Last Days of the Spaceships Kickstarter and 5150 Star Navy AAR

Only two days left to grab the Stars Reach Spaceships on Kickstarter. If you pledge for a fleet faction you get a free 5150 Star Navy PDF. Already have Star Navy, then we'll get you another PDF of your choice!

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And now, a 5150 Star Navy AAR using these fine ships.

Grab these ships while you can and watch for our Hishen War Kickstarter later this year!

Free 5150 Star Navy PDF? Yes! Check out the Kickstarter.

Check out this spaceship Kickstarter. The ships are excellent and can be used with a variety of rules. To thank Travis for letting me use his ships, I'll give a free PDF of 5150 Star Navy to anyone pledging a full fleet Faction or highers.

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5150 Spaceships on Kickstarter!

I cut a deal with Travis that will allow me to use his very cool new spaceships in the 5150 Universe. I'll be doing a Bat Rep soon using them as he was kind enough to give me some. That means the ships can be produced quickly! Check it out and grab some before the Kickstarter finishes and prices go up to normal!

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Step-by Step Edds Pub - Part Five - Fizzbo's First Fight

Now that the PEF was resolved as Wererats I roll them up. The Wererats List tells me the maximum AC of the Wererats - AC 4 and their Alignment - Black Moon. 
I roll 1/2d6 and add it to "2". This gives me the Rep of the Leader.
Next I roll 1d6 versus the Rep of the Leader to see what are the Reps of each Grunt, either 1 point less, or 2 points less - but never lower than 3. 
I roll for the AC, their Class.
Here's both parties.

Type	Class	Rep	AC	Align
Fizzbo	Caster	5	2	RS
Fawn	Missile	4	2	RS
Squat	Missile	3	4	RS
Percy	Melee	4	4	RS
Maconne	Melee	4	4	RS

Wererats	Class	Rep	AC	Align
Amlick	Caster	5	2	BM
Basil	Healer	4	2	BM
Catick	Missile	4	2	BM
Delk	Missile	4	4	BM
Esrazzz	Melee	4	2	BM

And now the Interaction begins.

I played Fizzbo as a Grunt to show how the mechanics work. I was a bit surprised how the fight played out. If Fizzbo was a Star he'd have used Star Power, etc. and it may have ended differently. Right now, the Wererats have looted 4 Coins and take the two Out of the Fight Grunts - Maconne and Fawn prisoner. Squat ran off. If I resolve a Grunt Dwarf on a PEF I can always use Squat. 

More to come - Watch for Part Six.

Step-by-Step Edd's Pub - Part Four - Adventures on the Other Side

Fizzbo's Band has crossed over. Looking at the map we see that they have landed in the Woods, the only way to come and go between Talomir and the Other Side. They have to resolve 3 + 1/2d6 Possible Enemy Forces (PEFs). They will do this when they arrive for the first time and every time they choose to Stay Put in an area. 

Each of the four areas has their own Who Are They Tables to see what you have run into. When you leave an area you roll to see how many PEFs in that area must be resolved before you reach the new area. As this represents traveling to the new area you use the Who Are They table for the area you are leaving. Let's see what happens to Fizzbo.

I roll 1d6 and score a 2 - Fizzbo must resolve 5 PEFs in the Woods.  I roll 2d6 on the PEF Resolution Table versus the Rep of 4 to see what happens and pass 1d6. "Something's out there". The first PEF is resolved, but future PEFs must be resolved using 3d6. I roll again and score the same result! That's 2 PEFs resolved.

I roll a 3rd time and pass 2d6 with a 4 and 3. This means Fizzbo has met a group with 5 figures in it. The total of your 2d6 score on the Resolution Table tells you the number of NPCs you've met.

I now roll on the Woods Who Are They Table to see what I've met. Wererats!

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Just to be clear, you roll dice a few times each Encounter because you are building the Story. Before each Encounter you don't know what you will meet and how many of them there are! This makes the games much more exciting and insures that they will never play the same.

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So what now?  Part Five

Deadly Dreams...Coming Later This Week

A supplement and scenario book for Lovecraft's Revenge.  

Step-by-Step Edds' Pub Part Three - Recruiting and Crossing over to the Other Side

In Part Two we explained what Edd's Pub is about - a jump off point to another world. Want to go by yourself? You can do that as you could recruit NPCs over there. These could be those that crossed over before and can go back and forth, They could be those that lost their Coin and can't get back. Or they can be NPCs from the Other Side, with no desire to leave.

But let's assume you want to start a Star and recruit your first Band to cross over.That's easy. You can automatically recruit 4 Grunts.  

They must be from your own Race and are assumed to have the same Alignment as you do. After the first Band of recruits you will be able to recruit NPCs from other Races and possibly, other Alignements. That's where Edd's Pub comes in  handy as there are four different Races at the Pub.

There are easy rules to generate the stats for your recruits...Rep, Class and Armor Class. Their Rep will always be lower than your Rep and their Class will determine their Armor Class. 

Here's Fizzbo's Band of Recruits that he brought to Edd's Pub.

Type	Class	Rep	AC	Align
Fizzbo	Caster	5	2	RS
Fawn	Missile	4	2	RS
Squat	Missile	3	4	RS
Percy	Melee	4	4	RS
Maconne	Melee	4	4	RS

Each gets a Coin and down the hall they go to the Other Side. First stop is the Woods. Here's the Band entering the Woods.

Figures from Rebel Minis.

Part Four

Step - By Step of Edd's Pub - Part Two - Who Are You and Who Are They?

You can bring your existing THW characters into Edd's Pub. But what if you choose to play as a Star using Edd's Pub? That's easy and to get started you have to define your character as well as all of the other NPCs and Creatures you'll find - over 50 of them.
Here's how we do it:

1 - Is is a Star or Grunt? Star, that's you. Grunt, that's all Non-Player Characters and Creatures run by the game mechanics.
2 - What is its Race? We've got nine to choose from.
3 - What is its Alignment? You can choose to Red Sun (Good Guy), Black Moon (Bad Guy) or Neutral (somewhere in between).
4 - What is its Reputation? This tells you how good the character is - from 3 to 10. You're a 5 at the start.
5 - What is its Class? There are 4 Classes and each tells you what the figure is best at. Stars? You can be Dual Class - choose any two of the following; Melee, Missile, Caster, or Healer.
6 -  What is its Armor Class? The higher the better. We use 3 basic, AC 2, AC 4 and AC 6, but with a little Magic, it's possible to be AC 8.
7 - Is it a Leader? This will be the Star or the character with the highest Rep in the group.

Part Three

Step - By Step of the Soon to Be Released - Edd's Pub

Edd's Pub is the newest THW Fantasy stand-alone game that can be played with ALL of our Fantasy rules, even the free ones. 

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