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Main Topic We are going to be chatting about our thoughts and reflections on this the Season 6 Wrapup.  I knew this was going to be a big project and in the end I feel...

Main Topic Info on the Main Topic goes here. Stat Blocks Zendead General Kaamada Sani General Sani is a middle aged woman whose predecessors came from the Indian subcontinent. She is always dressed in a...

Main Topic What do we mean by system swapping? Well the idea is if we put this all together in say 5e what would it look like in something like D6 Space or Gumshoe? What...

Main Topic I would start with a short run campaign like 3 or 4 adventures. What are those adventures? Where would it be set? Lets see what I had for an idea.  The opening scene...

Main Topic So you finished that first adventure and now you ask what is the next step? Well dive into something bigger, what is that bigger thing? The campaign can be the next thing if...

Main Topic We are in the final episodes of the setting build we have done. We wanted to touch on a few more topics before we put this season in the history books. So a...

Main Topic Whenever humans collect in any numbers they do a few different things. One is they create groups or cliches, and another is they start talking. Once people start talking they realize that they...

Main Topic Alien lifeforms can and should be well alien. While being alien is important, being too far removed from human makes them hard to relate to. So while in reality aliens could be most...

Main Topic We talked about different adversaries that were NPC's but there can be other types of adversaries. Not all of them are people. Adversaries can fall into a few other categories as well. Part...

Main Topic Last time we talked about the maps for the ship. This time we are going to talk about maps of things outside the ship. Are there a lot of different kinds? Yes there...

Main Topic Maps are things we will not do in a battlemap format. Those are really big and generally only useful for small scale things. If you want to have some The folks over at...

Main Topic Books and Media that inspire our Apocalypse.  Books Zendead 1 Improv for Gamers 2 Darwin’s World d20 based game that was really cool and had a ton of cool new ideas that can...

Main Topic Zendead’s Music Recommendations Cryo Chamber has lots of play lists on You tube Aim to Head  Spacewave on You Tube Ghost I-IV by Trent Reznor Joules’s Music Recommendations: The Day the World Died...

Main Topic As we talked about a bit last time, the locations in and around the ship are easy focal points for adventure. This time we are going to add a few more locations and...

Main Topic Locales are a thing that you must have in a game. We are going to talk about a few in this episode. They can help to create backdrops for action as well as...

Main Topic Npc's are so very important to any game that is being run. While some of the NPC's are big bad guys and some are protagonists, some fall in the path of the PC's....

Main Topic This Episode is going to be going into and talking about a few new NPC's that will be showing up in the setting. So let's dive right in and get to it.  Stat...

Main Topic Last episode we touched on a faction in the ship today we are going to touch on a few more. They are going to have a bit of info about them and how...

Main Topic Joules got to go to the best 4 days in gaming this year and she and I will be sitting down to talk about all the cool stuff she found and folks she...

Main Topic The basics of the setting is the Ark. While there are potential asteroids and planets that may expand the horizon of the world, these will be primarily tackled when we talk about locales...

 Deter the Meter What do you need to do kid? Are you kidding me? The Layout artists approved this? I don't think so. I may be old but I sure as hell ain't stupid. You...

Sammie “The Worm” Gregory Sammie is a scrounger and cleaner. She is working on her understanding of the printers and how to work them. The big printers all the way down to the smallest ones...

Layout Artist Jackson Macgee Jackson is a newer artist when it comes to creating protective gear for the engineers. The suits he makes can be anything from tight fitting printed on a skinsuit with the...

Chief Layout Artist Artemis  CLA Artemis may be one of the few that is truly capable of creating from nothing the files to make whole new prints. She has spent more time with every old...

Compositor Union The Compositor's Union is the faction that is in charge of the 3d printing tech and all it can do. If it is inorganic they can print it. Printers work in many different...

Main Topic In the last episode we let you in on what we are doing this season. We all pitched a setting . . . and then we came to the conclusion that they all...

