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…[...]
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…[...]
About Frontier and Representation
When I conceived Frontier it wasn't the way it is now. There was a little collaboration from others and everyone had their own idea what it would become. For one…[...]
Frontier: The Snakes of Rist images
The post "The Snakes of Rist" has been updated with some art. To give a feel for the Aliens. Pop there and have a look.[...]
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…[...]
Looking at a black hole…..
if a black hole passed in front of a mirror, what would its reflection look like? pic.twitter.com/Ets4JRNwp9— Matt Henderson (@matthen2) May 22, 2020 This is the sort of result that…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]
Traveller (mongoose2) – 1105-001
MTU - 1105-001 - In the Beginning... Tonight we managed to have our first online session of Traveller. (more…)[...]
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…[...]
Classic Traveller Campaign starting – Starship
I'm about to kick off an online classic traveller (using Mongoose v1 rules) and of course I want the PCs to have their own ship or part thereof so....how do…[...]
MUTHUR6000 Preview
[video width="720" height="720" mp4="http://www.lategaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/joined_video_f42d10bab4f042259b701b8dd56e772a.mp4"][/video] I've created a little python script for working with the Alien RPG map. It just calculates the distance between star systems based on the included Data…[...]
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
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…[...]
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…[...]
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…[...]
Tales From The Loop – metadata
Writing up a relationship diagram to make it easier to remember everyone. I’ve been a gamer for 34 years and this is the first time I felt a game deserved…[...]
Tales From The Loop #2
The second session for Tales From The Loop was delivered last night.... Reflecting on the previous session, I realised I was using an older version of the rules and therefore…[...]
Tales From The Loop #1
Ran my first session of TftL tonight. It was a mini intro scenario to populate the kids lives. There were two kids in this starter adventure - they were 13…[...]