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Mindjammer 2nd edition sneak preview: The Chembu and the Planetary Intelligence

Hey folks, I’m deep down in the New Commonality of Humankind this month, doing the final write-through of the upcoming Mindjammer 2nd edition RPG, due out spring 2013 and using the new Fate Core rules....

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Mindjammer RPG: Genotypes and Extras

Last week we looked at the upcoming Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game very broadly, talking about the kinds of transhuman science-fiction games you can play. This week I’d like to drill down a bit into...

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Mindjammer RPG: Occupations

This week I’d like to talk a little more about occupations in Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game. As you’ll see from the preview PDF, occupations work similarly to the cultures I talked about a couple...

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Mindjammer RPG: Character Skills and Stunts

Last week I took a look at occupations in our upcoming Mindjammer 2nd edition roleplaying game. This week I’d like to focus on character skills and stunts. As you might expect, Mindjammer customises...

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Mindjammer RPG: Enhancements

This week’s preview of Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game is a special two-parter, showcasing how we’re using extras to power equipment, and especially the cool genurgic, virtual, and cybernetic /...

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Mindjammer RPG: The Mindscape

One of the great pleasures of writing the 2nd edition Mindjammer RPG has been being able to sort out all my thoughts about the Mindscape, the interstellar communications and data storage medium of the...

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Mindjammer RPG – Starships

One of the big things about the Mindjammer setting is its starships. Not only are they hyper-advanced, fitted with faster-than-light planing engines, in the New Commonality they’re also intelligent...

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Mindjammer RPG – Pre-orders Imminent

Welcome to the New Commonality of Humankind! With pre-orders of our new transhuman science-fiction RPG Mindjammer due to open in the next week or so, here’s a never-before-seen sneak peak at...

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Writing Mindjammer – Far Future Transhuman Science-Fiction Roleplaying With...

Just a week ago we launched the pre-order of Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game, my new far future transhuman science-fiction RPG for the awesome Fate Core system. Those of you who know me, have been...

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Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game: hardback ready for shipping!

Well, folks, it’s been a heckuva few days! On Wednesday we launched the PDF-only version of Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game, which you can now download from either the Modiphius webstore or...

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Conpulsion 2014: Mindjammer – The RPG wins Griffie Award for Best RPG

Last weekend, the 25th to the 27th of April 2014, I had the great privilege of being a guest at the Conpulsion RPG convention in Edinburgh, Scotland. I love Edinburgh – it could be my favourite city –...

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Mindjammer – the Novel: sales numbers

So, with the tax man never far away, I’ve been doing some sales reports this week to get a handle on how things have been going here at Mindjammer Central. One of the very pleasant surprises has been...

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This Ocean Night

A Mindjammer Story by Sarah Newton The man from Northern Yoosa looked completely lost. He stood on the shining concourse at Chengchi Intercontinental Arrivals in his homespun suit and carrying a...

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