Recent content by sandy_freelance

I agree with abolishing the nobility! SOC in Pioneer is "Social Standing (SOC): A Pioneer’s fame and ‘pull’ within society." Influence is a thing in our world, but I agree it's not Rank-based. So it's still a reputation measure rather than a charisma stat. For actual interactions with...

Life, totally on the table, and Referees can go anywhere they want with that. Exploring for organic molecules, things to sustain human life, evidence of life in subsurface oceans or planetary atmospheres (looking at you, Venus), definitely part of the setting. And I hope fan content plays...

Hard SF, no aliens or alien tech. Humans vs environment. About establishing footholds in space and exploring. Covers several decades so you can choose First Steps (basically 'now'), Space Race (competing interests), Settling Space (stations and outposts established, trade exists, space as...

Teaser? Like, hmm. You're part of a 2-person crew constructing Genesis VI, an inflatable space hotel set up like a bunch of grapes, a series of cross-linked inflated stand-alone 'bubbles'. You'd left your vacc suit while checking each 4m^3 'bubble' room, and just have your tools and torch for...

Well, I wrote the book and finished it a while ago, and there's already cool art and layout already! I'm running a LARP based on it next Feb and hope to attend GenCon 2024 next year to support it with some tabletop sessions. Matthew got a writer to make the first supplement so they can launch...