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There isn't a default Cepheus setting. It came to be after Mongoose changed licensing terms for Traveller. So Cepheus is a fork of the OGL content for MgT1. A lot of third party publishers had material for that, and pivoted to Cepheus to continue their line.

Kosmic is A Cepheus setting (not The), but you can also have Solis from the same publisher, there's Hostile and Orbital from Zozer, etc. Just search for Cepheus on DTRPG and you'll find plenty. They each have their own twist, so read their elevator pitch.

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Several Sci-Fi RPGs included in the bundle.

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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.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you, added it!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Not really, no, just full fledged settings with rules. Trying to keep a concise list. You're welcome to start a post for those, though. It would definitely fit the community.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Oh, it's a game! At first I thought it was a pen, then a map drawing app, then a geomorph set.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Zozer Games has a few solo Traveller books that are well regarded.

There's one aptly named Solo for general traveller adventures, there's Hostile Solo for an Alien / Aliens feel and some really cool squad mechanics. I think there's a third supplement, but I'm not sure.

Edit: aha! The third book! Classic Traveller style, I'm guessing by the price there's minimal artwork.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Will you be using the default skill list or will you tweak it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

There is something to be said about non combat focused accessories. Water reclamation & filtration system. Air purification, I can see a vacuum rated suit that has the air storage and CO2 scrubbing as an installable module to reduce weight in breathable atmosphere missions. Jetpacks. Battery pack, with standard connectors so not only it powers the suit for an extended time, it can also power your energy weapons and tools. A grappling hook/winch.

And, not an accessory, but hook points all around the suit to haul crap around in satchels and the like. Logistics is paramount for war.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Zozer game's Discord might be a good place to find players.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

We are legion.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's lifted straight up from the source material. As far as seventies series go, S: 1999 took itself quite seriously, in a good way. It's still sort of zany and the science isn't there in the plot, but the models and the casting more than make up for it.

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

Orbital Trouble: d12 Space Outpost Hooks - Roleplaying Tips

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Thank you and welcome!

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

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

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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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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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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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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

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