#alternity — Public Fediverse posts

I have been reading Alternity again after a decade or so since I last looked at it. It's both very old school and also has some interesting new ideas for the game system.

Last time I read it, I remember I really felt enthusiasm after reading it. That's a good reaction to a game, that you really want to play it.

Am I loosing pace a bit in my Fading Suns game? Maybe, or I'm just after a new shiny.

#Alternity #FadingSuns

I have been reading Alternity again after a decade or so since I last looked at it. It's both very old school and also has some interesting new ideas for the game system.

Last time I read it, I remember I really felt enthusiasm after reading it. That's a good reaction to a game, that you really want to play it.

Am I loosing pace a bit in my Fading Suns game? Maybe, or I'm just after a new shiny.

#Alternity #FadingSuns

I have been reading Alternity again after a decade or so since I last looked at it. It's both very old school and also has some interesting new ideas for the game system.

Last time I read it, I remember I really felt enthusiasm after reading it. That's a good reaction to a game, that you really want to play it.

Am I loosing pace a bit in my Fading Suns game? Maybe, or I'm just after a new shiny.

#Alternity #FadingSuns

@HeyeBodo I am in the initial stages of a project to convert material from the old #StarFrontiers and #Alternity TTRPGs into #StarTrekAdventures 2e. I'll be beginning with the SF aliens (Dralasites, Vrusk and Yazirians).

I have a project idea, tying into that #StarTrekAdventures game I was asked to run.

I want to do species writeups for the #StarFrontiers and #Alternity aliens (some of you may also remember them collectively grouped together in #d20Future ) in STA. That includes the Sathar!

I even have a concept of a plan of an idea: the PCs will be a specialized Away Team (senior officers going on ATs is just *stupid*) on a ship investigating a newly-discovered rogue planet drifting in deep space. I even know some things I want them to find there, including aliens from #StarFrontiers and #Alternity!

Dark•Matter: Alternity vs. d20
Last year, I spent some quality time with the Alternity Game system, particularly Dark•Matter. Today I wanted to spend some time comparing the d20 version with the Alternity version.
#d20 #ttrpg #darkmatter #Alternity
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/05/darkmatter-alternity-vs-d20.html

Anyway, my imaginary spaceship is a small interstellar scout, built by a human colony world that was abandoned due to its former overlords being distracted by the Second Galactic War (which, in the #Alternity #StarDrive universe, lasted over a century and blew a lot of things up).

I will call the homeworld "Novayashin", which is short for "Novaya Shin New Fiji Nueva". For unclear reasons, citizens of this planet are called "Space Possums"; most are human but with a few added alien refugees.

In this thread, I'm going to review some aliens from the #Alternity roleplaying game and talk about how cool they are, with pictures. 🧵

Alternity is a science fiction #TTRPG from the 90s that was discontinued because its rulebooks were written in an unreadable font. Much like D&D, it came with default settings (a modern conspiracy one and a futuristic space opera one), but was intended to be flexible; these aliens came from its Player's Handbook and can be adapted to different space operas:

Review: Alternity Star*Drive
Continuing on with Alternity, I am turning my attention to the Star*Drive Campaign Setting. Take your characters to the stars in the 26th Century.
#scifi #tsr #ttrpg #alternity
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2024/05/review-alternity-stardrive.html

Of Python, Alternity 2018, and Cosmic Voyage

My latest on Gemini, I talk about the writing I got done on my vacation, published to Cosmic Voyage. I also talk about how I decided to use the Alternity 2018 roleplaying system to do future character creation.

https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2023-10-23.gmi

https://cosmic.voyage/Lantashi%20Dance/dance-log004.html

Gemini Link - gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2023-10-23.gmi

#python #alternity #cosmicvoyage

So, people who have played/know the old version of #alternity #TTRPG, I’m a first time player and I made a Free Agent/Explorer character. What should I look for in terms of a “beat-up trader ship” from my signature equipment? What’s your favourite one?

@LeviKornelsen #GURPS
#CallOfCthulu
#Spelljammer
#XCrawl
#Dragonstar
#Alternity
#stardrive
History of RPGs
Weird '80s role-playing systems
Player and DM advice
and discussions of good pre-made adventure modules and how to run them

@zdl This will be my first time playing #Alternity, looks interesting!

