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#TTRPG – MOTSP – The Hot Take

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Congratulations on your purchase/rental of the:
Shurok Mivshikvik Shunvik Mivsha – Sha-Rashmivvikruk
(CTF INDEPENDENT TRADER – The Hot Take)
from Corman Ship Repair Ltd, for the agreed price of:
1,200 GP per terranglic standard month.
Please note that you are required to maintain and upkeep the vessel, make repairs and modifications and otherwise treat the ship entirely as your own, with Corman Ship Repair being the first stop for such repairs, if possible

The Sha-Rashmivvikruk is a pre-collapse Churoc Trade Federation Independent Trader, rated to haul up to 800 tons of external cargo pods in its cargo clamps (4 standard 10/4/4m CTF cargo pods).

The ship has been fitted with two after-market Du-shamiv-Shurokmivvik-pikvik-zhumavikruk (Twin-Turret CTF Point Defence Plasma Blasters) for protection from space debris and to aggressively pursue futures in the salvage market. These have been slaved to the main drive and main power system, to ensure effectively bottomless ammunition.

STATS
CREW:10/2
ATTACK: +0
SCALE: 4
HIT POINTS: 28
ARMOUR: d4
DEFENCE: 8
SPEED: Moderate
WEAPONS: None
TOUGHNESS SAVE: 7
REFLEX SAVE: 5
POWER SAVE: 7
Automation x8
Twin Turret CTF Point Defence Plasma Blasters: Scale 4, Damage d6, Range Short, Ammo Save N/A

Please note that, as a second-hand vessel, Sha-Rashmivvikruk has some quirks you will have to get used to.

  • The environmental systems are always slightly cool by human standards. Humanoid sophonts from temperate or warm climates may wish to purchase a ship-jacket to go over their shipsuit (Corman branded merchandise is available via our home office, pod 018, Satana Station, The Throat).
  • Headroom is low for most sophonts in many areas, due to the relatively small size of the churoc who built the vessel. Taller sophonts are advised to spend most of their time in the bridge, engine or common rooms on board.
  • While the SI system on board has been updated for trade-argot and terranglic, it tends to revert to churoc language in emergencies, a handy guide to churoc emergency phrases is included with these rental documents.

Happy wandering!

Corman Rog, Chief Engineer

SYSTEM STATUS ALERTS

EnglishShuvashik (formal)Shorthand / CrewPronunciation
Red Alert!RashpikvikruRashpikRAHSH-pik-veek-roo
Engine Damaged!MavpikshunruMavpikMAV-pik-shoon-roo
Weapon Systems Offline!ZhumavikpikshikZhumpikZHOO-ma-veek-pik-shik
Hull Breach!ShamivpikshunShampikSHAH-miv-pik-shoon
Life Support Critical!ShunvikenvshikShunenvSHOON-veek-ENV-shik
Shields Down!PikshumvikshikPikshumPIK-shum-veek-shik
Power Surge / OverloadVimshunmavikVimshunVEEM-shoon-ma-veek
Structural StressShamivstravikShamstravSHAH-miv-strah-veek
Reactor InstabilityZhumavikstrashikZhumstrashZHOO-ma-veek-strah-shik

ENVIRONMENTAL ALERTS

EnglishShuvashik (formal)Shorthand / CrewPronunciation
Fire DetectedShunflavikshikShunflaSHOON-flah-veek-shik
Radiation LeakRadzhumvikshikRadzhumRAD-zhoom-veek-shik
Toxic AtmosphereShunfashvikShunfashSHOON-fahsh-veek
Hull Pressure DropShamivpikdrukShamdrukSHAH-miv-pik-drook
Vent MalfunctionVikventshikVikventVEEK-vent-shik

EXTERNAL / COMBAT ALERTS

EnglishShuvashik (formal)Shorthand / CrewPronunciation
Enemy Approaching!ZharshunpikZharshunZHAR-shoon-pik
Boarding Party DetectedShunrakpikshikShunrakSHOON-rahk-pik-shik
Missile / Projectile IncomingZhumvikshunpikZhumvikZHUM-veek-shoon-pik
Sensor Jammed / BlindVikshumshikVikshumVEEK-shum-shik
Electronic Warfare ActiveZhazhumvikvikZhazhumZHA-zhoom-veek-veek

AI / SYSTEM MALFUNCTION

EnglishShuvashik (formal)Shorthand / CrewPronunciation
AI MalfunctionShunaipikshikShunaiSHOON-ai-pik-shik
Navigation CompromisedNavpikshunvikNavpikNAV-pik-shoon-veek
Communication FailureComvikshikComvikKOM-veek-shik
Life Support Override NeededShunenvpikshikShunenvSHOON-env-pik-shik

MISC / URGENT ALERTS

EnglishShuvashik (formal)Shorthand / CrewPronunciation
Docking CollisionShamdokpikshunShamdokSHAHM-dok-pik-shoon
Cargo Hold BreachShamcargpikShamcargSHAHM-carg-pik
Unknown Signal DetectedZhashunpikZhashunZHA-shoon-pik
Emergency EvacuationShunvikevakshikShunevakSHOON-veek-evak-shik

#TTRPG #FreeRPGDay – Machinations of the Space Princess Quickstart!

