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Avada Kedavra – Humanity’s Last Prompt (First Order Logic H.P. Fanfiction) in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
Avada Kedavra – Humanity’s Last Prompt (First Order Logic H.P. Fanfiction) in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Science fiction AF /s

Alien: Earth hasn't been renewed for season 2, but creator Noah Hawley is discussing the show's future with FX (Misleading — A decision has yet to be made) in c/lv426@lemmy.world
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 days ago

I don't get the hate either. It's a perfectly cromulent show. It innovates within a franchise, while paying homage for its predecessors, without derailing into fan service/derivative nostalgia porn. That's a hard thing to accomplish.

And I see the critiques and while they're valid, they're mostly "this show isn't a masterpiece", which yes. But fucking Virgin River got renewed for a sixth season, it makes no sense to not renew this one.

Pedro Pascal supports Jimmy Kimmel despite Disney lead roles in c/television@piefed.social
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, Prospect is great!

Pedro Pascal supports Jimmy Kimmel despite Disney lead roles in c/television@piefed.social
Pedro Pascal supports Jimmy Kimmel despite Disney lead roles in c/television@piefed.social
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 week ago

Pronouns has no space in it, BTW.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So regular kids don't get to be safe? Oof.

Meme lookup: "Dear area residents" in c/lv426@lemmy.world
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My hero!

I spent quite some time on DDG, couldn't find it. Really appreciate it.

The Sojourn Audio Drama's first three episodes are now free! in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan of audiobooks (my mind just wanders off), but I loved listening to this. Really good voice acting and sound FX.

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Meme lookup: "Dear area residents" (ttrpg.network)
 

I saw a meme here on Lemmy and can't seem to find it again. Or on Google. It's a 3-panel format that goes like this:

Image Text
IMG 1 A bullet may have your name on it
IMG 2 But a grenade says only "to whom it may concern"
Ripley w/ flamethrower "Dear area residents"

Anyone seen it?

Nasi Jinggo in c/foodporn@lemmy.world
How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 months ago

By becoming willingly non informed. Mixed success so far. 🙁

Nasi Jinggo in c/foodporn@lemmy.world
[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Of course. What is sambal, just in case there's someone in the audience that doesn't know it?

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Sci-fi RPGs! (ttrpg.network)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Scallops@ttrpg.network to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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Hi everyone! !scifi@ttrpg.network is a community dedicated to sci-fi TTRPG. Come take a look, we're very friendly!

If you're wondering what sort systems for sci-fi exist out there, there's a non exhaustive list in the pinned post.

Thank you Tenthrow for allowing this!

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Humble RPG Bundle: Roll Big or Go Home RPG Megabundle (www.humblebundle.com)
 

Several Sci-Fi RPGs included in the bundle.

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[Traveller/Cepheus] Knife Party - new adventure (www.drivethrurpg.com)
 

Wild Bee Publishing just released a new adventure for their Cepheus setting, Kosmic. It's called Knife Party and it's discounted 37.5% now, 60+ pages going for $5.

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Orbital Trouble: d12 Space Outpost Hooks (www.roleplayingtips.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59305590

Orbital Trouble: d12 Space Outpost Hooks - Roleplaying Tips

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Community for sci-fi RPGs (ttrpg.network)
 

Hi folks! If you’re into tabletop RPGs and sci-fi, there’s a place for you here!

!scifi@ttrpg.network
/c/scifi@ttrpg.network

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Traveller 5's Starship Geomorphs book is free today (2025-02-14) on DTRPG (www.drivethrurpg.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/55540901

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Star Trek: Alpha Quadrant -- Free Traveller/CE rules for the ST universe by Steven J. Ege (archive.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/55842471

These are some high quality, fan-made rules for Cepheus Engine (and so based on the Mongoose Traveller SRD) covering various Star Trek shows up until 2017 (TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, ENT).

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To railroad or not to railroad? (ttrpg.network)
 

User Monomyth posed an interesting question on the Traveller discord that I wanted to replicate here:

hi team, just a quick discussion based question with no right answer; if youre running a game, and the players decide to veer off course into something completely out of left field (such as going to a planet you do not have prepped), is it appropriate to come up with some "delaying issue" so you can have it ready for next session?

Transposing to other settings: what do you do when the players go off-script?

I can summarize some answers we’ve got on that server, but I don’t want to prime your answers from the start.

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Favorite sci-fi RPG settings? (ttrpg.network)
 

What are your favorites to play on? Anything valid, be it a published RPG setting, an adaptation you did of other media (book, game, movie), a mashup you or someone else create, etc.

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Sci-Fi RPG systems/settings/core rules (ttrpg.network)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Scallops@ttrpg.network to c/scifi@ttrpg.network
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This is meant to be a non-exhaustive list, in stream-of-consciousness order.

Dedicated systems

  • Traveller (in its many incarnations throughout the past nearly 50 years and derivatives such as Cepheus, Hostile)
  • 2300 AD (now a setting for Traveller)
  • Cyberpunk (2013, 2020, V3.0, Red)
  • Paranoia
  • Eclipse Phase
  • Lancer
  • Star Wars roleplaying (different games by different publishers: WEG d6, d20, FFG NDS)
  • Warhammer 40K
  • 3:16: Carnage Amongst the Stars
  • Shadowrun
  • Apocalypse World
  • Coyote & Crow
  • SLA Industries

FATE based systems

  • Bulldogs!
  • Mindjammer
  • Nova Praxis
  • Diaspora
  • Atomic Robo

OSR/d20 based systems

  • Stars Without Number
  • Starfinder
  • Mothership
  • CY_BORG

Year Zero

  • Mutant: Year Zero
  • Alien: The RPG
  • Blade Runner: The RPG
  • Coriolis – The Third Horizon

GURPS

A host of modules and supplements named after the subgenre, GURPS-style. GURPS Transhuman Space, Cyberpunk, etc.

Other systems

  • Star Trek Adventures (Modiphius 2d20)
  • Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (Modiphius 2d20)
  • Rifts (Palladium)
  • Robotech (Palladium)
  • Scum and Villainy (FitD/PbtA)
  • The Expanse RPG (Modern AGE)

Solo friendly

  • Stoneburner
  • Ironsworn: Starforged (PbtA)
  • Hostile (Cepheus/Traveller)

Out of print/No longer developed

  • Firefly RPG (Cortex Plus)
  • Serenity RPG (Cortex Classic)
  • Battlestar Galactica RPG (Cortex Classic)
  • Gamma World (D&D)
  • Space Opera
  • Other Suns
  • Albedo
  • Space Master
  • HARP SF
  • Blue Planet
  • Ringworld
  • Living Steel
  • High Colonies
  • Jovian Chronicles
  • Heavy Gear
  • Justifiers
  • Star Frontiers
  • Universe
  • CORPS

Have a suggestion to improve this? Your favorite game missing? Leave a comment.

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