tag: Stars Without Number

The year tradition continues - time for another round of “what I want to play next”! So, good news, I managed to play The Black Hack, I’ve been using it in my UVG campaign. Admittedly, not playing quite as written (as it’s bodged over UVG 1e rules), but I’m still counting it. Bad news, three of these haven’t changed from last year. CY_BORG. Last year I said I wanted to buy it, and, uh, well I bought it. It’s very pretty and a simple cyberpunk very much appeals. Cities Without Number - Moar cyberpunk! With many roll tables and some probably-quite-dry lore. Also less simple and less pretty. Stars Without Number. Still want to try this (aside from char-gen that I have done already). Not shown, Mothership 1e, of which the Kickstarter is late, and I do want to play when it arrives, less urgently. I also bought WWN, but SWN appeals for a campaign in a way Mothership does not. I just want some Sci-Fi, okay. Not Adventures in Middle Earth, second edition. The Moria campaign is on Kickstarter and I covet this. I should just play 1e again. Honourable Mentions I also bought with little intention of playing: ...

The blog has been pretty empty in 2022, as I’ve changed timezone and country, and not played many RPGs. But I’m getting slowly back into the swing of it again, and as I’m doing that I realised it’s the same time of year I’ve been writing what I want to play next. After two years of lockdown-triggered online experiments, the real world beckons. So, compared to last year, I have finally run a session of TROIKA!, which does indeed turn out to be very silly. The others though, have not had any takers. The RPG players I’m meeting in person are much more keen on 5e, and that’ll be what I start playing again very soon. I’d very much like to play: ...