Main Topic Intro After we ran a poll with the Patreon Subscribers whose votes counted double and a poll on twitter we are here. And where is here? We are at the collapse, the end...

Main Topic We are going to throw down a person, place and thing in three different themes. Let's see what our creations are with the themes of Aliens, Fallen Empires, and When the master is...

Main Topic When you are sitting at the table to play a game what are you doing? Are you waiting to be led to the next thing or are you engaging in the game? How...

Main Topic Guard-a-Manger The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett. The last novel published by Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man gave rise to a media phenomenon including movies, tv shows, and more. For a GM, The Thin...

Main Topic  Tonight we are sitting down to chat Savage BattleLords again but this time with the creators.  Let them know what we like and question about how they did things. Just a reminder the...

Main Topic The Kickstarter for this book will be going live in the spring some time. We were not given a firm date for that yet. If you want to check out the Quickstart rules...

Main Topic We have all been there. You check your notes for the game that is supposed to start in 30 minutes and realize you haven't got anything written down. Oh No, what do you...

Main Topic As we look at more ways to include creatures and interesting critters to populate a world, we turn to primarily non-sentient undead, constructs, and robots that may be around!  Undead – One of...

Main Topic As we look at more ways to include creatures and interesting critters to populate a world, we turn to primarily non-sentient undead, constructs, and robots that may be around!  Undead – One of...

Main Topic Super Villains are a staple of the comic genre. They help to be the foil to the Heroes of those stories. How do you build one in a Superhero Game? First look to...

Main Topic Super Villains are a staple of the comic genre. They help to be the foil to the Heroes of those stories. How do you build one in a Superhero Game? First look to...

Main Topic Even as folks become more proficient in running games, there is always room for improvement.  There is a kind of strange kind of situation that seems to be unique to gaming when it...

Main Topic Even as folks become more proficient in running games, there is always room for improvement.  There is a kind of strange kind of situation that seems to be unique to gaming when it...

Main Topic Tropes and cliches represent two related ideas that often are confused with one another. Each can be used to great effect, but often the former is considered positive while the latter negative. Each...

Main Topic Tropes and cliches represent two related ideas that often are confused with one another. Each can be used to great effect, but often the former is considered positive while the latter negative. Each...

Main Topic Fireside Chat 2021. We just sit around and chat about the year. Also what we would like to do in the upcoming year as well.  We cover movies we liked to working on...

Main Topic Fireside Chat 2021. We just sit around and chat about the year. Also what we would like to do in the upcoming year as well.  We cover movies we liked to working on...

Main Topic The Evil Overlord is an iconic stereotype of games and books. This one leans into the fantasy realms more so than some of the other villains. At least I feel that way. This...

Main Topic The Evil Overlord is an iconic stereotype of games and books. This one leans into the fantasy realms more so than some of the other villains. At least I feel that way. This...

Main Topic Technology is ubiquitous in Sci-Fi. As a matter of fact it is actually one of the defining elements to the genre. Is this something you are going to make major or minor as...

Main Topic Technology is ubiquitous in Sci-Fi. As a matter of fact it is actually one of the defining elements to the genre. Is this something you are going to make major or minor as...

Main Topic Magic is often one of the defining pillars of a Fantasy Game or Setting. When you are either designing your own, or describing an existing setting's magic, make sure to capture what sort...

Main Topic Magic is often one of the defining pillars of a Fantasy Game or Setting. When you are either designing your own, or describing an existing setting's magic, make sure to capture what sort...

Main Topic  With a varied and rich background, B. Dave Walters brings a unique touch to the characters and games he runs, plays, and writes. A well recognized panelist for conventions, streamer, and writer, Dave...

Main Topic  With a varied and rich background, B. Dave Walters brings a unique touch to the characters and games he runs, plays, and writes. A well recognized panelist for conventions, streamer, and writer, Dave...