In this episode, Jeff and Bob discuss the length of the podcast, read some listener comments, look at the Classic Traveller rules for Cover/Concealment and the Medical skill, do a quick look at Gerry Miller Jr.'s excellet Agweedo-Girdena Traveller campaign, and do a quick discussion of our groups last Into the Void session. Relevant Links Sesssion writeup from Gerry Miller Jr.'s Agweedo-Girdena campaign Gaming & BS Podcast Forums Stellagama Publishing Independence Games

This is a very rare SHORT episode! Only about 11 minutes! I quickly talk about a few things that have been going on, and about winning a great contest I didn't know I'd even entered on the Traveller RPG Headquarters group on Facebook!  Relevant Links Traveller RPG Headquarters Facebook Group Herald Class Starships - by Daarnulud Design Bureaux

A podcast about Traveller RPG.

In this episode we discuss two of the systems generated by listeners in our Random Planet Generation Smackdown. We had considered doing more, but we'll do two per episode until we're done with them. We had got some nice mailbag comments, and we'll do a recap of the last session of our Traveller campaign, Into the Void.  And of course we'll hit a few Internet Finds. Relevant links: Basilisk Station: A Traveller Blog Art Gorski has made these awesome iPad apps for Traveller (mostly T5):...

In Episode 8 we start with Mailbag! Thanks to everyone who has contacted us! Then we move on to Internet Finds and talk about some cook things on the internet! Then a session recap of our campaign. Then we talk about Marc Miller's Agent of the Imperium. A fun talk!  Random Traveller Planet Creation Smackdown! Roll up a Traveller or Cepheus Engine world/system, describe it, and submit it here! We'll read the entries on the next episode! Should be fun! Links noted in the show... ...

 After a quick review of the SAFCO mail bag and discussion of a couple of internet finds, we are honored to present our interview with John Watts, of Gypsy Knights Games, author of the Clement Sector and associated books compatible with Cepheus Engine and useful with any 2d6 science fiction RPG (our words, not his).  Relevant links mentioned in the podcast: Marc Miller at GaryGon 2019 https://youtu.be/OCnMaR-mD-s Stellar Reaches: Traveller site with great free PDF fanzine. ...

In this episode we discuss our recent experience at the Lone Star Game Expo, an excellent gaming con held in Grapevine, TX, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We talk about the Classic Traveller session Bob ran, the Dungeon Crawl Classics game we played in, various seminars we attended, and the great talk by Marc Miller, author of Traveller and many other games via Game Designers Workshop and Far Future Enterprises.  We also discuss the new X Boat Traveller Fan Zine, some internet finds, and...

In this episode we discuss a couple of internet finds, which lead us to some talk about Traveller, and then discuss the merits of being highly descriptive and dramatic in your RPGs.  Links to stuff in the show: Traveller System Reference Document High Level Traveller Character - from Ancient Faith in the Far Future blog From that same place - Traveller is not a Power Fantasy Felbrigg Herriott's podcast page, with links to his adventure modules. Hiverlord's Hijinks - with his Doldrums...

After a month of work and vacation, we're back! This episode is all about Traveller, specifically Classic Traveller and Cepheus Engine stuff. It's also the debut of SAFCO Mail Bag, in which we respond to comments and email we've gotten. As always, comment here, on Bob's gaming blog (where this show is embedded), or email us at [email protected]. Links to stuff in the show: Traveller Session Report about the game session we discuss,  from our Into the Void campaign. Gypsy Knights...

We recorded this episode in the same session as episode 2. This is not really a "versus" article as much as a discussion of the crazy variety and creativity of homebrew settings, with examples from the online GURPS community.  Show Notes: GURPS - on Steve Jackson Games. You can find all the GURPS source books here. Link to the GURPS Homebrew responses we discussed Traveller - Pirates of Drinax campaign setting Eberron - as I just found out, is a D&D thing

In episode 2 Jeff tells us about his recent experience at North Texas RPG Con, a great convention.  Show Notes North Texas RPG Con for info on a great gaming convention. The Speculative Machines Podcast, by Trent Straughan. Our intro/outro music. Here's a story about Megaheroes, the game by Jim Wampler that Jeff played at the Con. Something to keep your eyes on, for sure.  The Mook.net Tenkar's Tavern Gaming & BS episode about Dark Trails.  

First episode of podcast about tabletop roleplaying games.