Under a Hostile Sun Vs The NASA RPG

Well folks. NASA now officially has an RPG (paid with your taxpayers dollars). On the one hand, I am very happy to see RPGs used for an educational purposes. On the other there is a subtext to the RPG that reflects our culture’s disordered view of science. It also offers an opportunity to compare and […]

Aliens RESPOND to the Arecibo Message!

It may be a surprise, but I am only now reading 1st book on UFOs ( I have been mostly interested in aliens as fiction or in ttRPGs). I just learned about the Arecibo Message. Frank Drake sent a message of 1679 bits to his fellow UFO friends and said that this was a mathematical […]

Hostile Sun Dev Log 1

Under a Hostile Sun Dev Log 1: Environmental Encounters Hello All! I am starting a Dev Log on Rumble (not YouTube, because I am fairly disgusted with Google and Gemini at the moment) where I go through different aspects of the game. This first Log discusses the basics of designing an Environmental Encounter. If you […]

Character Creation: Hallowed Hunter

Another playtest of Under a Hostile Sun is coming up! And that meant a new set of players got to make their own characters. Here is an example of the process. One player wanted to make a Hallowed Hunter named Rodger Greaves. Step 1: Picking Stats For this game session we are using Hostile Sun’s Standard Array. Since […]

The Resources of Alchemy

Key to Fueled by a Hostile Sun Games is Alchemy. At the advice of a graphic design friend, I am going to be experimenting with more simple icons, than the current 4-color graphics. Molten Minerals – the most explosive resource, needs to be mined with advanced technology. Used to provide energy and heat to potions. A resource […]

Travel Advisory: Aliens to Avoid Miami Mall

The Unified Flying Ordinance (UFO) is reporting that many persons of multi-terrestrial heritage were recently spotted at a local Cinnabon. We assure you that while Cinnnabon is good, its not THAT good. Martians are strictly ordered to avoid Malls in Miami and Cinnabon in particular until the Earthlings get distracted by something else. (Which, granted, will be […]

Godzilla and God

There is a scene in Godzilla: King of Monsters where King Ghidorah stands in glory over a volcano. Urban carnage surrounds him on all signs and the camera backs up to show a Cross in the foreground. A cross that seems powerless to stop Earth’s new god. Religion makes a few other interesting moments in […]

Mars Sets Up Refugee Camp For Traditionalist Catholics

In a shocking turn of events, the Sacred Society of Pope Pius X and the Martian Consulate have arrived at a deal to make a refugee camp on Mars for traditionalist Catholics seeking political asylum. Many Martians were shocked by this turn of events as conservative Christians and traditionalist Catholics communities have historically been a […]

Travel Advisory

The Martian Ministry of Interplanetary Travel (MMIT) has given a travel warning greatly discouraging travel to the Earthling region known as North America. It regularly gives these travel warnings to fulfill its duties under the Universal Flying Ordinance (UFO). “Available reports indicate that the Earthlings are planing to set large amounts of explosives on fire. […]

An Alchemist’s Dilemma

Part of what makes Alchemy, alchemy in my mind is the combining of different ingredients. This creates a dilemma for a rules-lite RPG system. Players aren’t going to want to learn an overly complicated system for, say, a one-shot. But if the system is too simple, well it won’t feel like alchemy anymore. Different elements […]