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Instant Cyberpunk Gigs, NPCs, and Events

Arvind’s Maptober Do you like to create maps? Over at the Roleplaying Tips Community, Arvind started a daily mapping challenge for Maptober: Join us in the #maps-terrain-minis channel for a daily quest and to check out others’ creations: https://discord.gg/hqE6gfs5P Any map creation method is welcome! Instant Cyberpunk Gigs, NPCs, and Events My friend Ray, aka […]

Colony & Outpost Creation Checklist

I’ve got a great checklist for you today. @Exile In Paradise, a fantastic mod helping fellow GMs in my Discord, shared with me a great list of AI generated questions and details for creating colonies, outposts, and settlements in space. This is in response to Orbital Trouble: d12 Space Outpost Hooks. I normally don’t spit […]

5 Excellent Sci-Fi Tips (Mail Bag)

Monday I explored some scifi stuff with Orbital Trouble: d12 Space Outpost Hooks. Got some great responses and tips from fellow Roleplaying Tips GMs: Outposts vs. Colonies From Wizard of Adventure ExileinParadise First, for my Salvage Space RPG, I am pushing both “colonies” and “outposts” What’s the difference? Colonies are “mostly” self-sufficient on food, air, […]

Orbital Trouble: d12 Space Outpost Hooks

Had some large blocks of “waiting time” on the weekend, so I started noodling on what might make space outposts interesting. Why? I’m a sci-fi RPG noob, aiming to run my first game when things settle down a bit over here. And I’m not very familiar with the details and tropes of the genre. So, […]

Boldly Go Where You’ve Not Gone Before: 5 Tips for Newbie Scifi GMs

Are you a GM who’s never run a science fiction game but are thinking about it? In a GM coaching call last Monday eve, this topic came up and we spoke on this for about an hour. I’m in the same boat: I’ve read and played scifi RPGs, but have not GM’d them before and […]

Choosing Your Next Science Fiction RPG: Reader Recommendations

Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0442 Choosing Your Next Science Fiction RPG: Reader Recommendations In Issue #428 I polled you to help me figure out what science fiction RPG I should try as my next game. Here is the original request: What Sci-Fi RPG Should I Play Next Year? My D&D campaign is slowly forming a plot, […]

d4 Reader Tips => Solo 5RDs, Sci-Fi Generator, Get Colourful, Hazard Risks

Here are some cool tips to pass along from your fellow game masters.

How Do You GM Great Droids?

In RPT #512 RND(axe) asked for help on running interesting droids in his Star Wars game. I received the following two great responses: Keep Droids Tools From Mark of the Pixie When I run droids, I stay focused on their purpose. Droids are tools, not characters (helps stop them outshining PCs). It colours their outlook […]

Tips On Designing General Sci-Fi Locations

From Jonathan Hicks Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0197 Tips On Designing General Sci-Fi Locations There are many strange places in the universe, many strange worlds and cities. The trick is making each of these locations work for your game and the reality of the world you are gaming in. The locations don’t have to be grounded […]

11 Point Checklist For Creating a Better Sci-Fi World

From Jonathan Hicks Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0183 A Brief Word From The John(n)s Readers’ Tips Contest! Howdy folks. Thanks to the hard work of John Feltz, I now have the bandwidth to post a Tips Request. Remember those? It’s about time too — we were getting low on tips to post. And, for this time […]

5 Tips For Sci-Fi Campaign Preparation

From Jonathan Hicks Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0181 A Brief Word From John 1 & 2 Voting Has Begun! The voting has opened for the ENnies at ENWorld. My book, NPC Essentials, is up for a Game Aid award. Even if you don’t intend to vote for the book (gasp!) please swing by the site and […]

Creating A Sci-Fi Setting With Depth: 5 Tips On Creating Sci-Fi Locations

From Jonathan Hicks Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0170 A Brief Word From Johnn New Contest: Wilderness Encounters & Conflicts Up for grabs in this new contest: 2 Print Books: “NPC Essentials” By RPG Objects & Johnn Fourhttp://roleplayingtips.rpgshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=32181 3 eBooks: “Swords of Our Fathers” by The Game MechanicsSwords of Our Fathers 4 eBooks: “101 Arcane Spell Components” […]

14 Elements Of Starship Design For Newbie Sci-Fi Gamers

From Jonathan Hicks Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0155 A Brief Word From Johnn This Week’s Article Great For Fantasy & Other Genres Too As I was reading Jonathan’s article about starship design it occurred to me that many of the elements he’s identified also make a great idea checklist for GMs of other genres. For example, […]

6 Tips For Creating Aliens For Sci-Fi Games

From Jonathan Hicks Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0147 6 Tips For Creating Aliens For Sci-Fi Games Aliens. When you think of these you immediately think of two things – Star Trek-type rubber faces, or movie-type dark killing machines. But the ecology and personality of aliens are as diverse as the worlds they herald from. Here are […]