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Under Sleeping Suns; Loris punch list and guiding principles

Evil Robot Games Posted on February 2, 2022 by EvilRobotGamesFebruary 2, 2022

So back when Jim and I first started collaborating, I was reviewing some work he had done on a Soldier class for a fantasy game built adjacent to Star Wars SAGA edition. The lore was deep and the setting made … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Design, Loris: Under Sleeping Suns, Pathfinder 2e, Star Wars Saga Edition, Vancian Magic, Worldbuilding

Heroes of Dominion City timeline

Evil Robot Games Posted on December 3, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesDecember 3, 2020

In 2005/2006 I wrote up and ran a Mutants and Masterminds game for my local gaming group, we were genre/game swapping and superheroes came up. This is the timeline of world events leading up to the game. 2005 IBM and … Continue reading →

Posted in Mutants and Masterminds, Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding edits and a few additions

Evil Robot Games Posted on August 30, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesSeptember 10, 2020

So looking around I found the Randy Ellefson Art of Worldbuilding templates for species and cultures I found some things that you see in every book and yet had not been anywhere in the ideas that change everything. What do … Continue reading →

Posted in Eldred, Galaxy Pirates, Katar, Kopek, Publishing, Slavern, Starfinder, Trogon, Voltura, Worldbuilding

Galaxy Pirates story bible level of detail Kopek

Evil Robot Games Posted on August 29, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesFebruary 4, 2021
Kopek female form AI Humanoid Robot

Part two in the story bible, this time we look at the Kopek intelligent machines. Kopek – level 1 The Kopek are self aware mostly humanoid robots descended from Berserkers a kind of robot sent to wipe out all life … Continue reading →

Posted in Galaxy Pirates, Game Design, Kopek, Publishing, Starfinder, Worldbuilding

1851 Colt Navy fact and fancy

Evil Robot Games Posted on January 12, 2020 by EvilRobotGamesJanuary 12, 2020

In 1851 Sam Colt introduced the Colt Navy a .36 caliber revolver it was an open frame  single action percussion cap and ball with a loading lever. It wasn’t made for the Navy, it had an engraving of a naval … Continue reading →

Posted in Steampunk, Worldbuilding | Tagged Equipment, Steampunk, Western

Designing a Criminal Underworld

Evil Robot Games Posted on May 29, 2019 by EvilRobotGamesJuly 3, 2020

Our Cartographer Matt Francella wants to build a pirate city something akin to the Spanish fortress at Tortuga. The Island of Tortuga had a Spanish fortress on it as well as wild hogs that the pirates could live off of. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Direction, Galaxy Pirates, Starfinder, Worldbuilding | Tagged Behind the scenes, Matthew Francella, Poster Maps

Worldbuilding the Trogon part three of five

Evil Robot Games Posted on May 13, 2019 by EvilRobotGamesJuly 3, 2020

The third in a five part series on Worldbuilding the Trogon race. So the Trogon are at least two people, a long time ago the Old Trogon Empire shut down their interstellar gate network. The Old Empire collapsed in on … Continue reading →

Posted in Galaxy Pirates, Trogon, Worldbuilding | Tagged Behind the scenes

Worldbuilding the Slavern part four of five

Evil Robot Games Posted on May 10, 2019 by EvilRobotGamesJuly 3, 2020

The fourth in a five part series on Worldbuilding the Slavern race. So I have newly applied Ideas that change everything to the Slavern, we’ll go through the results here. Slavern are Hyena-men descended from carrion eaters and the strongest … Continue reading →

Posted in Galaxy Pirates, Slavern, Worldbuilding | Tagged Behind the scenes

Worldbuilding the Eldred part two of five

Evil Robot Games Posted on May 6, 2019 by EvilRobotGamesJuly 3, 2020

The second in a five part series on Worldbuilding the Eldred race. Using Ideas that change everything I applied it to the Eldred race. What we know about the eldred is that they were romantic dreamers and explorers with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Eldred, Galaxy Pirates, Starfinder, Worldbuilding | Tagged Behind the scenes

Worldbuilding the Katar part one of five

Evil Robot Games Posted on May 3, 2019 by EvilRobotGamesJuly 3, 2020

The first in a five part series on Worldbuilding the Katar race. So when I began working on the Galaxy Pirates setting I came across a tool for worldbuilding called Ideas that change everything and I applied it to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Galaxy Pirates, Katar, Starfinder, Worldbuilding | Tagged Behind the scenes, Starfinder

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