Editorial: Shortsighted science fiction gamers
In all likelihood, this is once more one of those things which nobody gets riled up about – nobody but me. Anyway. Blue Planet v3 is scheduled to come out […]
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Red Star Infantry Weapons
The Red Star campaign setting gives a rundown on the iconic weapons used in the comics – from the ubiquitous hook to Kyuzo’s hailer and Makita’s SWORD, and even going […]
Hydra Variants
The Red Star Campaign Setting describes the Hydra Class superkrawls as cityblock sized modular fighting vehicles, which are individually assembled in vastly different variants to perform a variety of battlefield […]
Train Depot
Title illustration taken from the cover of The Red Star Special Edition 2006, © Christian Gossett. Used with kind permission of the artist The Sword of Lies, the latest installment […]
Editorial: Online Hunt for Red October
The October Revolution of 1917 marked the beginning of the beginning of the Soviet Union. The German Reunification of 3 October 1990 marked the beginning of its end. The Cold […]
Poseidon Retriever
Right from the start of the Athena project, humanity not only integrated itself into the ecosystem of Poseidon but brought with it diverse organisms of Earth origin for transplantation to […]
Suicide Operative
The Imperium never frowned upon ordering its subjects to their certain death. Sometimes though, such death isn't merely the somewhat unfortunate side effect of a dangerous mission, but an intended […]
Editorial: Transhumanism in Gaming: The Missing Something
I am missing something from the more transhumanist games following in the wake of earlier generations of cyberpunk themed rpgs. That something is criticism, ambivalence. Whenever transhumanism finds its way […]
What is … a mind expanding disease?
… this question by blut_und_glas was attempted to answer by Shadom, Blut_und_Glas, Hasran und ApokalypseTest. This time we offer ideas, concepts and plot-hooks for The Dresden Files, Blue Planet, Warhammer […]
Cyberware and Free Will – a houserule for cyberpunk games
Cyberware dehumanises. This claim – in one form or another – can be found in any number of dark future and cyberpunk rpgs. Sometimes it’s part of a game’s core […]