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The term 'Boomer' has morphed from the Baby Boomer generation (people born 1946 - 1964) to mean anyone over 30 born whenever. So an actual Baby Boomer born right at the end of that period would be 91 in 30 years time - unlikely to get off the ground. I find the whole 'hey boomer' thing is a lazy...

Fair point

Rather than fighting or interaction, I'd say 'conflict'. Conflict is what characters need to struggle against, what makes the story interesting. Conflict can be interpersonal, violent, non-violent, a game of shadows and dirty tricks, a struggle against a hostile environment to survive. J

Why would it be either/or? Apollo 13 relied heavily on the ground crew but also managed TEI by the seat of their pants because no guidance computer made a manual burn necessary.

This is the right question. An RPG is a series of conundrums and calamities for the players to have fun resolving and occasionally being killed by. So a way to look at pioneer is: - Against a backdrop of plausible, near future spaceflight, which serves almost entirely as flavour or setting...

Currently in my attic waiting for me to have oodles of free time, is this in 1:48 https://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/2001-a-space-odyssey-c-9_345/2001-a-space-odyssey-aries1b-lunar-carrier-148-scale-model-kit-by-moebius-p-29009.html

I also love this, been thinking about getting it for some time, but it's pricey and is in 1:32 https://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/item-list-ko-c-13_193/mars-lunar-explorer-vehicle-mlev5-moon-hopper-132-scale-model-kit-p-20950.html

There are a lot of suitable models on sites like Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5579697

This. The Mongeese are crafting an RPG, which should enable all sorts of people to have fun in a near future space programme setting, and orbital mechanics and other real-world concerns should impinge only in so far as is compatible with suspending disbelief. Of course, what constitutes a...

In 15mm scale, GZG's spacesuited, near future Moongrunt range are really rather nice.

Thanks for digging that out, much appreciated. J

Was this an AMA on COTI? Could you link it, please, I don't think I've seen that before. J

Not quite. Not being caste arrests a Droyne's development in that they don't acquire the mental and physical characteristics of Drones, Sports, leaders or whatever. Droyne and Chirpers and Ancients are only all the same thing in the way a member of an uncontacted Amazon Tribe, a member of a...

I don't think so. First of all, the Chirpers are not a starfaring race, they are un-caste Droyne and live simple, pastoral lives rather than being a technologically advanced civilisation. The way to think of this, as made clear in the Secrets of the Ancients campaign, is that the Droyne and the...

Sure, but then the reprints would not fit with my other LBBs. Book 9 Pirates was Digest sized.