Instead of “vulgar” and “coincidental” labels, instead look at the effect and and consider what a mundane would say if he directly witnessed the event.
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Foreshadowing Mage Magick
The big limitation on magical powers in Mage comes from paradox driven by the counter-belief of non-mage observers. A little creative description can get around that issue…
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Magick Effects
Guidelines for creating specific effects via the magick spheres using the Mage: The Ascension game.
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Adventure 1: The Kinunir
Four adventures based around the 1,200-ton Kinunir-class battle cruiser, set in the Spinward Marches 001-1105.
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Free Trader Plans
Traveller notes for the 200-ton free trader starship, specifically a variant on the Beowulf class.
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Mercenary Cruiser Plans
Traveller notes for the 800-ton mercenary cruiser starship, specifically the Broadsword class.
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Adventure 2: Research Station Gamma
Set in the Vanejen/Rhylanor/Spinward Marches: 300-1006.
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Adventure 3: Twilight’s Peak
Set in the Spinward main in Rhylanor, sometime after 300-1106 but before the start of the Fifth Frontier War.
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Fast Traveller Rules
My “quick and dirty” home rules for running introductory Traveller games.
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The Traveller Universe
An outline of the “standard” campaign setting found in the original version of Traveller by Marc Miller in 1978.
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Traveller Psionics
Notes on using psionic abilities in the Third Imperium of Traveller, per the 1977 Basic Set.
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We’re Not Who We Seem
What if the players’ character sheets and concept of their roles in the game was a lie?
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Seed: Dead Letter Office
What ends up in the postmaster’s dead letter office? And what happens when the player characters get their hands on “it,” whatever “it” is?
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Traveller Character Variables
Variables creating non-player characters, patrons, and bystanders in original Traveller setting of the Spinward Marches sector.
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GURPS Horror: John Brookings
GURPS 3.0 stats for use with Stan Miller’s horror campaign (2004-2005).
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You All Meet In A Tavern…
Six tropes to get a fantasy adventure started with new (or not-so-new) players.
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Character Alignment
Summary of how the original nine basic alignments are meant to be used and role-played in D&D.
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Fast High Guard
Some notes on running space combats with the CT 1979 rules, plus 1980 revisions and house rules.
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Cop Gear
GURPS 3.0 stats for equipment typically found in the trunk of a police cruiser / squad car.
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AD&D2e: Vietman Era Soldier
This character template was created for a Gen Con 2000 event, an AD&D 2nd edition update to the Caves of Chaos found in B1: Keep On The Borderlands.
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Magical Levels
A homebrew scale of magical power effects.
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Ozymandia Rules
Rules for “Simultaneous Risk With Bombardments” from New Rules for Classic Games by R. Wayne Schmittberger
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RPG Mini-Handbook
A rough “conversion document” for several RPGs popular in the mid-1990s.
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