Cypher system returns for Feb. Saturday Night Space Opera!

I'm super excited about this one--THE STARLIGHT FILIGREE is an original adventure by Jenifer Doll that is practically ripped from the headlines. Jen has done an amazing job writing and GMing these big, cosmic mysterious for us to unravel. Having one set amidst an alien megastructure while we're all running around inside our mechsuit/bodies/robopants sounds pretty fantastic.

If you've yet to try the Cypher system, come to this game. It's very story-centric and uses some wonderful, elegant mechanics for resolving combat, skills, etc. Plus, Jen is always on top of her game with player aids and pre-gen material so you can fashion a character in short order. Here's her synopsis:

MISSION DETAILS:

The Descendants have lost Earth, their mortality, and their fear of the unknown. But then they found the Starlight Filigree, a mass of alien architecture encasing an entire star system--dwarfing their own Dyson spheres. They have sent you, mechwarrior and master of timespace, to enter the structure and make contact with whatever built it.

6:00 pm / Saturday, February 6

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RSVP now and let us know you're coming!

You also can RSVP on the SNSO Google+ Community page. Click the image below:

  PLAYERS:

• BYO dice (d6, 2d10, and d20)
• Pre-generated character templates
• No prior experience with Cypher rules necessary
• Check out this free preview of Cypher rules
  
  
  Illustration: Jenifer Doll

Psions and mysteries take over November Saturday Night Space Opera

Psst, hey kid! Here's your chance to preview a game we're hosting at the 2016 Con of the North. This is a super not-so-secret preview of an original adventure by gamemaster Jenifer Doll titled AMONG STARS AND WOULD-BE GODS! This one-shot mystery adventure uses the Monte Cook Games' new Cypher system (the same rules as Numenera and The Strange).

MISSION DETAIL:

You’ve never seen the world outside the walls of the Project Psion Research Center. Its mission--to improve humanity--has dominated your entire life. You’re used to the automated nature of your world, but you haven’t seen the researchers in weeks and something feels very wrong. It’s been long enough now that you and your fellow subjects have no choice but to try and escape the facility.

6:00 pm / Saturday, November 7

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RSVP now so we know you're coming!

YO PLAYERS:

• BYO Dice (d6, 2d10, and d20)
• Character sheets will be provided
• No prior experience with Cypher System is necessary
• Check out this free preview of Cypher rules
  
  

  

  
  

Next Saturday Night Space Opera: Charles Stross' Laundry Files!

We've got another new spin on the Cypher System! Regular SNSO player and awesome gamemaster in his own right, Matt Towle will be running DARK SIDE OF THE MOON based on Charles Stross' Laundry Files.

It takes the world of Stross' books (think Lovecraft meets an underfunded Ministry of Magic) and mashed them with the Cypher rules (of Numenera and The Strange) from Monte Cook Games.

The result is a spy-fi thriller through the lens of an overburdened British bureaucracy. Players take up the role of a special agents sent to investigate supernatural on the moon...but without the resources of a well-funded special ops ministry. As Matt puts it:

Space:1969. While NASA spends millions on cutting-edge rocket technology, your cash-strapped ministry just gave you a wetsuit and a subway token. Next stop: the moon!

6:00 pm / Saturday, September 5

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RSVP now so we know you're coming!

PLAYERS:

• BYO dice (d6, 2d10, and d20)
• Character sheets provided
• No prior experience with Cypher rules necessary
• Check out this free preview of Cypher rules

It's the new Cypher system for August Saturday Night Space Opera!

I'm so excited for the August SNSO--we've got another new GM running the barely-out-of-shrink-wrap Cypher system from Monte Cook Games. It's the same story-driven rules as Numenera and The Strange, which I've played and LOVE. In fact, our June Numenera game has taken off as a regular campaign on a different night.

Now one of the players in that game--and a GM herself--Jennifer Doll, is running an original hard sci-fi space adventure called RUNNING COLD.  

MISSION DETAIL:

On a moon orbiting a gas giant planet, workers mining a rare and valuable element used to initiate cold fusion begin to go missing. You're part of a team of investigators sent to determine the truth. Dive into a rich world of interstellar mystery, action, and suspense! 

6:00 pm / Saturday, August 1

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RSVP now for RUNNING COLD!

 

PLAYERS:

• BYO dice (d6, 2d10, and d20)
• Character sheets provided
• No prior experience with Cypher rules necessary



Check out this free preview of Cypher rules