We want to see your alien lifeforms!

Have you created a cool alien creature for your 2s6 SF game? If so, email the details to us at [email protected].

We will accept entries until July 31, 2025. Please give as much detail as you wish. This can be for any version of Traveller or Cepheus Engine, but please tell us which you designed it for.

Entries should be submitted either as an attached plain text or RTF document or simply in the body of the email.

Entries should be suitable for all audiences. PG-13 at the most. Please avoid political commentary in your creature descriptions. No sexual stuff. No intended or unintended racist or sexist tropes. Marc designed a game that is "good clean fun" and that is what we shoot for on the podcast. We know most of you will play nice anyway, but feel like we need to say this in case of any random edge-lords out there.

We’d love it if you submitted a drawing or your creature. Please - no A.I. art. We’d rather see a hand-drawn picture created with heart. 

Once the event is over, we will compile the creatures into SAFCOcast Bestiary Volume 1, which will be available for free download as a PDF on the website. You will get full credit, so give us as much identifying information as you wish. 

In this episode Bob talks with Traveller booster/evangelist/hero Greg Caires about the future of Traveller, the need for new players, what's up with Mongoose, online Traveller play, and his new project, Perpetual Traveller!

Edit!

We were not sure about Mongoose having a Traveller “starter” set. Well, they do, and here is the link to their Traveller Starter Pack, which is a free PDF!

In addition the Traveller Explorer's Edition is only 99 cents for the PDF.

Relevant Links:

• The Perpetual Traveller Facebook group
• Virtual Traveller Facebook group

The music in this episode is Helios Deck, from the Speculative Machines podcast.

In this episode, besides reading some X-boat transmissions and talking about some Imperial News, we talk a bit about some articles in the Classic Traveller: Out of the Box series from Chris Kubasik on his Tales to Astound blog.

It's no secret (since we talk about is constantly) what we use Classic Traveller in our campaign. Chris's exploration of CT is one of the best on the web, and really got us thinking.

Links:

• From Yet Another Traveller Blog by Robert Pearce, the Bonebreaker Class Vargr Salvage Vessel  (1,000 ton)
• The new Pirates Book for Classic Traveller, from Mongoose Publishing
• Virtual Traveller for the Mayday! online celebration, on Tabletop
• Virtual Traveller's Facebook page
• 2025 Mayday! event page from Cyborg Prime
• The Distant Fringe ATU
• Cyborg Prime's Mayday! page
• Cyborg Prime's YouTube channel
• Tales to Astound - You Are Not Your Numbers blog post
• Tales to Astound - An Improvised Classic Traveller Convention Game

We're back!

In this episode Jeff and Bob do their best to explain their way out of the fact that it's been nearly two years since they recorded together!

Seriously, we thank all the listeners who have stuck with us. We love doing the podcast.

We jump into some X-Boat Transmissions and hear from numerous listeners.  Bob then corrects a rules mistake he made about blade throwing in Classic Traveller two years ago. It's a great rule, and Bob throws in another Earl Dumarest example.

We then to through some fun Traveller/Cepheus Engine-related Internet Finds, quickly discuss some Imperial News, and Bob thanks John Watts of Independence Games for his massive generosity.

Relevant Links for this episode include...

• • Kenneth Passiak's file system for organizing his game materials
  • Chris Chaudruc's adventure, Traveller Mercenary Ticket: Mazon Recovery
  • Box-Centric: an Approach to Proto-Traveller from Omer Golan-Joel’s blog
  • Adventures in the Distant Fringe campaign blog by Peter C.
  • One year write-up of the above blog
  • Tales to Astound’s Classic Traveller: Out of the Box series
  • General Musings on Marc Miller and Traveller, from James the Geek
  • What are the assumptions of Traveller, from the Ancient Faith in the Far Future blog
  • Great random encounter post from Ancient Faith in the Far Future
  • Adventures in the Void Podcast
  • From Robert Pearce's  Yet  Another  Traveller  Blog
    • 1300 new geomorphs
    • Adventure Class Starship Geomorphs
    • Adventure Class Starship Geomorphs (18 Dec 2024)
    • Starship Geomorphs 2.0 (26 July 2020)
    • Eudaimonia Class Long Range Surveyor
    • Graster Class Military Science Vessel
  • Mongoose's publishing arraignments
  • Omer's Classic Traveller Character Generation Script
  • Independence RPGS - makers of Clement Sector and Earth Sector

The music in this episode is Contagious Architectures, from the Speculative Machines podcast.