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Welcome Spacefreaks!

We’re relaunching our successful Machinations of the Space Princess old-school swords-and-scifi game, and you’re invited!

For the time being this is FREE and includes a psychedelic and surreal space adventure of time-loops and cosmic pizza, as well as quickstart rules so you can try out the game for yourself, as well as pregenerated characters in case you want to start some trouble right away!

This is also the start of our forthcoming Machinations-Media project, which will present a monthly ‘zine supporting the worlds of Machinations of the Space Princess over the course of a year. More details on that are forthcoming soon!

Lastly, this is our first full attempt at finding ethical ways to use AI, strong human oversight that aims to use AI to assist the disabled and neurodivergent in completing projects and achieving a little independence, or helping older creators to keep working and earning.

We hope people will support this aim, and the use of AI in this context, helping rather than replacing human beings.

GET IT HERE

#TTRPG – Vigilantes for Shadowdark RELEASED!

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The OG GM Presents…

Shadowdark Vigilantes is the 2025 spiritual successor to the Wretched Vigilantes campaign setting I created in 2023.

In this game, you will be thrust into a gritty and dark version of Fresno, now infamously known as Crime City!

Within this setting, the players will assume the role of antiheroes, vigilantes and retired characters from the golden age who are thrust into action to defend their city from the Crime Lords.

The Crime Lords were once a squad of heroes known as Vanguard who became corrupted and now terrorise the very city they once protected.

In this Shadowdark world, the player characters will embark on a journey of redemption and self-discovery. They must confront their personal struggles and overcome the terrible secrets of their past to save the city from itself.

GET IT HERE!

#TTRPG Tabletopless: EroTech Gazetteer 06 RELEASED!

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You can buy it HERE.

A gazetteer containing information and additional material around the Tabletopless EroTech adult gameworld and campaign.

Legally distinct squid-headed monsters, the new allies of the Yegis.
Simply Defined Yegis forces.
Gelatinous Icosohedrons
The Dancers – The Moons of Kanotag
Ferrinvida the Island of the Tomb Legions
Olueva – Graveyard of Dwarves
Ishtaret – Island of Swamp Roses
Orcish Pirates
A Lich Lord

#TTRPG – A Fistful of Goblins by the OG GM

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Well, howdy pardner, this here is the wildest tabletop role-playing game in the wilderness because It is the Wild West, but with Goblins!

Features the complete history of the Weird West and the Pog wars. Plus, rules for Weird Science, Goblin magic, chases, homesteading, cryptids, and gunfights at high noon.
It’s time to Ride off into the sunset with A Fistful of Goblins.

Approved for use with Project Black Flag

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Notes from a Small Fallout Game Pt II

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Hybridised rules taken from the Wanderer’s Guide, combined with Devil’s Run.

Corvega Coupe
Speed: 3/75mph Scale: 2 PDR: 3 EDR: 3 Cover: 2D EP: 1 Impact: 6D Passengers: 2 Structure: 22
Qualities: Cargo 50, Exposed, High Performance.

Steam Truck
Speed: 1 Scale: 3 PDR: 2 EDR: 2 Cover: 3 EP: 1 Impact: 7D Passengers: 6 Structure: 36
Qualities: Cargo 200, Exposed, Rugged.

Highwayman
Speed: 3 Scale: 2 PDR: 3 EDR: 4 Cover: 2 EP: 1 Impact: 5 Passengers: 5 Structure: 34
Qualities: Cargo 120, Exposed, Heavy Construction, Turbo-Charged, Expanded Trunk, Grav Plates (Lightweight without penalty), Analogue Construction (+1 EDR).

Brotherhood of Steel Full-Track APC
Speed: 1 Scale: 3 PDR: 6 EDR: 6 Cover: Enclosed EP: 1 Impact: 8 Passengers: 6, Structure: 44
Qualities: Cargo 500, Exposed, Rugged, Heavy Construction, Armoured, Haulage, Tracked.

Raider Warbuggy
Speed: 2 Scale: 1 PDR: 2 EDR: 2 Cover: 1 EP: 0 Impact: 5 Passengers: 3, Structure: 12
Qualities: Cargo 50, Rugged, Wheeled, Exposed, Battering Ram 1.

Brotherhood of Steel Hummer
Speed: 2 Scale: 2 PDR: 8 EDR: 8 Cover: Enclosed EP: 2 Impact: 8 Passengers: 3, Structure: 39
Qualities: Cargo 200, Enclosed, Heavy Construction, Passenger Protection (+2 Cover), Turbo-Charged.

