Deepnight Revelation

[Anonymous]

Intereresting to see other poeple suggesting some of the things we implemented.

I'm not really sure if there have been many innovations in RPGs in recent games. The recent ones I can think of are collaborative games where the GM is more of a guide than a dictator, and the integration with digitial (edit: And using funny dice which is all the craze now).

Going back in time I remember when Storyteller/White Wolf arrived and that shook up the RPG scene with their emphasis on building a system that flowed smoothly at the cost of mechanical detail, and when we went level-less and class-less with games like Runequest. This list is of course in no way correct or complete nor do I intend it to be. Just things I noticed over time.

What I find amazing is that RPGs could have been invented in ancient times (papyrus sheets and bone dice) but no-one thought of it until the 1970s. Sometimes I wonder if there's something truly amazing, and simple, but no-one had the idea yet.

 

[M J Dougherty]

Mainly I'm just going with the 'not barking up the wrong tree then' concept.

But yes, there's not much true innovation. I remember the lectures from White Wolf fans about storytelling in games, like they'd invented it or something. It was more than they made a big deal about building their game around that one aspect. I always enjoyed being 'corrected' when I said 'referee' for a game and a White Wolf fan overheard. Grr.

 

[Anonymous]

These days you wouldn't get away with "game". It's "collaborative storytelling experience".

 

[paltrysum]

These days you wouldn't get away with "game". It's "collaborative storytelling experience".

Hey, whatever sells the books and brings in new players!

 

[M J Dougherty]

I've just reached the halfway point of the last book. Working out the details always leads to some unexpected places but this time... yikes.

 

[MongooseMatt]

And we have just posted a teaser video for the campaign...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JisIF8HUOw8

 

[Anonymous]

Does "further than any Traveller has gone before" include Grandpa's pocket universe?

 

[M J Dougherty]

Can neither confirm nor deny.

Mainly since I'm not sure how to measure the distance to a pocket universe.....

 

[Baldo]

Working out the details always leads to some unexpected places but this time... yikes.

If the Travellers succeed and guinea pigs everywhere are saved, Deepnight Revelation returns home to find... What? The Empress Wave/Rebellion/Virus mess :roll: ? The Lorenverse? Or something Mongoose-Publishing-specific?

 

[MongooseMatt]

If the Travellers succeed and guinea pigs everywhere are saved, Deepnight Revelation returns home to find... What? The Empress Wave/Rebellion/Virus mess :roll: ? The Lorenverse? Or something Mongoose-Publishing-specific?

Well, the Fifth Frontier War will have been and gone (the next major project for Traveller). The Empress Wave is also a Thing, and will be covered. Beyond that, things have been discussed but the FFW will be tying up setting development for a little while yet.

 

[Anonymous]

Always wondered why these "deep range" expeditions even return?

10 year mission needs people who are very much suvivialists and don't have anyone waiting for them at home. Give a survivalist a chance of a new start away from central government and they ain't coming back after the mission is done.

I wonder how many campaigns will end that way, with the "murderhobo republic" being founded in some far place.

 

[ochd]

What's the Empress Wave?

 

[Old School]

I wonder how many campaigns will end that way, with the "murderhobo republic" being founded in some far place.

Heck, you don’t even have to go that far to do that. We just call our murderhobo republic the “Kingdom of Drinax”.

 

[Anonymous]

What's the Empress Wave?

FTL pisonic wave causing madness and worse. It's coming and will be an "end of the imperium" kind of thing. Blame grandfather as usual.

http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Empress_Wave

 

[GamingGlen]

Always wondered why these "deep range" expeditions even return?

10 year mission needs people who are very much suvivialists and don't have anyone waiting for them at home. Give a survivalist a chance of a new start away from central government and they ain't coming back after the mission is done.

Doesn't have to be loners with no one at home. Early explorers have done this before (maybe to get away from their wives and other family obligations ). Some stayed.

 

[GamingGlen]

I wonder how many campaigns will end that way, with the "murderhobo republic" being founded in some far place.

Or worse, coming home to find some Sith cult leader taking control of the Empire. :twisted:

 

[paltrysum]

I'm not really sure if there have been many innovations in RPGs in recent games. The recent ones I can think of are collaborative games where the GM is more of a guide than a dictator, and the integration with digitial (edit: And using funny dice which is all the craze now).

I assume you're referring to systems like FATE and Powered by the Apocalypse. My RPG group is currently in full rebellion from mechanics-heavy systems and experimenting with the more RP-oriented, ref/player-shared narrative games. This weekend we're running a game in the Hostile setting using PbtA mechanics. Have you tried any of these out? Traveller has such rich source material. It's occurred to me that one could run a Traveller game with one of these systems with great results provided that the ref and players have a decent working knowledge of the setting.

 

[Anonymous]

I assume you're referring to systems like FATE and Powered by the Apocalypse. My RPG group is currently in full rebellion from mechanics-heavy systems and experimenting with the more RP-oriented, ref/player-shared narrative games. This weekend we're running a game in the Hostile setting using PbtA mechanics. Have you tried any of these out? Traveller has such rich source material. It's occurred to me that one could run a Traveller game with one of these systems with great results provided that the ref and players have a decent working knowledge of the setting.

I've played Monster Hearts which uses PTBA engine. Ars Magica has a troupe based system with multiple chars per PC and the option to rotate GM. However it's got some crunch to it, but not as much as Pathfinder or even D&D 5.

 

[Old School]

Someone on the Mongoose Facebook discussion group mentioned that their campaign was set in the 3I, but they used Savage Worlds Science Fiction rules.

 

[Linwood]

Thought about a conversion to the Ubiquity rules, which is similar in some respects to Savage Worlds. Starship and naval combat rules were a problem - haven’t come up with a hybrid I like so far.