@Tim_Eagon We’re playing the old version of #Alternity. The ship was made for Traveller D20 originally but I’ll restat it for Alternity.

#introduction I mostly play traditional #tabletop #RPGs like #GURPS (Finishing up a #Yrth game right now), #CallOfCthulhu and #Alternity. I also enjoy the occasional comedy game like #KoboldsAteMyBaby or #Paranoia

I'm writing my own game, tentatively called #100Swords since I'm bad at naming things, it is a d% system like Call of Cthulhu, but with some ideas from #Alternity and #Dnd and GURPS. Trying to make a d% system that isn't super lethal, as pretty much all d% systems are for some reason.

#introduction I mostly play traditional #tabletop #RPGs like #GURPS (Finishing up a #Yrth game right now), #CallOfCthulhu and #Alternity. I also enjoy the occasional comedy game like #KoboldsAteMyBaby or #Paranoia

I'm writing my own game, tentatively called #100Swords since I'm bad at naming things, it is a d% system like Call of Cthulhu, but with some ideas from #Alternity and #Dnd and GURPS. Trying to make a d% system that isn't super lethal, as pretty much all d% systems are for some reason.

#introduction I mostly play traditional #tabletop #RPGs like #GURPS (Finishing up a #Yrth game right now), #CallOfCthulhu and #Alternity. I also enjoy the occasional comedy game like #KoboldsAteMyBaby or #Paranoia

I'm writing my own game, tentatively called #100Swords since I'm bad at naming things, it is a d% system like Call of Cthulhu, but with some ideas from #Alternity and #Dnd and GURPS. Trying to make a d% system that isn't super lethal, as pretty much all d% systems are for some reason.

#introduction I mostly play traditional #tabletop #RPGs like #GURPS (Finishing up a #Yrth game right now), #CallOfCthulhu and #Alternity. I also enjoy the occasional comedy game like #KoboldsAteMyBaby or #Paranoia

I'm writing my own game, tentatively called #100Swords since I'm bad at naming things, it is a d% system like Call of Cthulhu, but with some ideas from #Alternity and #Dnd and GURPS. Trying to make a d% system that isn't super lethal, as pretty much all d% systems are for some reason.

#introduction I mostly play traditional #tabletop #RPGs like #GURPS (Finishing up a #Yrth game right now), #CallOfCthulhu and #Alternity. I also enjoy the occasional comedy game like #KoboldsAteMyBaby or #Paranoia

I'm writing my own game, tentatively called #100Swords since I'm bad at naming things, it is a d% system like Call of Cthulhu, but with some ideas from #Alternity and #Dnd and GURPS. Trying to make a d% system that isn't super lethal, as pretty much all d% systems are for some reason.

Me: Why is there no retro clone of the Alternity RPG? Somebody should make one.

Also Me: Well aren’t you a good looking “somebody”.

#ttrpg #Alternity #RetroClone

I've got a habit of loving the IDEAs of RPG settings but hating all the details: Example: I love a lot of the trappings of #Spelljammer, but can't stand what they did with it, so I idly write my own ships-in-space setting in my head. I've only tried to run it once, and it failed due to grad school burnout.

I also like #StarDrive for the #Alternity system, but again, want to tweak and rewrite SO MANY things.

@GurglingGrout love it!
Most recently played:
1. #HauntedWest
2. #SavageWorlds
3. #MageTheAscension
4. #13thage
5. #Zweihander
(And ofc, #DnD )

Want to play:
1. #Alternity
2. #TinyD6
3. #Blackhack
4. #Cortex
5. #BlueRose

Alright, we are doing the post hashtags so people can find you

#rpg
#trrpg
#gurps
#D&D
#dnd
#alternity
#spelljammer
#stardrive

The other adventure I'm going to run is Exit 23, a classic Dark Matter intro adventure that comes with pregens and maps. When I ran it for the first time in High School a goth friend gave me some art she had drawn as a game prop that I found on my hard drive again.

#Alternity #TerminalCityTabletopCon #DarkMatter