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Good to hear! I’m surprised it’s so easy to do the conversion.

On his RPG blog, Shawn Medero now shares a method for converting planet data from Traveller to M-SPACE. And the process is quite straightforward. Anyone who has flipped through Traveller in the past 20+ years have seen the Universal World Profile codes (like C77A9A9-6) scattered through the text. Very convenient when you know the game, hopeless for everyone else. With Shawn’s guide, UWP codes are easily cracked. You can use it to take Traveller (or Cepheus Engine) scenarios to M-SPACE. Or apply it to the output of the excellent Sector app - the amazing little app that produces entire sectors at the push of a button, with all planetary data set up for you. Shawn’s blog post is here: https://shawn.medero.net/2020/1/traveller-universal-world-profiles-to-m-space-planets Also, make sure you check out Shawn’s solo play example. It’s an entertaining read where he shows his techniques for playing M-SPACE without a Game Master: https://post79.com/observation-deck/m-space

And now it’s fully backed : )

Most people probably associate RPGs with violence rather than compassion. But in a new blog post, Alex Greene explores how you can use empathy as a game mechanic in Odd Soot: http://www.frostbytebooks.com/blog/compassion-in-roleplaying-games

Have you seen Ashen Stars? It’s based on the Gumshoe system and was created for investigative play. I haven’t read it in a while but I think a few scenarios have been published as well. You could also try the Elevation campaign I released for M-SPACE in July. The free intro scenario is a short murder mystery and the follow-up scenarios include quite a bit of investigation.

I’m happy you like it! Sorry that the shipping took so long.

Looking forward to sending my PCs deep into Tantrevalle.

The Lyonesse preview is fantastic! Do you have an ETA for the full book?

It looks very useful.

We have three winners in the giveaway! First Prize: Vile, Hong Kong, wins a print copy of Elevation. Second Prize: Alistair Clamp, UK, wins a PDF copy of Elevation. Third Prize: Katelyn Greenlee, US, wins a PDF copy of Elevation. Congratulations, all three. I will send the book and download links as quickly as possible. Download Free Conversion Sheet For everyone else, as a gesture of my gratitude, here's a little gift for you. I'm offering the Traveller to M-SPACE conversion sheet as a free download. It contains a nifty way to convert Traveller scenarios on the fly. Which means, the GM can take almost any adventure for Traveller or Cepheus Engine and run it with M-SPACE. No extra preparations needed. Download the cheat sheet here: https://bit.ly/2ALktEp Thank you all for joining. Don’t let winter get you down. Clarence Redd

Thanks for joining! Elevation was released early in July.

Today is your last chance to join the Elevation giveaway! It's closing down at midnight between Friday and Saturday. If you forgot to join or stuff got in the way, make sure you sign up now: https://gleam.io/V2h3N/elevation-mspace-campaign Three winners will be announced tomorrow.

Thank you for your kind words @prinz.slasar!

Hi Fred, Yes, shipping for the colour print is expensive, unfortunately. I have brought it up with the printer several times, but they are not very interested. They thrive on the Swedish market and ignore everything else. Now, the black and white version is quite nice though. I have optimised the artwork as much as possible and it looks surprisingly good. And Lulu’s print quality has improved much over the years. In time, I will move the M-SPACE colour POD to DriveThruRPG. I cannot say when, but hopefully sometime during 2020.

Just a quick reminder that we’re halfway through the Elevation giveaway! You can still join here: https://gleam.io/V2h3N/elevation-mspace-campaign To give you a feeling for the setting, you can download the introductory scenario for free on DriveThruRPG. The Triton Incident, a 36 page scenario, is a freestanding murder mystery that introduces the players to Elevation. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/280146/The-Triton-Incident Winners are announced on Saturday. Good luck!