#mongoose publishing

[oldschoolfrp]

Dark Conspiracy RPG by Lester W Smith for Game Designers' Workshop, 1991, with Larry Elmore cover art presenting a very stylish apocalypse -- Set in a hypothetical early 21st century when corporate power is more important than governments, a Greater Depression has destroyed the global economy, and a declining America is wracked by economic disparity, reduced voting rights, and changing weather patterns. Also there are literal demons.

Mongoose Publishing recently acquired the rights to Dark Conspiracy. They are selling GDW's original version now on their website but plan a new edition for 2026.

[alphamecha-mkii]

Traveller RPG - Aslan Ships by G-Hamm

[rpgcovers]

Traveller: Alien Module 2 - Vargr ~ Mongoose Publishing (2009)

[oxventure]

Join us tomorrow on the Oxventure channel for a hilarious one-shot of the Ultimate Sci-Fi TTRPG – Traveller! 🚀 This incredible new video is brought to you by Mongoose Publishing!

Tune in and check it out TOMORROW!

[the-amanda-traveller-rpg-blog]

Tonight I'm thinking about space ships.

I'll put the origin story for this blog on here. But it started as an idea for an alternative ending to the Aliens. I didn't enjoy Alien 3, you see.

At the moment, I'm trying to work out what kind of ship the Sulaco is using the Traveller rules. I have my reference material to hand. Can't beat a good technical manual.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Traveller RPG - Zhodani Howitzer by G-Hamm

[oblivionnecroninja]

Yo, if anyone knows any Really Clever D&D 3.X/D20 Modern houserules/hacks/etc, let me know. I'm getting ready to run a game of Mongoose's Infernum, a 3.x/d20 modern mashup/hack that is as dysfunctional as it is brilliant.

Stuff I know about:

Pathfinder 1e's innovations in 3.x class design. Not useful--class in Infernum is a different concept than in other 3.x games (it's technically a race-as-class system).

PF1e's systematization of "combat maneuvers". I've chosen not to use them because they treat stuff like "tripping" and "disarming" as things that a character would specialize in, rather than options that just Exist.

FantasyCraft (and related games like SpyCraft) Exist and are closely mechanically related to 3.x/d20 modern. I remember reading it once to see if it would be useful for running Eberron. If there's useful mechanical innovation in there, I've forgotten it.

Castles and Crusades (aka the SIEGE engine) and Dungeon Crawl Classics exist. I remember from skimming them that they had more of a 3.x "vibe" than other OSR games, but I think that was more a consequence of their layout and minor stuff like the use of the term "Base Attack Bonus" or "Will/Ref/Fort saves" rather than the actual mechanics

[literalcatpod]

This Month on the Literal Cat Podcast:

Okay, let me just start by saying that even though it's April 1st, this is the real schedule for the month! No tricks here, just the next two episodes!

Let me ALSO say that our next seasonal theme has been decided! Wild West Winter wins! So we know Deadlands, but we need at least 5 more!

But anyway, onto the episodes!

April 3, we have a guest from the Paranoia: Fight Together or Die a Clone podcast on to help us make a character in Paranoia! (listening to this episode might possibly be treasonous, we're not sure)

And April 17, we look at Magonomia: The Game of Renaissance Wizardry from Shewstone Publishing!

Also don't forget, we're running playtests on a new one-shot TTRPG! follow this link and/or Ask us for more details!