As I create worlds for my ongoing Traveller campaign set in the Foreven sector, I've been creating the details of new worlds just ahead of my players' explorations (my previous Foreven posts). I'm usually creating a world based on one of the following: Based on the randomly generated UWP of the planet Based on a … Continue reading Building a Galaxy 11 – The excessively healthy world of New Syroe
I've been planning on running some games in the Hostile setting, the retro-80s, Aliens-inspired sci-fi RPG from Zozer games. The specific part of the setting I'm interested is the world of Tau Ceti, a jungle planet embroiled in a guerrilla war between an American-backed government, and a Chinese-backed insurgency. It's clearly a Vietnam war analogy, … Continue reading Hostile – Tales of a Vietnam War Dinosaur Planet
My Foreven Sector Traveller campaign (previous entries) is going well, and I'm still creating worlds just ahead of the player's voyages. They recently visited a planet called Nevron, which I didn't have much planned for, so I had to scramble a bit. I didn't have much to go on except for the randomly generated UWP, … Continue reading Building a Galaxy 9 – Nevron- The Sea Dogs
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 17 - Renew I'm going to make the movie Logan's Run into a RPG setting. What does this have to do with the prompt Renew? I'll get there eventually… What's Logan's Run? In 1976, MGM released Logan's Run, a science fiction film based on the novel of … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 17 – Renew – Enter the Carousel
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 12 - Path For this prompt, I wanted to do something unique. However, the muses failed to deliver, and I couldn't think of anything, so I'm going go the obvious route: the secret occult history of the New Jersey PATH rapid-transit system. The Emperor of Sorrows Vs. … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 12 – Path – Mystic Secrets of the New Jersey PATH system
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 7 - Journey I could make this post about wilderness exploration, travel rules, or something like that. Instead, I'm going to go in a different direction. I'm going to make a campaign setting inspired by the album covers of the rock band Journey. It's a group I … Continue reading #RPGaDAY2025 – Day 7 – Journey. Yes, I do mean the band Journey
I've been running a Traveller campaign set in the Foreven sector for a little over a year now. I've generated the basic UWP data for all of the worlds (see this previous post), but other than a few special locations, I don't have a complete detailed picture of every world. As the campaign continues, I've … Continue reading Building a Galaxy 8 – The Sovereignty of Moutrouni
Another in my series about creating worlds for my Traveller campaign set in the Foreven sector - Previous entries here.For this world, I didn't have anything specific in mind, so I just went with whatever the randomly generated UWP was. Olminda - C521224-7 Physical DetailsDiameter:8,000 km. Like Mars.Surface Gravity:0.45 Gs. Low Gravity: DM-1 to all … Continue reading Building a Galaxy 7 – Olminda – The Casino Planet
Another in my series about creating worlds for my Traveller campaign – Previous entries here. This planet is Warnov with a UWP of C886773-3. Dropping this into this UWP Translator site, I get this:. UWPC886773-3StarportCRoutine Quality Starport. Only unrefined fuel available. Reasonable repair facilities present.Size812,800 km. Standard Gravity (0.80g - 1.08g)Atmosphere8Dense. BreathableHydrographics660% waterPopulation710,000,000Government7Balkanization. No central … Continue reading Building a Galaxy 5 – Warnov: A Steampunk Pirate Planet
Another in my series about creating worlds for my Traveller campaign - Previous entries here. I used the Traveller Worlds site to automatically generate a whole solar system, based on the UWP of the single world I had: Taslan - D6476A8-4 Here's what it gave me: A system with two worlds: the mainworld Taslan, and … Continue reading Building a Galaxy 4 – Taslan
Polyhedral Nonsense 