[Let’s Study] Mindjammer the Roleplaying Game, Part 10: Conclusions and Review

Hello and welcome to the 10th and final part of the Let’s Study Mindjammer series I’ve been churning out for the past two weeks. — Mindjammer is both a complete game, and a universal toolkit for running science fiction games. As a FATE Core game, I feel that Mindjammer delivers the full FATE experience while […]

[Let’s Study] Mindjammer the Roleplaying Game, Part 9 : Running the game

Hey everyone, today we’re looking at the GMing advice chapters of Mindjammer: Scenarios & Campaigns, and Themes, Genre and Styles. I’ve always had a soft spot for these kind of chapters as even after so many years of running games, you’ll always find some nugget of wisdom that will come in handy not just in […]

[Let’s Study] Mindjammer the Roleplaying Game, Part 8 : Worlds, Star Systems and Commonality Space

This far into this series, I can safely say that Mindjammer is a remarkably thorough game. Today we’ll be talking about a subject matter covered by no less than three chapters in the book, detailing Worlds and Civilizations, Stellar Bodies and Star Systems and finally Commonality Space. The Worlds and Civilizations chapter contains useful guidelines […]

[Let’s Study] Mindjammer the Roleplaying Game, Part 7 : Cultures

Culture is important. In a setting as expansive and technologically advanced as Mindjammer, being able to retain a single sense of identity as a civilization is key to the survival and continuation of the Commonality. It’s no suprise then that the game itself has rules detailing conflict between cultures. Mechanics-wise Cultures are a form of […]

[Let’s Study] Mindjammer the Roleplaying Game, Part 6 : The New Commonality Era

It’s Monday, and if there’s one thing for me to look forward to, it would be checking out the meat of Minjammer’s default setting in today’s article. The New Commonality Era presents the events that led to the Mindjammer universe. It’s a surprisingly compact chapter, conveying the key points in the history of the setting […]