As to people starting campaigns in TNE - I have one that's really taking
off! I have 5 folks playing in a 'pocket empire' - something relatively
akin to the area in the corridor. I've changed only a portion of the rules
regarding the virus - essentially that if there isn't a hardwire connection,
the actual silicon beasty can't travel to the other machine and re-write
it's circuitry. It's made explaining my worlds a bit easier. There's
also the point that they can still 'write' their own virus's to carry
themselves to points unknown, etc. Anyway, the campaign.
I used the near star map (the closest 26 parsecs that folks have been
talking about occasionally here) and started detailing out star systems. I
picked a system (#587 for those of you who have the list) and detailed it as
Joydel, a TL8 system rediscovering JumpDrive from the ruins of a scout base.
There's other details as they go - but I generally run a campaign like some
SF writers write in a Universe: A number of stories (adventures) set in a
common universe (area of space) - sometimes with the same characters.
Allowing the players to switch characters between adventures keeps them
happy with one game system longer from what I've found - and I said they
could develop any of their contacts into full PCs to run at a later date.
If anyone's interested - I'm keeping VERY close notes of the setup and
would be happy to share them. It's essentially a 3D space traveller, using
the destruction of the Imperium to allow me to easily map a small area of
'what could have been' imperial space for the purposes of some adventures.
Hey - so it goes. I'm also hoping that some of these adventures will show
in TTC or Challenge... we'll see.
Anyone else have a campaign or adventure happenin' in TNE?
joe University of Missouri - Columbia
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