tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post8424149216387124371..comments2023-11-11T10:25:11.538+00:00Comments on The Free RPG Blog: Kickstarting a free RPG? Check out The ArtefactRob Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01377928640392467606noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-79748979666434168892015-03-23T20:25:31.692+00:002015-03-23T20:25:31.692+00:00Hi Michael, I've not read Metamorphosis Alpha ...Hi Michael, I've not read Metamorphosis Alpha but I have read many, many Sci Fi RPGs that draw from similar canon - like The Artefact and Icar. I do think that Emmett has an eye for detail that brings the game home and I was delighted to read my copy, which now nestled on my shelf next to the test prints of Icar.Rob Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377928640392467606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-31605033181489685342015-03-17T21:54:49.223+00:002015-03-17T21:54:49.223+00:00I thought 'The Artifact' was a 'thinly...I thought 'The Artifact' was a 'thinly veiled reproduction' of 'Metamorphosis Alpha'! ;)<br /><br />And if it was done as a supplement for that game, I'd be glad to buy it!<br />Michael Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-67830813701414671602012-09-24T08:45:13.264+01:002012-09-24T08:45:13.264+01:00Hi anarchist. Icar is my free Sci Fi RPG, you can ...Hi anarchist. Icar is my free Sci Fi RPG, you can <a href="http://www.icar.co.uk" rel="nofollow">download it here</a>.Rob Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377928640392467606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-42942263867950131302012-09-21T08:07:44.456+01:002012-09-21T08:07:44.456+01:00Which one is Icar?Which one is Icar?anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-74051967210308908582012-09-14T02:17:54.396+01:002012-09-14T02:17:54.396+01:00I love that RPG. I also pledged to Afterearth: The...I love that RPG. I also pledged to Afterearth: The Fall. It is a mix of sci-fi, fantasy and Mad max...oh and has some magic in there. Pretty crazy. That's 4 major RPG's I have subscribed to. These guys do a PDF at a buck which is always appreciated.<br /><br />AfterEarth Kickstarter<br />http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1170969302/afterearth-the-fall-rpg-create-and-modify-with-usJoshua Garcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-17943156287028404152012-09-11T10:33:16.102+01:002012-09-11T10:33:16.102+01:00Rob, Traveller was just a reconstruction of earlie...Rob, Traveller was just a reconstruction of earlier Sci Fi. Dumarest, H. Beam Piper, Assimov, just to name three. And George Lucas has probably read his share of Piper as well.<br /><br />At least it means we're all in good company. :)<br /><br />As for The Artifact, I believe it bears supporting and have already put my money where my mouth (or in this case, keyboard) is. :)Nilshttp://enderra.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-50903867966382523102012-09-10T14:58:18.710+01:002012-09-10T14:58:18.710+01:00Thanks Rob!
I looked at my traffic this morning a...Thanks Rob!<br /><br />I looked at my traffic this morning and saw a whole bunch of hits coming from the Free RPG Blog, I get some still from your original review but this was way more so I figured something was up. I popped over and woah! Cool!<br /><br />Just so everyone else knows, Rob's been great and very supportive I can't thank him enough. He does a disservice to Icar though, it may be space opera but it's not your normal fare. Rob even developed his own branch of high tech physics for Icar and it's really cool stuff.<br /><br />@mhd You're right, I'm not inventing the concept of a constructed world, really any story has it's roots in something if it didn't, it would be abstract and no one would be able to relate to it. It's really taken me 16+ years to wrap my head around what The Artifact would be like on the human scale, it might not even be possible for me to come up with something completely original but even if I did it would probably take me more time than the age of the universe to be able to explain it! :)Emmett O'Brianhttp://www.theartifact.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-19935667721908488952012-09-10T13:37:59.260+01:002012-09-10T13:37:59.260+01:00Hi @mhd, thanks for your comment!
The idea of a b...Hi @mhd, thanks for your comment!<br /><br />The idea of a big construct isn't new (nor is space flight, aliens or laser beams) but that it is an ellipse - and all of the physics and geomechanics that go with it. It is so well thought out that it makes it Sci Fi rather than Space Opera, which accounts for the vast majority of Sci Fi RPGs.Rob Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377928640392467606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273659070093034708.post-52613273500497622162012-09-10T13:24:22.080+01:002012-09-10T13:24:22.080+01:00New? Isn't "weird world-like construct&qu...New? Isn't "weird world-like construct"/ Big Dumb Object quite old? Niven's <i>Ringworld</i> comes to mind (in RPG form from Chaosium '84), or as a more recent example Bill Coffin's <i>Septimus</i>.<br /><br />Heck, even <i>World of Synnibar</i> might qualify.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com