Recent content by OddjobXL

I think that's probably the best bet for Traveller. Borrow the grand scope, theatrical flair and narrative style of Mass Effect but retool it to fit the system. The problem with highly structured campaigns remains, the tendency for players to want to buck off in their own directions and bust...

Some factors to consider would include how you'll handle unconventional abilities (tech and biotic) and aliens. For the most part friendly aliens seem not very alien, short of the Hanar perhaps, and essentially humans with some quirks and traits however different they may look. Two products I...

Another way to think of it might be to see the Mythic, suggestive/evocative, freeform approach as the connective narrative tissue for more concrete systems that structure conflict at decision points. That's a good question "how do you balance opposition but still make conflict varied"? A bunch...

I'm of a different school of thought. I look to products like the Mythic Game Master Emulator and see a flexible structure that leverages the single most powerful attribute of tabletop RPGs: the imagination of those present. We're talking about a system that basically answers yes and no...

I have to say there is quite a bit of content that's useful, in its own way, for a GM and some thoughts about how to structure the flow of a campaign that may be old hat for Traveller vets but are good ideas for new GMs. The fundamental problem for me is described in this quote. And it does...

Scoundrel is probably the single most useful book aside from the Core for a Firefly style campaign. While the Serenity was a smuggling ship, and did some lawful trade when they could come by it, most of the adventures revolved around the action, and interesting characters/dialogue, stemming...

Thanks for the compliment. I may be uneasy about the prospect of my skills as a GM but back in the day I was always one of the best roleplayers in my groups. It'd been many years since I'd had a chance to flex my muscles in a live RP situation. Online, as cool as it can be with good folks, is...

Hey, this is Brian from Mysticon. I told ya I post here. That was some mighty fine GMing. Had a ball roaming about Cascadia with the other players. I'm more sure than ever that Traveller will be the perfect RPG for me to cut my teeth running and Cascadia, a fully fleshed out subsector, is a...

Excellent news!

Maybe we can stage an intervention? Form a 12-step group?

They're actually more than that. I picked up Behind The Claw and it's very useful as a supplement to Mongoose Spinward Marches because you can just take a quick eyeballing of a sector and immediately get a useful handle on what, and who, is there without having to invent it all yourself. But...

Kids these days. No imagination. :D But with the coming 5th Edition of D&D we might see WotC getting away from RPG as minis marketing tool. That can only help.

I'd say combine a new version of Scouts with Scientists. There's just so much potential overlap there. Get scouts away from the whole espionage thing, we've got spies for that, and back into actual exploration, surveying, experimenting and so on. The "adventuring" scientist is probably more...

You've certainly hit the three titles I'd most like to see new editions of and addressed the content improvements I'd want to see. Heck, can we just set up direct deposits so I can just get this stuff when you publish it? I kid. A little.

Not exactly Traveller but looks like it's right up our alley here. And hey, this ship kinda has a passing resemblance to a Beowulf Freetrader doesn't it?! http://www.pcgamer.com/preview/ftl-a-game-about-managing-a-spaceship-in-an-infinite-galaxy/