Blog - Reflections after finishing Zozer Games' Far Horizon for the #travellerrpg and #Cepheus #ttrpg

The scenario felt very different to the usual #Traveller adventure that I've run, with a strong hard science flavour. The planning exercises needed by the game enhanced the feel, and roleplaying tended towards vignettes in key scenes, partly also because people had multiple characters. The mystery about the rogue planet added an unknown factor. Highly recommended.

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/04/reflections-after-finishing-far-horizon.html

Returning to the Far Horizon today in Zozer's #Orbital2100 subsetting from #Hostile. Only got three of the five players available, but after four months of trying to get another session together I decided that I'd go ahead anyway. Wish we could have the whole crew though.

I've just finished reading through both Moon Toad's “Bounty Hunter Handbook" and #Traveller “Bounty Hunter”. They complement each other well. The first is gritty, detailed & realistic, feeling like a procedural TV series. The Mongoose book is shinier & glossier, feeling more like #TheMandalorian with lightweight mercenary tickets.

If I had to pick one, I'd go with the “Bounty Hunter Handbook”. Fortunately, I have them both. Time to prepare the campaign!

I've just finished reading 'The Jägermeister Adventure' from Moon Toad Publishing so here are my first thoughts. I like it enough that it will be my next campaign, as I return to #traveller .

#travellerrpg #cepheus #ttrpg

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/03/first-impressions-jagermeister.html

Blog - So what #TravellerRPG artwork *do* I like?

A positive post after the challenge from Dave on Facebook where I look at the current Mongoose Traveller 2nd edition covers and call out which work for me.

#ttrpg #traveller #cepheus

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/01/traveller-so-what-artwork-do-i-like.html

Teaser pitch for new campaign (when I finish #AchtungCthulhu so probably early March) using one of Moon Toad’s #TravellerRPG and #Cepheus mini- campaign “The Jägermeister Adventure”.

#ttrpg

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/01/job-opportunity-recovery-agent-courier.html

Blog - spoiler free thoughts on the Far Horizon scenario after yesterday’s first session.

#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Cepheus

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2024/12/traveller-far-horizon-experience-so-far.html

Think I'm ready for tomorrow's game. #Roll20 build completed with everything needed to run Zozer's Far Horizon.

Using the #TravellerRPG 2e sheet which works well enough for #Cepheus. I've added oxygen readouts for the team if they use their suits and a mission time remaining (ie the 96 hours they have before they have to burn for home).

A little nervous about this (it's a long time since I ran a dedicated exploration based game. Perhaps I should watch 2010 tonight for inspiration?

You ever see Io (or Io's shadow) & wonder, huh, wonder who she was?!

Great news, we got you covered with this #mythology focused episode from Season 2: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-myths-and-retconstellations/

(Yes, it does say Cepheus... but it's about Io. An explanation is provided in the episode!)

:https://esahubble.org/images/heic1504c/

A family portrait in the night sky!

To learn more about each of these #GreekMyth characters, check out:

Cassiopeia: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cassiopeia-myths-and-retconstellations/

Andromeda: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/andromeda-myths-and-retconstellations/

Cepheus (except, we kinda didn't really talk about Cepheus...): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-myths-and-retconstellations/

:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sidney_Hall

Excited that I've found a group of players to run Far Horizon for over the holidays - this captures the vibe of films like 2001 and 2010, being focused on exploration and science not pew pew pew.

The scenario is set in the Orbital 2100 sub-setting for #Hostile

We're deep into a long #TravellerRPG campaign, and I really don't love my character. I've been trying to get him killed for a year and instead he's ended up heroic over and over.

This ill- conceived psion will not die!

Pondering running Zozer's “Far Horizon" scenario for #Hostile / #Cepheus Universal over the Christmas break. set around 2100, the players will be the crew of a fission-powered long range explorer nuclear thermal rocket who a diverted to intercept an interstellar wanderer. What I like about it is that it's got elements of troupe play and is focused on exploration & understanding rather than combat. The only challenge to find the players and a suitable schedule!
#travellerrpg #ttrpg

We didn't have much to say about the #mythological #Cepheus (which is why this episode is actually about Io: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-myths-and-retconstellations/), but this #astrophotography from the #constellation #Cepheus (PV Cephei & Gyulbudaghian’s Nebula) is

For more on the #astronomy of this constellation: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-cosmic-background/

:https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001513

The Elephant’s Trunk in #Cepheus
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241121.html

The perfect instrument for Andromeda in Chains (my proposed all-lady Alice in Chains Cover band, listen here for more details on that: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/andromeda-pop-culture-superstar/)

/ more on this image : https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/guitar/

First day at #TravCon done. I ran two games using #Cepheus Universal from Zozer in the Scoundrels of Brixton setting. Caught most of the keynote from Matt Sprange of Mongoose. Nice to see a #BITSTraveller event again.

#ttrpg
#travellerrpg

Cepheus Universal, recently discussed by @cybergoths, is todays Deal of the Day over at #DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/469431/cepheus-universal #Cepheus #Traveller #RPG #TTRPG

Classic Era Science Fiction Gaming—A review of Cepheus Deluxe: Enhanced Edition published by Stellagama Publishing.

https://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2024/04/classic-era-science-fiction-gaming.html

#reviewsfromrlyeh #rpgreview #rpgreviews #rpg #cepheus #traveller
#ttrpg #ttrpgs