On his mission from Mars, a space colonist’s ship is attacked by a Moon-based civilization and crash lands on Earth. Having lost his memory, he joins forces with the Resistance to save the galaxy from human extinction.
Heroic Maps: Space stations and starships in a bundle
Full-colour battle maps for virtual tabletops (or printing) sci-fi RPGs aplenty and lost in space.
Visceral no-prep sci-fi RPG horror: You’re In Space And Everything’s Fucked
You know you probably won’t survive another run-in with one of those things, not with your arm in the state it’s in. Y
Visions of heaven and hell: Heavenly Delusion
Promises of terrible greatness were how I summed up the first trailer for Heavenly Delusion.
Racing to $100K: Vast Grimm’s Into Oblivion is a splatterpunk RPG success
One of the techniques that Infinite Black uses to power its Kickstarters, which I’ve benefited from in the past for my pin badge collection, is merch.
Pitch Black meets Starship Troopers: Make My Day sci-fi gets a bug-infested trailer
Netflix says their adaptation of Yasuo Ohtagaki’s sci-fi manga, Make My Day, is a must-see epic. Ohtagaki is the brains behind Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt.
Hyped or hyperspace? Review of Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1972. Set in the early 2130s, the book tells the story of a 50-kilometre-long cylindrical alien starship that enters the Solar System.
The Väruld RPG comes to Kickstarter with a system-agnostic world core book
Screenwriter Désirée Nordlund is back on Kickstarter with an RPG that lets you pick the rules you want. Väruld is system agnostic and book one is the world book.
Audio power: A review of Embassytown by China Mieville
The novel is a must-read/must-listen for any fan of sci-fi and a great way to explore the possibilities of language and communication.
The best selling sci-fi RPGs published on DriveThruRPG in 2022
Is there a dominant publisher in sci-fi? Mongoose makes the chart six times, but fellow British publisher Modiphius manage four entries as well.