Thematically, The Chronicles of Future Earth is “cosmic fantasy”. It’s about epic dooms, summoning demons, dealing with weird and ancient technologies, dimension-hopping, and saving the universe.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #138
A summary of RPGs news from the week Cynthia Williams becomes the boss of D&D and Wizards of the Coast, Zine Month launches, and the One Ring RPG gets a release date.
Mindjammer transhuman RPG roars back to life at the Bundle of Holding
We were told by the Bundle of Holding that a busy start to 2022 was expected. That’s been bang on the money, and another deal’s locked, loaded and running.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #114
RPG news in the week that Chaosium’s Steve Perrin passed away and Geek Native moved HQ.
A post-historic age RPG: The Chronicles of Future Earth
Sarah Newton’s Mindjammer RPG is one of the most popular transhuman games out there. That’s a sci-fi set so far into the future the concept of ‘human’ has changed (and that’s a description so simplified it’s almost criminal). What’s post-historic then? A question that’s only important as Newton’s current project happens to be The Chronicles […]
A sense of wonder in SF roleplaying games
Author Sarah Newton talks about what should really be at the heart of SF RPGs: the sense of wonder, and the conflict of great ideas. Sarah’s company, Mindjammer Press, is running a Kickstarter campaign, currently approaching x3 funding, for the next phase of the transhuman RPG. [Back this Campaign] A sense of wonder in SF […]
Mind blowing: Mindjammer Roleplaying Game review
Space is big. Mindjammer is bigger. This review is based on the Thoughtcast Edition of the game which is available already to those roleplayers who preordred the game. Author Sarah Newton tells me it is 99.x% of the final game; with just some typos and textboxes to fill. I didn’t notice and I’ll tell you […]
OSR, Monsters & Magic: Sarah Newton discusses her new RPG and the state of RPG
Mindjammer Press operator Sarah Newton has a new RPG about to land. Monsters & Magic promises to be an OSR game that’s backwards compatible with those mighty old school adventures you already own. It’s a new game but it’s old school. Sarah kindly agreed to an interview with Geek Native in which we talked about […]
The new Monsters & Magic RPG fuels the Old School Renaissance fire
Mindjammer Press, co-founded by author Sarah Newton, has struck a deal with Chronicle City to print the new RPG Monsters & Magic. The deal very firmly rides the Old School Renaissance. The “OSR” is a nostalgia for the old style of RPGs, with a tighter focus on heroic dungeon adventures, quick character creation and game […]
A Mindjammer review
I like the science in science fiction. That’s why I like sci-fi, especially gritty sci-fi but rarely those stories set so far in the future that technology seems like magic. Mindjammer is a far future sci-fi. Mankind has explored all across the universe and populated many planets. The expansion fragmented and mankind was left to […]