Gaming on the Frontier

Episode 457: Superscience 3 part 3

this week we finish our discussion of Superscience (yes really I think we are done).

Episode 456: Superscience 3 part 2

This week we continue to talk about how you can implement superscience is your game and what effects it will have.

Episode 455: Superscience 3 part 1

Wow, I didn't know that it would take 3 separate sessions to record this topic but we are on the home stretch.  This topic is so important for Science fiction as it is so easy to just treat it as a Mcguffin and miss the wide reaching effects of super high tech on all parts of a society.

 

Episode 454: Switching between Mechanics part 2

This week we finish our discussion of how to convert your existing campaign or game to a whole new system.  

Episode 453: Switching between Mechanics Part 1

This week we begin discussing how to change your game from one game mechanic to another.  Sometimes it is as simple as adding a foreign mechanic or chart to your existing game.  Other times everything has to change (say D&D to Fate).  It isn't as simple as "just recreate your character using the new system's rules as there may be equipment, setting, and lore that relied on the previous system to resolve.

Episode 452: Superscience 2 part 2

This week we conclude our second part of Superscience:  Tech with unbelievable precision.

 

Episode 451: Superscience 2 part 1

Adding superscience to your game can really punch it up.  This level of god tech can change the entire game.  This week we begin to discuss

Instrumentality with precision beyond understanding.  Or "Can you really do that?"

 

Episode 450: Time Travel Adventures part 2

This week we finish, for now, our discussion of what you need to do to include time travel in your adventures.

Episode 449: Time Travel Adventures part 1

This week we start exploring what it takes to create a time travel Adventure and the weird twists and turns that can come from them.

Episode 448: Superscience part 2

This week we continue to discuss what is superscience and how to recognize it so you can put it in your campaigns.