Adam Kovac has been on the show before with Jeffrey Jones of RPG Ramblings to discuss their Scoundrels of Brixton projects for 2d6 SF RPGs.

Adam has recently started his own publishing imprint called Boondock RPG Adventures and has published a couple of adventures for Cepheus Engine or other 2d6 SF games. In this episode we catch up with him and find out a bit more about his current projects.

The music in this episode is Contagious Architectures, from the Speculative Machines podcast. 

We're back again! It's that time of the year. Mayday is near, and thus it is time to talk about it. Joining us is the organizer of the online Traveller celebration, Frank Succardi, also known as CyborgPrime.

We talk about Mayday, and we talk about some of Frank's other projects, including some work he's doing with AI.

All the information about this year's Mayday Mayday can be found on Frank's website, here.

And of course, Franks product can be found as well on CyborgPrime Games.

You can find Che Webster's Roleplay Rescue blog/podcast here.

This episode's theme music is Crystal Math, by the Speculative Machines podcast.

Send us a voicemail on Speakpipe!  https://www.speakpipe.com/SAFCOcast

In this episode Bob interviews the creators of the Scoundrels of Brixton Cepheus Engine/Traveller setting and books, Jeffrey Jones of the RPG Ramblings podcast and writer Adam Kovac.

Relevant Links

• RPG Ramblings 66 on which Bob was a guest
• RPG Ramblings 100: with Bob and Adam talking about Traveller
• Jeffrey Jones RPG Ramblings publications on DriveThru RPG

In this episode I read a quick message from Greg Caires and Ken Patterson regarding the passing of Keith Frye the upcoming online memorial game for him, and then we interview CyborgPrime (Frank Succardi) about the upcoming Mayday Mayday 2023 online Traveller celebration.

Relevant links for this episode:

• You can find all the information about Mayday Mayday 2023 here on Frank's blog.
• Keith Frye's Go Fund Me page - https://www.gofundme.com/f/call-to-the-travellers-aid-society-for-keith-frye
• The Keith Frye memorial game will be April 29, 2023 at 1pm Central Time, and you can watch here...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrqBOk7gquA
• the Speculative Machines podcast! https://soundcloud.com/speculative-machines

In this episode we talk to Ken Patterson about the upcoming MayDay 2023 online Traveller celebration.

The yearly online MayDay celebration is one of the highpoints of the year for Traveller players, so listen and learn!

Relevant Links:

• Traveller's Aid Society (TAS) YouTube page: www.youtube.com/@travellersaidsociety ​
• TAS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087385957632
• ​Fundraiser Event Facebook page: https://fb.me/e/2dQewzwkP ​​
• Mayday Celebration Games website: https://tabletop.events/conventions/mayday-traveller-online-celebration-2023

In this episode we discuss the last two "longest campaign" submissions, talk about the Parry rule in Classic Traveller Combat, go through a lot of great Internet Finds, and briefly touch on the OGL debacle.  Relevant links:

• Our last session: https://www.gaming.concretelunch.info/itv-session-24-one-night-at-the-happy-gluck/
• Third Imperium Fanzine online archive: http://thirdimperiumfanzine.info/
• Men's Tactical Jacket, on which the fictional Scout jacket was based. https://www.wayrates.com/products/mens-all-terrain-versatile-tactical-jacket-5688118.html
• “Any Dice” website - Online dice probability calculator: https://anydice.com/
• Honor Thy Grandfather board game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373921/honor-grandfather
• Android Arts:
  • http://androidarts.com/Traveller/Traveller.htm

  • https://twitter.com/androidarts

  • http://androidarts.com/Traveller/Traveller.htm

  • https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@androidarts

• Random Cepheus Engine Character Generator: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/407601/Random-Character-Generation-for-Cepheus-Deluxe-Enhanced-Edition
• Dumarest: the RPG: https://www.burntcitygames.com/
• The Speculative Machines podcast: https://soundcloud.com/speculative-machines