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I was just about to start digging through an old external HDD. No need to then : )

Yes, I think so. I can check tomorrow. 

Yes, Star Trek can probably be emulated with M-SPACE. As you mention, a few new careers would be necessary as well as equipment for TL15 (?). Considering all the fan-made stuff for Star Trek, someone might already have written something for earlier versions of BRP, though I can't remember seeing any. 

@rust: Looking forward to hearing how your campaign develops. 

Good idea. Will you make any conversions from another system or do you just use the story elements?

Interesting! What was the reason for the move?

There will in fact be an official setting m- SPACE! Even two actually: The Weaver and Odd Soot. 

Our next release, a scenario called REFLUX, is set in The Weaver universe, and will contain some general information about the setting. It's got a rather epic tone, set in the outskirts of a collapsing empire. 

Odd Soot is an entirely different beast. It's a free-standing game, set in an alternate 1930s, where humanity has reached the stars. Alien life has been found and magic is working - but there's also a disease, The Soot, driving the infected slowly insane. Player characters are tragic heroes, spending their miserable lives fighting the disease. 

But as you say, Traveller material is relatively easy to use with M-SPACE. Probably Star Wars too. 

I'm happy to hear you like it Baragei! And yes, Swedish RPGs have really taken a big step forward in recent years. We have a quite lively community here at the moment. 

Just a reminder: the M-SPACE PDF is included for free when you purchase a physical copy. Just email me the Lulu receipt and I will return a download link in a few hours.

Yes, of course! How could I forget A Gift From Shamash? It's the perfect Aliens scenario. 

Very good. I've just written up a nomadic humanoid species for M-SPACE and it's really interesting trying to see the world through their eyes. Especially the way many nomadic people put their entire fate in the hands of nature. 

That's good news! Just let me know if you need anything regarding M-SPACE or have any questions. 

Double post...

Excellent work Paolo. 

Excellent news! Looking forward to reading them. 

It's the talented Matthias Utomo; he did the interior plates for the rulebook : ) 

Excellent news!

Sounds interesting. A visit from the author would be terrific. 

Ah yes, I can see it now! I must say the booth looks very nifty. 

That's cool : ) I just may have to go there next year... It's always good to have a reason for a trip to London. 

I hope Aeon got the M-Space package in time. 

Yes, Järn is Swedish only. At least at the moment. One of the reasons I wanted to interview Krister here, was that he had expressed a wish to translate the game into English. If and when is not currently clear. I realize you can't judge the result of Krister's ideas without reading Järn, but I hope the interview gave you some insights into its inner workings. And it has been very well received here in Sweden, both by critics, hard core gamers and casual roleplayers.

I met Krister at a book signing two months ago and asked him about it. Nothing had been done by then, as he had been too busy with other projects. There are new Järn books coming out soonish and my guess is they keep Krister quite busy. 

On the other hand, more and more new RPGs made here in Sweden are published both in Swedish and English (for example Coriolis and Tales from the Loop by the Free League). I'm sure Krister is aware of that. 

Thank you Colin! I'm happy you like it. 

15 hours ago, g33k said:

Of course, SW in RPG'dom then more-or-less-inevitably becomes the infinintely-copied (and most-often, BADLY copied) or minimally-varied norm.  It becomes almost "fashionable" to despise all the derived works, and even the interesting & high-quality ones become tarred with the same "oh, another bad copy of..." brush.

 

Yes, there's always that struggle in cultural production: finding the perfect mix between the all-new and the habitual. There's of course not one solution to this, as players are everything from casual consumers to prosumers to professionals. Perhaps RPGs need to go the "casual consumer" path quite a lot? They are after all completely dependent on the player's ability to envision a setting/world/scene, and falling back on common ideas makes that easier. 

Yes, shameless infringement right?  : )

I'm thinking more and more that Star Wars is for sci-fi what Tolkien is for fantasy. It's such a widespread reference that you don't have to explain anything about it. Makes life a little easier for RPG players & writers...