Month: March 2012

  • Red Stars sci-fi setting riff

    [also posted to rpg.net] The year is 250 SE (socialist era) (or AD 2167 in the old, bourgeois dating).The Federation of Socialist Friendship (FSF) dominates the earth and space, following the collapse of the imperialist west in the 70s SE (1990s), and is itself dominated by the Soviet Union, reformed by Mikhail Gorbachev in the […]

  • Dragonrage Review

    [Archived from www.thehexedgamer.co.uk] Publisher: Flatlined Games (only available direct) Designer: Lewis PulsipherDevelopers: Eric Hanuise and Lewis Pulsipher Dragon Rage is a remake of a game originally published in 1982, shortly before the then publisher (Dwarfstar games) went out of business. I had a copy of the original game (no longer, unfortunately!), so I was intrigued […]

  • Traveller Starports Review

    [Archived from www.thehexedgamer.co.uk]  Publisher: Mongoose PublishingAuthor: Carl Walmsley Traveller Starports is a supplement for Mongoose Traveller, about, well, Starports. It is tagged as a Third Imperium product, but could be used in any campaign.The book is softback, and has 118 pages, divided into 6 chapters: Introduction, Starport Encounters, Designing Starports, Sample Starports, New Ships and […]

  • Return to Second Edition

    [Archived from www.thehexedgamer.co.uk] Recently, my gaming group have started a 2nd Edition AD&D campaign – and it’s been interesting. Travel back with me to D&D, 90’s style… My group currently has 3 players and a DM, but another player is about to (re)join us. We were previously playing a long-term 3.5 campaign, from 1st-20th level. […]