A Mini-Six & Far Trek Simian Saturday

Hope everyone is have a great Simian Saturday.
No gaming on my end this weekend.
However, Mark Craddock was nice enough to make me aware of some fun Ape templates for the Mini-Six RPG over on the The Gnomish Embassy Blog!

 Also if you are a fan of Far Trek, you might want to join the Far Trek G+ group for some fun Siman (PotA-style) races for your Far Trek games!
Have a Great Weekend!

Breachworld RPG

Here's an interesting Kickstarter Breachworld, it uses the Mini-Six system  which is a fun rules-lite version of the D6 System of original Star Wars RPG fame.

It reminds me of Rifts a bit, Post Apocalyptic Earth with Aliens and Monsters, sounds pretty cool.  I'll be following this one closely!

D6 Space

 I know most if not all of you know the D6 rules are available for free download. Which is just really cool!
However, I'm just a book in hand kinda guy, so I looked around to see if any of the recent D6 books were available in print form for a good price.  I lucked up and got a Hardback copy of D6 Space for $5.

 I don't know when we will get to play D6/Mini-Six, but I gotta admit it's a neat rules system.  Happy to have it as part of my collection.  So many games so little time! 

The Unofficial Marvel Comics Star Wars Roleplaying Page

     A follow up to yesterday's post regarding Star Wars D6. While I did mostly miss out on the coolness of Star Wars D6, I was a big fan of the Marvel Comics Star Wars run, particularly the earlier stories...featuring Jaxxon, and Valance and the later stories with the wicked cool Nagai! 
Here is a great Web-site featuring original art, D6 stats and a whole lot of love of the Marvel Comics Star Wars run. So without further ado I  bring you The Home of the Lost Star Warriors! 

Star Wars D6...Sorry I'm late!

 After my great finds Saturday, my wife had a much easier time getting me out and about to do some antiquing/shopping yesterday.  For the most part we didn't really find much of interest, but we spent a pleasant day together.  Late in the day, I think she felt sorry for me, as I had eagerly hoped to score more Sci Fi novels from yesteryear, but had so far come up empty handed.  So she suggested we stop at an out of the way little book store, one that I had forgotten about (its quite a drive from our normal haunts).  I didn't expect to find much, last time I was in there I didn't find anything of interest to me, but I figured it couldn't hurt so we went inside.
Tucked in a back corner behind some unrelated books I found this!!!

                                                     and this!

They were just a few bucks for both of them so I snagged them.  I've posted before that I had very little exposure to Star Wars d6, I was starting college when it first came out, and had taken sort of a break from gaming at the time and was focused on advanced scholarly pursuits (translation GIRLS).  I think I played it in a friends game once or twice.  Reading this last night I realized this is a sweet set of rules.  I particularly like the starship combat, simple yet captures the cinematic feel of the movies.  I had picked up Mini-Six awhile ago, but my Gamer A.D.D. shifted me in other directions. This has me thinking I need to give D6 another look.  I love to mix and match stuff in my Campaigns and with D6 it seems like a breeze to do so.  Plus, there are a TON of free resources out there for D6. They've even made the rules Open to the public, pretty cool.  Anyways just thought I'd share. 

More praise for Mini-Six!

Awhile back I  talked about the Mini-Six RPG.  I recently ordered the print copy of the rules, $8 bucks including shipping is an awesome deal! 

If your a fan of the d6 (Original Star Wars RPG System) or have even a passing interest in the d6 system you need to check this out! The PDF is free, so what are you waiting for??
Also I need to give a shout out to my bud David over at the The Library: Retro and Classic Fantasy Games
blog.  He's been doing a ton of 70's Horror Comic conversions for the d6 system (based on the old Nightlife RPG).  Check 'em out! 

Warp Riders

 I was recently  made aware that the group The Sword has released their third album; Warp Riders. I really like this band, so asap I went out and picked up the album.  I was not disappointed and as an added bonus, I found the album cover to be quite awesome!

This just begs to be a used as inspiration for a Sci-Fi Campaign!  Now to just decide on a rules system??
Mini-Six, Savage Worlds, Traveller, hmm things to ponder!
-Good Gaming!

Simian Saturday

 I've been on a Star Wars kick lately... I blame it on me looking through some old D6 Star Wars stuff for Mini-Six.  A friend sent me a couple of cool pics he found on the net. I thought they were really cool and appropriate for Simian Saturday.
First up The Simian Empire Strikes Back!

Followed up by the Simian Alliance!

 The person who did these has quite the talent.
May the Ape be With You! Always!

Makazie One (Star Wars Fan Film Short)

While poking around for some d6 stuff to perhaps use with Mini-Six, I came across this really cool Star Wars fan film short.  Makazie One  It's about 15 minutes long.

Mini-Six is Cool!

      While I've been a gamer "forever" (1979 I'm lookin' at you!), and have played alot of different RPG's, I must admit I never really got in on the d6 bandwagon.  I played the original Star Wars d6 a couple of times with some friends (hey Wes), but not in a campaign per se, and have never ran anything d6.  I had some of the Star Wars and Torg books but I only used them as source material for my other games. 
I recently heard some talk about something called Mini-Six.  I thought oh yeah that's part of that whole Open d6 gaming movement/stuff, but didn't really look into it.  My bud Eli has even mentioned several times in discussion how cool the d6 system is. I "nodded" politely then went on about my business. 
Well let me tell you I took a second look at Mini-Six, ya see it has been updated a bit from its first release, includes some campaign settings, I have found it to be a sweet system.  I stat'ed up several characters for fun, its quick and easy with just enough crunch to suit the time harried GM/player. Looking to do a quick playtest of it very soon. It definately won't appeal to everyone, those of you who love the 3.x/Pathfinder massive stat blocks will probably be less than enthused.
Oh guess I need to provide a link!  The kind folks at Anti-Paladin Games have released it for free.  Check it out!

  I forgot to mention alot of the Full-Blown d6 stuff is free also!!  d6 Space
Mini-Six has some quick conversion notes for those that want to plug in more stuff from the other books.  It's also really easy to house-rule stuff in, something that appeals to the tinkerer in me.
-Good Gaming!