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Classic Traveller is a great game to use for horror! And it's a very violent game so maybe you want some panic rules for firefights! PanicPanic can be caused by stress or...Linked by the ring
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Kill ShotsA shooter can choose to give up movement and evasion to get a +1d damage bonus for their successful hits. Attacks against shooters going for a "kill shot" are at +2...
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After about six months of play we had the first run in with starship combat in Classic Traveller. I was excited to finally get to bust out the majority of book 2 and had...
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Press the Beast's summer campaign Evil Labyrinth of Gods and Monsters just wrapped up. I was present for most of the sessions and lost a good amount of characters to the...Linked by the ring
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ThoughtsI always get these pangs of nerves and excitement when rolling up a patron during a session. Today's was a soldier on a planet that is entirely covered with water....
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Caveat Emptor: I do not play games across a wide range of communities. I am mostly active in one space centered around the OSR/DIY and my own home table group I have gamed with...
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Plenty of folks feel a lot of pressure to try and run games as awfully close to the way it's written down in the book. The pressure to play RAW or do it right by the designer...
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As I get ready to play The Times that Fry Men's Souls using Mythras I have made a few combat styles for my players to pick from. Deeply inspired by the examples listed on...
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Player CharactersCai Singh Avery Skitnik Cosimo Loperfido Mark Nakamura Guanyat Secundo Emma Kowalski Ernest Finns (Sic) The good ship and crew arrived on Newcomb and were...
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For use with MTB's excellent mechs for Classic Traveller. Surgeon's FriendWeapons - 4 x Gimballed Combat Shotguns Armor - as Cloth Modules - 2 x IR and Anti-Laser Smoke...
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As I have been playing a lot of Classic Traveller lately, I have been reading over all the interpretations of various mechanics that changed over the editions. One that seems...
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Jack of Trades allows player characters to attempt a throw as if they had -0 in a skill. Their Jack of Trades levels confers a bonus to the roll as appropriate to the skill...
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Caveat Emptor: I realize I am not the first to propose a system like this. Like many things with Classic Traveller the Out of the Box series covers this topic. Consider this an...Linked by the ring
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Traveller 5 has the QREBS framework for modifying items. Cepheus has MODES. I wanted to try and merge some of the groups together to make something a bit more usable at the...
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Form and Content can not save a referee from a lack of Inner Resources. Whether one must believe themselves a shut eye or acknowledge the dice know more than we do, there is a...
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A few years have passed since In Praise of Legwork came out. Long enough for the analysis and suggestions in there to become more commonplace in day to day discussions. Sam's...
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Alongside my Classic Traveller Brainworms I have a healthy dose of Mythras Brainworms. One of the most compelling parts of Mythras to me are the varied Combat Styles that add a...Linked by the ring
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Last week I ran the first session of SHEEPDOGS WITHIN TH EARTH, a Wolves Upon the Coast game run with no other additions or expansions using Delta Green. The premise is that...Linked by the ring
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The party continued the feast with the King of Trilus. We arrived stinking of booze but a guard gave us some herbs to sober up enough for the show. All of us took the herb save...
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Caveat Emptor EXTREME: This is a post about ignoring the advice that is given to referees and designers about what to do. I want to tell you clever folks that yes this blog...
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Inspired by a recent post I decided to take a look a the psychological impact of being a fighter in D&D. This post will outline a detailed edition by edition analysis of what...
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Everyone loves to do a cool move. It's the drive and sauce for so many systems as they try to find the perfect way to be cool. OSR games love to invent their maneuvers and...
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After a particularly violent Sunday Session with some of my Classic Traveller players I felt the urge to write up a death and dismemberment chart that fits the style and mood...
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Sorcery in Classic TravellerMagic in skill based games can quickly lead to feeling very gamey-y due to escalating skill levels completely negating other parts of the game....Linked by the ring
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It's been a bit since we caught up with intrepid Travellers of Frydheld Sector. Instead of a blow by blow play report I am going to try and summarize the moments that stood out...Linked by the ring
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A little bit behind on play reports for the awesome Griffin Mountain game being run by Oldskolgmr. These aren't exhaustive notes but should catch us up to where we are...
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Spuk ran the fourth super adventure a few weeks ago and it was a weekend long super crawl of a collage of famous dungeons both from the past and present. Tomb of Hoors led to...
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I had planned to do three campaigns this year for Campaign 2026. One ended to make room for another, another never started cuz I started reading Classic Traveller, and...
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We all have an understanding of HD. Bigger amounts are better, heartier, can likely do more damage. Lesser amounts are weaker, chaff, the yet-to-be-bleeding meat to be cleaved!...Linked by the ring
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Been thinking a lot about Dungeon Crawl Classics recently and of course the thought of converting it to Troika! crossed my mind. So here is my attempt to model those amazing...