Stars Without Number (SWN) Hardback

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

I just received the hardback version of Stars Without Number, a nice blend of Traveller and D&D with a good dose of Transhumanism and Space Opera thrown in.

The original rulebook was released as a FREE pdf about a year ago, but the hardback contains more new info, including AIs and Mechs as well as a Xenobestiary and a lot of NPCs and Ship/Mech designs.

For those who are looking for a nice blend of SciFi and D&D, this book does it!

SWN has no "official" setting as it was specifically set up as a Sandbox for GMs. It does have a past history that describes the rise of humanity to almost the Singularity and then The Scream comes and smashes everything down. It is several centuries later and pockets of humanity are returning to the stars. You can design your own Sector and start playing whatever kind of game you want: Exploration, Military, Espionage, etc. Additional books should be forthcoming and Sine Nomine Publishing has several other small books and free stuff available from their website to support the game.

There is even a Fanzine that has been started. Issue #1 was released last week.

 

[zorlak21]

This is one epic game thack you mongoose.

 

[Krimson]

I just picked this up at my FLGS. I had the PDF, but really really wanted the print version. I have no idea if I'll get a chance to play this anytime soon, but it will be a fun read nonetheless.

 

[jux]

Y don't you talk about it more?

 

[dr dandy]

I just bought the hardback. The additionnal pages are very good but it miss one page for the government description. I didn't see the Oligarchy and the Monarchy type. It seems that 1 page was lost. :evil:

 

[jux]

Just when I thought it was safe to relax, a sharp-eyed reader has pointed out a pair of dropped tables in the Core Edition, covering the evolutions of monarchies and oligarchies in the Societies chapter. The omission was entirely my error, Mongoose having faithfully printed all that I gave them, and so I offer here the missing Monarchy and Oligarchy tables.

 

[dr dandy]

Just when I thought it was safe to relax, a sharp-eyed reader has pointed out a pair of dropped tables in the Core Edition, covering the evolutions of monarchies and oligarchies in the Societies chapter. The omission was entirely my error, Mongoose having faithfully printed all that I gave them, and so I offer here the missing Monarchy and Oligarchy tables.

I have nothing to say except perfect!
Thanks to you for this great game. 8)

 

[jux]

Yeah, it's a great game, but I'm just a fan, not the author