Review & Commentary On Quantum Dark: Alien Companion By Robert Garitta From Stellagama Publishing For The Quantum Dark Rpg

 "They’re here. They are hostile. They hide in dark places working their bizarre plans or fly above with impunity."

The invasion came. No one noticed. This is the harvesting or the occupation or the culling. Accounts differ.
The governments of our world are either in denial or engaged in a massive conspiracy to suppress the truth.

Humans will fight back, being human. Any resistance will be isolated at first, full of odd allies and harsh decisions. However, resistance is the only alternative.

This companion is intended to bring in particularly horrific Gray Aliens, UFOs, and Alien Hybrids into your Quantum Dark game, (or any Quantum Engine game)" 

Quantum Dark: Alien Companion By Robert Garitta is the latest from Stellagama Publishing For The Quantum Dark Rpg. This supplement crams in everything that a DM is going to need to add The Greys into thier Quantum Dark game. Or any 2d6 Quantym Engine game. 
So what does the Quantum Dark: Alien Companion have within?! You've got 2 types of Greys including the Tall Greys and thier psionics. An overview of thier saucers including 2 types of Grey saucers. 
An overview of Grey technologies from examination tables to full on weaponry. Then we dive into weaponry and even the abduction process! And the full overview of  minions from Mantis people to Greyhybrids to the frighteningly dangerous mutates. And we even get a Grey cult ready to go! Then there's Cryptids and finally the alien agenda. 
Everything within the Quantum Dark: Alien Companion By Robert Garitta is compact, concise, and ready to be played! There's plenty of this material to add the Greys full bore to a Quantum Dark or other 2d6 Cepheus Engine game without any  fuss.
Quantum Dark itself is an excellent fast play 2d6 rpg which dips deeply into the horror genre for it style of play. And the PC's sheet will quite literally fit onto a business card. This makes the game easy to use as total of twenty nine pages. 

Quantum Dark has a full gamit of 2d6 systems distilled down to it's essence allowing horror rpging easily and without twenty different supplement or adventure books. 

Review & Commentary On The New Marvel - Phile Return of the Nova Corps 2 Annual 2019 For The Marvel Super Heroes Rpg

 "Just in time to close out 2019, the UCP is proud to present the 2019 Marvel-Phile Annual, featuring the Nova Corps! This one was selected by a contest winner (Bryan A. Gibbs... sorry for it taking so long!)... so who knows what the 2020 annual will consist of? Enjoy!

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 So way back in 2014 when Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy film hit the theaters the Nova Corps made an appearance as background film characters. I had to explain who these intergalatic police & peace keepers were. Then the Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy film comes out & players wanted to be the a member of the Nova Corps. Back about 2019 'The New  Marvel Phile Annual Wirh  Write-ups by Andrew Goldstein, Ben Reilly, George Henson, and Steve Jolly, with assistance from Killian Grey came out. So what is it about the champions of Xander that seems to capture people's imagination. And why does the New Marvel Phile The Return of the Nova Corps seem to hit the Marvel Super Heroes rpg players buttons?! 

Clocking in at thirty three pages  the New Marvel Phile The Return of the Nova Corps  hits all of the major and minor players of the latest incarnation of the Nova  corps. Now I've seen the Nova corps by Marvel compared to the DC comics Green Lanterns. There are some very glaring differences. First of is the fact that Xander is a world frought with intergalatic warfare. And then there's the fact that they are a full on military organization unlike the Laterns who are  interstellar cops. According to the Nova Corps wiki entry; "The Nova Corps were originally a space military and exploration group for the planet Xandar. It consisted of 500 soldiers ranging in rank from Corpsman up to Centurion and its leader Centurion Nova Prime. The source of the Nova Corps power is called the Nova Force which is an unlimited energy generated by a living computer called the Xandarian Worldmind. The Nova Corps police the known universe, under the directive of the Pans World Treaty"  The Nova Corps was created by writer Marv Wolfman. Richard Rider, the first member, appeared in The Man Called Nova #1 (September 1976). The Corps first appeared in Fantastic Four #205 (April 1979). The Nova corps members have access to the power of the world mind of Xander that grants them power;" The source of the Nova Corps power is called the Nova Force which is an unlimited energy generated by a living computer called the Xandarian Worldmind. The Nova Corps police the known universe, under the directive of the Pans World Treaty."
The Return of the Nova Corps  goes over the history, structure, ranks,  major player NPC's, equipment, Xander homeworld and one of the iconic corps villains. All in all it's a solid overview of the Nova corps an organization that been destoryed three times and reformed. 

