Hostile Sun Playtest: Alchemy System

The latest Under a Hostile Sun playtest was a success! I was able to teach my players the new alchemy system and they enjoyed its versatility and ease of use (whilst still keeping the system on guardrails). We also confirmed that the new movement norms (higher move rates for each archetype, use of squares instead […]

Hostile Sun Playtest: Scandal on Demeter VI

The tabletop RPG I am developing, Under a Hostile Sun just had its first recorded playtest (the game as a whole and individual mechanics from it have been tested prior to this one). My good friends Arwynn, Amara and Dennis had a great time testing this system and I hope clicking through this video makes […]

Black Flag Playtest 1: results

The Lab Rats Escaped! The theme of the one-shot I ran revolved around an alchemist who “generously” agreed to build a sewer system for the city where he had his workshop. Soon pollution is starting to seep out and strange creatures started attacking. Our newly created Black Flag heroes had to work together to stop […]

Under a Hostile Sun Trailer

My RPG of space survival, resource management and creature taming now has a trailer! Be sure to give it a watch and a Thums Up so I may have favor with the Great Deity Algo Rhy Thm and share Under a Hostile Sun with others. Core Rulebook, Creative Commons Open Game SRD, player aids and […]

What is Strength: Example Muckraker Story

The following is an example of a story discovered through the Martian Muckraker RPG and a tarot deck, in this case The Brady Tarot (highly recommend – currently my favorite deck, besides my Muckraker Storytelling Deck). Please not that I am posting this with minimal editing – I want this to show what an authetic […]

Muckraker System & Future Game Dev

It has come to my attention that not all persons are as obsessed with aliens as I am. This is honestly a bit of a shock. Nonetheless, I wanted to make my Tarot based RPG system accessible to lovers of all genres so now the rules behind the Martian Muckraker RPG are available as a […]

Worldbuilding Spreads

Tarot is a most under appreciated tool in roleplaying games. If you need inspiration in a flash a quick tarot spread and give you tons of world building possibilities, devious plot twists or hidden clues. Here are some world-building tarot spreads from the most recent version of my Martian Muckraker RPG book followed by an […]

Playtesting and Other Extreme Sports

So the first Martian Muckraker playtest was a little rough. Maybe more than a little rough. A lot rough. It was rough. Solidly rough. So the first part of this post is to state that when you are designing a game: PLAY TEST PLAY TEST PLAY TEST. And be not discouraged. The chief areas of […]

Muckraker RPG in Playtest

For a little over the year, I have used this blog to explore science fiction scenarios. The short fiction format of these posts allow me to play with a wide variety of ideas and overtime I have started to get a sense of a “Muckrakerverse,” a world of science fiction whimsy populated by mild-mannered Alien […]