by Corbeau | Jan 1, 2019 | (review) | Articles, Corps, Mechanics, Technology
Note: One of my earliest HSD articles, and perhaps a lot more stat-crunchy than was called for! – Corbeau (Net Neutrality map CC license, The Opte Project) In the beginning was the network. Ask a random Vector where the seeds of their culture came from. Most...
by Corbeau | Jan 1, 2019 | (review) | Articles, Mechanics
Getting ready for our chat about the stat grid tonight, the main focus of Episode 4. It’s tricky getting clear numbers in a dice system with three variables (dice size [8,10,12], proficiency/training [+0 to +4], stat dice pool [theoretically from 1 to 5, but can...
by Corbeau | Jan 1, 2019 | (review) | Articles, Worldbuilding
Editor’s Note: Vectors and humans extensively terraformed Mars to make the environment hospitable. Later, Venus was radically transformed by Vectors, who replaced its atmosphere and even changed its rotation. overall, it’s quite similar to Terra, though...
by Corbeau | Jan 1, 2019 | (review), Corporatology | Uncategorized
A Game of Shares Thoughts on how stock trading and ledgers influence the world of HSD note – this was written before Sound and Silence was released, and that book has a lot of info on the economics of Sol. Maybe I’ll expand this eventually… Whether...
by Corbeau | Jan 1, 2019 | (review) | Articles, Mechanics
Placeholder for a work-in-progress article, this should grow over the course of the week…In the meantime, please excuse the gibberish None of this is to say the Motivation mechanic is broken. It’s a clean mechanic for establishing and rewarding a baseline...
