Friday, April 19, 2019

Mystifying Oracle

Mystifying Oracle ARU

I ordered an All Rolled Up (well, maybe TWO, one is still on the way) for my John Carter of Mars RPG dice.  I decided to order the Mystifying Oracle, because I often spent time with a cousin when we were young playing with her Ouija Board. It also fits into the whole psychic medium, theosophy zeitgeist of the John Carter era.

Here's what the ARU looks like loaded with dice, three dry erase pens, and three canisters of tokens:


Here's the flat view of the ARU with John Carter of Mars RPG character sheets:


Finally, here's a close up of the rule book and a character sheet. The PC is from another world, but not Earth. Can you guess from where this character hails?


Sunday, April 14, 2019

The U.S.S. Republic


As part of our monthly Saturday Night Space Opera event last night, I ran my second episodic adventure with the crew of the U.S.S. Republic, whose crew includes young Midshipman James T. Kirk, and his good friend Benjamin Finney. This adventure involved the rescue (?) / recovery (?) of a Discovery-class starship stuck in the negative energy barrier at the edge of the galaxy.

It was a fun adventure with a lot of surprises for the players - and for the GM - and a lot of laughs in the midst of space madness, sheer terror, and conspiracy! And Gorns.

The game was also an opportunity to use a couple of my prize props: the Star Trek: Discovery Eaglemoss models of the U.S.S. Enterprise and the U.S.S. Discovery. Both models are really gorgeous.

Thanks, as always, to Jay Mac Bride for organizing the event, providing the playmat and sheet protectors for the character sheets, and a special thanks also to Matt Towle for the lovely Rainbow Dice he gave me!