Recent content by Strangelove

Hereis another Traveller style blank world world map. Here is one from Steve Jackson Games that also has areas for various planetary aspects.

I guess I view it as negative/dystopian from reading the Broken Dreams source book for it. The SJG description of it reads: On Earth in 2100, some are reaching for the stars . . . but others struggle just to survive. Much of the home world remains mired in war and intrigue, as powerful...

I would second this statement. I have all three game systems mentioned Jovian Chronicles, Transhuman Space and Mongoose Traveller. Transhuman Space is the crunchiest of the three but it provides a spaceship(not starship) building system that is compatible with the GURPS Vehicles Book which...

Well usually the oxidizer is already bound into the chemical make-up of the explosive so it wouldn't require any external oxygen for combustion. As long as the detonator functioned the explosives would work. For example: A common hand grenade makeup is Composition "B" [60%RDX and 40%TNT]...

At 10 meters from the center the field density would be 1/8 of the density at 5 meters. So while you are right that the fragments would eventually hit the walls they would do so at such a low concentration that it would be a 1 in a thousand chance to actually be hit with a piece if you were...

Not to be too pedantic but your example would be more accurate to say you took a hi-res photo of the painting, framed it and placed it in the bedroom you don't use. Copyright Infringement != Stealing regardless of how anyone feels about it morally.

Just have a flywheel mounted on magnetic bearings with one end of the shaft passing through an electromagnetic coil. Want to dump the capacitors? Just switch the electromagnet on and spin up the flywheel. As long as the flywheel is heavy it will require a lot of power to get up to high speed...

Good question. As a fan of integrated design rules I HATE when writers or publishers ignore their own design method when statting out equipment and vehicles. If they need some nifty thing to exist then design a new module for it so the rest of us can add it to our LEGO® kit of toys. I realize...

How would you be able to plot an astrogation course inside jumpspace without any external references? The computers controlling the jump drive require coordinates to know how to shape, or in my case point, the jump field to ensure you arrive at the desired destination. The following is MY...

An extra 5 to 10 PLAYERS would likely make a world of difference in the quality of the proofed books at the cost of what? Maybe a comp copy of what you read and markup in acrobat reader? I just bought the whole set of Traveller PDFs and have read two of them so far. On my first read through...

I would agree completely. A&E is a beautiful core book of the highest quality inside and out. One of my favorite aspects is how so many skills have their own "mini-game" of procedural rolls and tables to determine detailed results. Very much in the same vein as how Traveller handles character...

I prefer excellent line art to color or the smudgy greyscale images in some books.

I recently picked up all the PDFs from Drive Thru RPG and decided it would be wise to print out a hardcopy of the core book since it will get referenced more. For some reason the PDF will print the first few pages and then stop spooling on page 9(it has the career summary table on it). I can...

Even though mere mention of the words Judge Dredd conjure up nightmares of Sly Stone for me...I looked at the sample. Very stylish, I especially like the sentencing rules for "Chump Dumping". I think that is my new favorite phrase.

I just bought the entire Mongoose Traveller selection from Drive Thu RPG, almost broke $200 which is a new record for me, and while browsing some of the books I wondered what sort of trouble it would be to offer the PDFs for landscape viewing instead of their current portrait. Books you hold in...