Brotherhood of Steel Scout Car
Speed: 1 Scale: 1 PDR: 3 EDR: 3 Cover: 2 EP: 0 Impact: 4 Passengers: 3 Structure: 14
Qualities: Enclosed, Ground, Rugged, Wheeled, Armoured +1, Off-Road, Turbo-Charged.

Winnebago
Speed: 2 Scale: 3 PDR: 4 EDR: 3 Cover: 3 EP: 2 Impact: 8 Passengers: 12 Structure: 40
Qualities: Cargo 410, Exposed, Environmental Conditioning, Kit Locker, Large Weapon Locker, 7 beds, Shower, Dining Area, Kitchen Area, Toilet.

Corvega Atomic V8
Speed: 2 Scale: 2 PDR: 3 EDR: 3 Cover: 2 EP: 2 Impact: 5 Passengers: 5 Structure: 28
Qualities: Cargo 100, Exposed, Environmental Conditioning, High Performance, (Two door version has +1 Cover, bubble-top version has +1 EP)

Paddle Steamer (Duchess Gambit)
Speed: 1 Scale: 4 PDR: 3 EDR: 2 Cover: 3 EP: 1 Impact: 8 Passengers: 21 Structure: 80
Qualities: Cargo 400, Exposed, Workstation, Cabin with bath/cooking area.

Corvega Sedan
Speed: 2 Scale: 2 PDR: 3 EDR: 3 Cover: 2 EP: 2 Impact: 5 Passengers: 5 Structure: 34
Qualities: Cargo 100, Exposed, Environmental Conditioning, Heavy Construction, Cumbersome.

Fusion Flea/Zip
Speed: 2 Scale: 1 PDR: 2 EDR: 2 Cover: EP: 2 Impact: 4 Passengers: 1, Structure: 7
Qualities: Cargo 35, Enclosed, Single Seater, Environmental Conditioning, (The military version has +1 Armour with the weight offset by a turbo).

Chryslus Cherry Bomb
Speed: 7 Scale: 2 PDR: 2 EDR: 2 Cover: 2 EP: 2 Impact: 6 Passengers: 1 Structure: 22
Qualities: Cargo 60, Enclosed, High Performance, Environmental Conditioning, Reduced Weight, Kit Locker, Turbo-charged x3.

Station Wagon
Speed: 2 Scale: 2 PDR: 3 EDR: 3 Cover: 2 EP: 2 Impact: 8 Passengers: 6 Structure: 39
Qualities: Enclosed (bubble), Ground, Rugged, Wheeled, Environmental Conditioning.

We Were Munchkins RELEASED!

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25 years ago, James ‘Grim’ Desborough and Steve Mortimer wrote The Munchkin’s Guide to Powergaming. Little did they know this would start an incredibly profitable chain of events for Steve Jackson Games.

Being young, stupid, and needing the money, the contract wasn’t exactly the best. In the intervening years, SJG has made millions of dollars from spin-off products while Grim and Steve have made a few hundred.

It’s rare to help create a hit in this industry and rarer still to profit from it!

Having consulted with their audience, the authors have concluded that we might as well make it possible for anyone with a pricked conscience to donate a modest amount if they enjoyed The Munchkin’s Guide to Powergaming or its many spin-offs.

This is mostly what this is, but it’ll also be a living document, updated with reminiscences from the writing of the original book and insights into aspects of it, such as The Cyberpunk Shopping Trip, Lard Sandwiches, and The Gun is Your Skill List.

Gorean Adventures: Moon Dance RELEASED!

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ADULT PRODUCT

In this adventure our party is swept out to the far Tahari where strange rumours recall events from decades ago. Stealth, cunning and diplomacy will be needed to negotiate the harsh desert and to put an end to this threat to the counter-earth!

An adventure for Tales of Gor.

PDF Available HERE.

PoD Available HERE.

Also available at all good PDF outlets.

#TTRPG – Dungeon Crawl Classics conversion book for Wightchester RELEASED!

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GET WIGHTCHESTER HERE

A conversion book for Wightchester: Prison City of the Damned to allow you to use the NPCs and monsters in your Dungeon Crawl Classics games, along with some new rules and options.

Optional Hit Point changes
Optional Luck changes
Expanded Skill rules
Criminal Occupations
Wightchester Character Class options
Firearms rules
Over 70 pages of (mostly undead) monstrosities

#TTRPG – Sexbots REDUX Released for Machinations of the Space Princess

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A revised and expanded edition of the original Sexbots supplement for Machinations of the Space Princess, compatible with most OSR games.

Here you will find rules and options for playing robots (not just sexbots) and their place in the MotSP universe.

Some art was created with AI assistance but always reworked and rejigged by mortal human hands. We’re still navigating this new development, same as everyone else.

HARDCOPY

DIGITAL