Area 88 aerial combat in D20 Modern
In 2005 I worked on translating the Japanese on a map from the Area 88 manga and OVA into English with one of my gamer friends. In 2007 he began running an Area 88 game in D20 Modern with some … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Game Design
Screaming Eagles – Air Combat board game
Today I take a look at Screaming Eagles a board game of air combat. There’s a 5-6th pages that were folded back but instructions look to be in good shape. I may or may not be missing one battle card. … Continue reading →
Mass Effect in Starfinder
This week I’m Commander Shepard and this is my favorite D20 Sci-fi setting in the citadel. Races: Mass effect is full of odd races, are Asari just long-lived aloof space elves? Krogan just reskinned Vesk, Turians the lawful but militaristic … Continue reading →
Bounty Hunter Blues in Starfinder
This week I’m taking on playing Cowboy Bebop using Starfinder rules. Races: We don’t meet any non-humans in Cowboy Bebop, cyborgs and genetic engineering sure, but no aliens. What is Ein, is he an Android, or something else, he’s not … Continue reading →
Ninja Turtles in Starfinder
So for this setup I’m going to recommend Star Log Deluxe Uplifted Animals you’ll want medium amphibious creatures with the natural defense armor bonus. Leonardo has a sword and is probably a combination of Soldier and Envoy. Blitz fighting style … Continue reading →
Big Damn Heroes in Starfinder
I loved Firefly and shows like it. I’d like to throw out some ideas for folks wanting to play in their own ‘verse using the Starfinder rules as there are some things that Starfinder does by default that would be … Continue reading →
Starship Design for a party bus
Starfinder’s Starships and combat are really designed for small 5-6 person ships, I say this because there are cracks in the system that start to become evident with larger vessels. We’ll stay to smaller party sized ships for this how-to … Continue reading →
Stargate SG-1 through a Starfinder design lens
Looking at the Stargate RPG through the Starfinder design lens Stargate and Spycraft both allowed two attacks per round at 1st level. Stargate has critical threat ranges for success and failure on skill checks and attacks. For the many reasons … Continue reading →
Starfinder design review of Ultimate Combat
This time I’d like to review the Feats of Ultimate Combat through a Starfinder design lens. Adder Strike, poison use doesn’t seem to be a class feature as no ill effect is mentioned in applying poisons to weapons as a … Continue reading →
Starfinder, Pathfinder, D&D skill checks
Lets say you’re a game designer or adventure writer and you need to lookup the challenge DCs for multiple systems or you’re converting something from one system to another and you need to ensure the DCs aren’t too easy or … Continue reading →