05-02-2014, 05:21 PM
So this is a bit off topic, but since it's in the general subject of non-mainstream gaming, I figure I'd plug my own project 
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I'm running a tabletop Firefly RPG over the net starting in two weeks. The ruleset is brand new, published in April by Margaret Weiss Productions (MWP). It is based on the Cortex Plus mechanics, also by MWP.
For those of you familiar with D&D-style tabletop RPGs, Cortex Plus is less-crunchy (less numbers based). D&D and friends function as a simulator, like most other RPGs out there. Everything is based (even if only loosely) on natural physics and probability. "How does this work in reality?" "How would this happen in a real-world situation?"
Cortex Plus focuses more on tone, mood, and overall feel of the genre, allowing narrative and genre to dictate the events. "What would this character be able to do in the setting?" It rewards roleplaying and collaborative storytelling.
Firefly, for those of you who don't know, was a TV show that ran in mid 200s on Fox, but was canceled after one season, though after its cancellation it became a cult classic. It is a futuristic scifi setting where humanity has emigrated from the Sol system after Earth was was used up. It's often called a scifi western, due to border worlds that have been terraformed being depicted as similar to frontier settlements in a classic Westerns.
If you're interested in joining the game, pop on over to the campaign website. We're running Thursdays 10am - 2pm EST. We;re playing online using the Roll20 Virtual Tabletop software and Google Hangouts for live audio and video.
Game Link: https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/13561...oes-of-war
Information site: https://firefly-echoes-of-war.obsidianportal.com/
I'm running a tabletop Firefly RPG over the net starting in two weeks. The ruleset is brand new, published in April by Margaret Weiss Productions (MWP). It is based on the Cortex Plus mechanics, also by MWP.
For those of you familiar with D&D-style tabletop RPGs, Cortex Plus is less-crunchy (less numbers based). D&D and friends function as a simulator, like most other RPGs out there. Everything is based (even if only loosely) on natural physics and probability. "How does this work in reality?" "How would this happen in a real-world situation?"
Cortex Plus focuses more on tone, mood, and overall feel of the genre, allowing narrative and genre to dictate the events. "What would this character be able to do in the setting?" It rewards roleplaying and collaborative storytelling.
Firefly, for those of you who don't know, was a TV show that ran in mid 200s on Fox, but was canceled after one season, though after its cancellation it became a cult classic. It is a futuristic scifi setting where humanity has emigrated from the Sol system after Earth was was used up. It's often called a scifi western, due to border worlds that have been terraformed being depicted as similar to frontier settlements in a classic Westerns.
If you're interested in joining the game, pop on over to the campaign website. We're running Thursdays 10am - 2pm EST. We;re playing online using the Roll20 Virtual Tabletop software and Google Hangouts for live audio and video.
Game Link: https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/13561...oes-of-war
Information site: https://firefly-echoes-of-war.obsidianportal.com/