The Return of the Nova corps book is a solid overview of the organization & role that the Nova corps plays in the Marvel Super Heroes rpg game. We've used them in both DC and Marvel games as a back up to the Green Lanterns especially after some of the drama with the lanterns. And the corps have appeared in our current Ascendant Rpg campaign with one of our number being loosely connected to the corps. 
The Return of the Nova Corps is a solid entry to the New Marvel Philes with smooth layout, good fonts, and really well done background on the Nova corps. 

The Return of the Nova Corps gives the DM everything he needs to add in a PC hero whose a member of the Nova corps to his or her party of heroes. There's tons of background, history, etc. on the Nova corps and all of it's very well done by the Marvel Super Heroes RPG: The Unofficial Canon Project.

Review & Commentary On The Free Cepheus Journal issue #014 For The Cepheus Engine and other Old School 2d6 Science Fiction rpg games.

 When it comes to Cepheus Engine rpg, the Cepheus Journal is a fantastic free resource. Cepheus Engine Journal issue 014 comes down the pike right when we need it. Brett Kruger dives into the A.I. controversy in his editorial. 

Jo Jaquinta tackles one of the most requested PC career options and accessory companions  in the form of "Cats of the Far Future". Cats of the Far Future goes through the gamit of cats from ships cats to totally uplifted felines. These are fantastic options for the cat lovers among rpg players and gamers. There are a lot of us and in my Hostile and Clement sector campaigns. The cat is a frequently requested companion for a star ship. This article does a great job on the feline front. 
Shuroom Trees by Brett Kruger is another article about mega fauna with a difference; "The forests on Firaious Prime are strange and dangerous places. The dominate mega­flora are not made of wood, but of a fleshy substance that resembled mushrooms. They grew to enormous heights, easily fifty meters tall, and tower over the ground like giant umbrellas. The locals named them Agaricus Trees, but most people these days just called them Shrooms." And giant mushroom trees are perfect for a wide variety of 2d6 Science Fiction games. 

Foamcrete by Jo Jaquinta covers one of the must ubiquitus construction materials within 2d6 rpg's and it's uses. And they are many, from emergency star ship repairs to foam grenades this article covers it all. 
Then we jump to Firaious Prime by Brett Kruger & this is a back water world with a difference or two. This is actually a really useful world for adventures & dangerous thrills. Solidly done little world. 

'The Dark Guard' by Jo Jaquinta tackles a brand new faction that is far more then they seem. The 'Dark Guard' are a vigilante faction but there's far more boiling below the surface and I can see using the Dark Guard within an Earth Sector or Clement Sector campaign. Well done and well thought out article. 

Jo Jaquinta gives us another installment of the Raider's Lament fiction and there's some really sound Cepheus Engine rpg fiction inspiration. 

Timothy Collinson gives us A.I. insight using it for creating adventures and rpg background in 'Notes on the Sapphire Sea'. This is a solid article with some extremely useful advice for using A.I. for adventure creation with the Cepheus Engine rpg. 

A Fist Full of Spagetti by Norton Glover is a great article for 2d6 Old Western Rpg's such as Independence Games Rider, Michael Browne's Under Western Skies rpg, etc. This is a well written and highly useful article for the Old West DM whose in the mood to run a cinematic Old West Rpg. 

'What's new' rounds out the entire issue with a huge number of Cepheus Engine rpg products. 

Conclusion, this is another highly useful and absolutely necessary issue of the Cepheus Engine Journal. 

The Free Cepheus Journal issue #014 For The Cepheus Engine and other Old School 2d6 Science Fiction rpg games Is Available for Download  Right Here