No Star Wars. No Star Trek. Name a favorite sci-fi franchise.
Would have gone with Jovian Chronicles, but since they didn’t break out of the tabletop space, I hesitate to call them a Franchise.
HG had games, video games, a tv show… c-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser gate…
May the fourth be with you, which means I'm working on cybertanks from Steve Jackson games Ogre universe. ;-).
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Delighted to find both Shroud and Lives of Bitter Rain on the Locus shortlist this year, amongst some amazing company!
We're back from #TravConUK 2026. Had a very fun weekend - there were about 53 games of #Traveller in the schedule from Friday evening through to Sunday late afternoon. I took part in three as a player, and refereed two games (same one, run twice).
#TravellerRPG
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It took longer than I thought, but I've finished repainting my Ral Partha Mk4 prototype.
The pink dazzle disruptive camo scheme was inspired by the Swedish splinter pattern used on the Viggen.
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Oh gosh, Ian Watson has died. Met him several times and he was witty and erudite. He will be missed.
I went to a Traveller RPG convention, and I've written my report on day one.
You can read it here:
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Ashley R Pollard
Ashley R Pollard
No Star Wars. No Star Trek. Name a favorite sci-fi franchise.
Killjoys was the wild west in space show that Firefly wished it could be. I said what I said.
Ashley R Pollard
Ashley R Pollard
Ashley R Pollard
Not forgotten, just place aside, just a much needed change of pace. I needed a break from mixing epoxy putty, and filling it smooth, as yet ...
No Star Wars. No Star Trek. Name a favorite sci-fi franchise.
The Expanse for sure but also because I'm watching it right now (for the first time actually!) - Babylon 5 is really freaking great.
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I’ve just heard that one of the true greats of SF writing, Ian Watson, has passed away. A huge figure of the genre and an enormously entertaining character. A real loss.
