign supplements and there’s a Delta Green book ‘Targets of Opportunity’ which is being funded this way as well. … Continue reading →

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23L Superhumans

Posted on May 6, 2008 by matt

Having some spare time yesterday evening I resurrected some of my notes for ‘superpowers’ in T23L. It wasn’t part of the plan to have 23L superhumans – though I was accused by Jeremy of writing my own ‘supers’ game when … Continue reading →

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The Stars Are Right….over there….

Posted on May 6, 2008 by matt

The Internet STELLAR DATABASE is a lot of fun. Look at the entry for Barnard’s Star especially the submits at the bottom where you can search for stars within a certain radius. How I wish this had been about when … Continue reading →

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Hawt babes of Star Trek: The Original Series

Posted on May 6, 2008 by matt

Flickr link We will NOT be using these as guidelines for aliens represented in Refugee and Frontier.

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Status: Refugee – Timeline

Posted on May 5, 2008 by matt

Here’s a snippet of some of the stuff I’m writing for Status: Refugee. It hasn’t been okay’ed by Aidan yet so details may change. But it should give you an idea of what we’re working on. I want to bring … Continue reading →

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Mutants and Masterminds.

Posted on May 5, 2008 by matt

Every now and then, someone asks on the RPG.net forums… What’s the best supers game? and every time the Mutants and Masterminds people come out of the woodwork to tell us that M&M is not a d20 game. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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