Mr Blipvert (D4-VID)

Operation Sandbox Operation Sandbox was my BattleTech campaign I started in January 2011, which ended in November 2012. This page is a placeholder for all the...

Many years ago (oh my how time flies) I ran a BattleTech campaign called, Operation Sandbox, set on the Periphery planet of Mummerset.

House Steiner seeking mineral rights to mine Boron. The campaign was run using my quick play rules.

panther6actual.blogspot.com/p/operation-...

Freshly Remember'd: Kirk Drift There is no other way to put this: essentially everything about Popular Consciousness Kirk is bullshit.

Arguably not, actually: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Ah, too bad. Thanks, anyway!

Hijinx Published in Periodical This game was published in a periodical issue. There is no distinct RPG Item for the game. The database currently does not have the functionality to link th...

Massive shout out for the Polyhedron mini-game, Hijinx, in which there’s no combat—instead, the band fights off bad vibes from grumps in the audience by the power of performance. Or something.
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May I ask who the variant cover is by?

I am looking to run things for three folks (ref + 2 ”players”) & that let me experiment a bit.

My Traveller gaming may go solo for a bit. But that’s okay.

Also, some historical TTRPGs?
- 43AD/ Warband
- <waves hands> some other Roman Republic/ Empire TTRPGs
- Flashing Blades
- Gangbusters

I am circling around running any of the following for the Ludonauts/ Ludovores:
- Matrons of Mystery
- The Warren
- Modus Operandi
- Liminal
- Bookhounds of London
- Forgotten Futures
- Odd Soot

Fun film. Dare I ask if you have seen Cocaine Bear yet? Would recommend.

I am so sorry to read about Vance. Thoughts are with you all, Bob.

The State of the Art by Iain M Banks - BBC Sounds A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.

My BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Iain M. Banks' The State of the Art can now be found and played here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Mythic Bastionland by Bastionland Press Before Into the Odd

This weekend, The TTRPG Group Formerly Know as the Starslugs (most likely new name either Ludonauts or Ludovores) will take a run at Mythic Bastionland. chrismcdee.itch.io/mythic-basti...

Diaspora by vsca The first edition of Diaspora, signed for the 2013 Bundle of Fate

Some nice pictures on the Itch page at: vsca.itch.io/diaspora

Diaspora - Evil Hat Productions It's your universe. What are you going to make of it?

Thought of one more! Diaspora, the Fate-based SFRPG of interstellar trade. Seems to be set to troupe-style as the default. evilhat.com/product/dias...

I have been looking seriously at a couple of the “Without Number” games as the basis for an SF Open Table—largely because there are free editions and the OSR familiarity. Deffo not my favourite system but it has its uses.

The internet is not dead yet but corporations are sucking the aquifers (websites) dry while dumping industrial waste (AI slop) into it.

bsky.app/profile/thom...

Google is eating its seed corn

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And how is it?

Hmmm … will ponder that. I just find percentages easy to grok & like Clarence’s other stuff immensely.

Scum and Villainy - High Adventure Space TTRPG - Evil Hat Your motly crew must make ends meet in a politically-charged spacefaring society in Scum and Villainy, a science fiction Forged in the Dark TTRPG.

Has anyone mentioned “Scum & Villainy” yet? evilhat.com/product/scum...

Intergalactic Bastionland Public Playtest Intergalactic Bastionland is now ready for public playtesting.  Go here to find everything you need . We're a way off the Kickstarter yet, ...

Intergalactic Bastionland is coming, apparently! www.bastionland.com/2026/02/inte...

Stellar Adventures? Advanced Fighting Fantasy for SF? store.arion-games.com/product/stel...

Yeah, Clarence also tried to tackle social challenges with the Comae Engine. I do need to pick that up. The social circles thing seems really interesting in both M-Space and Odd Soot.

An unopened action figure package. Inside is Jean Luc Picard, but dressed in a gardeners outfit, tan hat and overalls with a blue undershirt, that he wore for a portion of one episode. It comes with a gardening tool, scanner, and carrying case the figurine can hold.

My sister got me this for Christmas because she couldn’t believe they made an action figure of “Dirt Farmer Picard”

M-Space. You want M-Space.

Starships & Spacemen, 2nd edition? GURPS or d20 Prime Directive?

Legacy does have a generation ship supplement and a planetfall supplement. FYI, and all that.

Ah. I won’t bother suggesting Rifts Savage Worlds then.