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Science Fiction Roleplaying in the worlds of the future!

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: STAR HERO Reading List

    OK, folx, now that FH is nearly done it's time to switch to Science Fiction reading -- the "research" for next summer's new Star Hero. Since my library and tastes run more to Fantasy than SF, I...

    Started by Steve Long, Jun 20th, '10 08:39 AM
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    RexMundi
    Jul 26th, '10 11:17 AM Go to last post

  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: The Andy Mathews Memorial Fund

    All right folx! It's taken months of talking back and forth, leaping logistical hurdles, and communications delays, but we've finally gotten everything set up for: The Andy Mathews Memorial Fund ...

    Started by Steve Long, Oct 5th, '09 04:03 AM
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    Oct 5th, '09 04:03 AM Go to last post

  1. Random Thoughts on a SF setting

    So I have a few random ideas battering around the old noggin, and want to start posting them so they can maybe be refined into a setting I could run. Not sure what is to come of it, but think I will...

    Started by JmOz, Jul 30th, '10 03:14 AM
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    Jul 31st, '10 07:11 AM Go to last post

  2. Preferred Character Sheet

    Hey guys. Is there a preferred character sheet for Star Hero out there? I've already run across a fillable PDF for Hero System in general, but is there anything else out there? Thanks!

    Started by Ric Conway, Jul 30th, '10 03:10 PM
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    Jul 30th, '10 04:26 PM Go to last post

  3. Starship Models with Google Sketchup

    Not sure if this has been posted before or not. I know at least one member on these boards played with google Sketchup (http://sketchup.google.com/) to create a starship model before, but there's a...

    Started by phookz, Jul 28th, '10 06:16 PM
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    Jul 29th, '10 06:06 AM Go to last post

  4. "Enterprise Era" Star Hero

    Does anyone know where I can find a good set of Package Deals or Prefabs to use in an upcoming Star (Trek) Hero game? I'd appreciate a heads-up!

    Started by Ric Conway, Jul 27th, '10 01:14 PM
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    Jul 27th, '10 05:26 PM Go to last post

  5. SF art website

    I'm not sure if this has been posted here before. Just in case it hasn't, here's the link: www.desktopstarships.com And my latest find in the never-ending search for awesome space-colony art: ...

    Started by Xavier Onassiss, Jul 26th, '10 02:52 PM
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    BlueCloud2k2
    Jul 27th, '10 11:09 AM Go to last post

  6. News: Supernova 1987A and the Nibu Gemani

    I saw this article this morning, and it's been bothering me ever since. Only just a few minutes ago did I realize why: in Galactic Champions (p. 113), the Nibu Gemani are said to be from "one of the...

    Started by BobGreenwade, Jul 19th, '10 03:24 PM
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    Cancer
    Jul 27th, '10 06:35 AM Go to last post

  7. Supers and SF characters from 70s TV.

    http://th00.deviantart.net/fs41/PRE/i/2009/022/7/3/NOW_IN_COLOR_only_smaller_70s_by_dusty_abell.jpg To see this much, MUCH larger, go here -- ...

    Started by Susano, Jul 12th, '10 07:56 AM
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    RexMundi
    Jul 26th, '10 11:13 AM Go to last post

  8. More Papercraft! This time for Star Hero

    In my ongoing quest to find cheap ways to bring minis to the table, I came across some Cardboard Hero like PDFs for Star Trek and Prime Driective Role Playing. There are four set for TOS haven't...

    Started by Sweeper, Jun 23rd, '10 02:38 PM
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    Tasha
    Jul 25th, '10 11:13 AM Go to last post

  9. Now I wish I was going to Comic Con.

    This looks like fun: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/07/21/tomorrow-at-comic-con-abusing-the-sci-of-sci-fi/

    Started by Xavier Onassiss, Jul 21st, '10 01:40 PM
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    Jul 24th, '10 07:32 AM Go to last post

  10. Looks Like a Spaceship, Don't It?

    http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-07/new-generation-sonic-jets-aims-get-rid-boom

    Started by Clonus, Jul 7th, '10 06:54 PM
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    BlueCloud2k2
    Jul 22nd, '10 09:10 AM Go to last post

  11. Question: Public Domain Extraterrestrials

    I'm not yet sure whether this will be used for an actual project or not, but I'm kind of wondering... what fictional extraterrestrial species are in the public domain, Creative Commons, or some...

    Started by BobGreenwade, Jun 8th, '10 08:09 AM
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    AlHazred
    Jul 21st, '10 09:33 PM Go to last post

  12. Your Top Ten Science Fiction Writers, and then some.

    Curious and bored at work while in the process of going over a few thousand pages of architectural and design specs, so in the process of thread hopping, I figured I'd start a new one of these. ...

    Started by RexMundi, Jan 20th, '10 08:15 AM
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    RexMundi
    Jul 21st, '10 09:54 AM Go to last post

  13. News: Infographic: 120 fake sci-fi events on a real-world timeline

    http://blastr.com/assets_c/2010/07/FinalScifiDateTimeline-thumb-550x5120-42874.jpg

    Started by Susano, Jul 16th, '10 08:42 AM
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    Jul 21st, '10 07:11 AM Go to last post

  14. News: Yet more asteroids

    NASA finds 25,000 more asteroids.

    Started by tkdguy, Jul 16th, '10 11:48 AM
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    Cancer
    Jul 19th, '10 10:08 AM Go to last post

  15. Question: Martial Arts iiinnn ssspppaaaccceee!!! Which style is flexible enough?

    Another question about unarmed combat for a science-fiction campaign. The campaign I'm working on doesn't have artificial gravity, and most of the action takes place off-world. As a result, space...

    Started by Xavier Onassiss, Apr 19th, '10 07:58 PM
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    RexMundi
    Jul 17th, '10 11:27 AM Go to last post

  16. News: Gravity Is Only A Side Effect ?

    Interesting article... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html?no_interstitial -Carl-

    Started by clsage, Jul 13th, '10 03:54 PM
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    Tasha
    Jul 16th, '10 11:09 PM Go to last post

  17. How would you call it?

    I just tried a starship combat system. I played solo, since I'm trying to make sure I know the game before I teach my friends how to play it. Here's the scenario. Side A consists of 3 destroyers...

    Started by tkdguy, Jul 5th, '10 04:06 PM
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    Jul 16th, '10 05:30 PM Go to last post

  18. News: We seem to be losing time... literally!

    This article on The Daily Galaxy suggests that we are: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/is-time-disappearing-from-the-universe-radical-theory-says-yes.html If true, this could have...

    Started by BobGreenwade, Jul 11th, '10 07:55 AM
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    RPMiller
    Jul 13th, '10 03:23 PM Go to last post

  19. Shadowcats Vehicular Insanity Shop: 5th Edition X-Wing Fighter

    X-Wing Fighter Val Char Cost Notes 10 Size 50 Length 10.08", Width 5.04", Area 50.8" Mass 102.4 ton KB -10 60 STR 0 Lift 102.4tons; 12d6 23 DEX 39 OCV 8 DCV 2 ...

    Started by shadowcat1313, Jun 25th, '10 05:35 PM
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    Jul 11th, '10 07:22 AM Go to last post

  20. Question What's in YOUR future history?

    Every SF campaign has one. (almost) I'm working on a basic future-history / time-line, and I'm wondering how others approach this project. Up to this point, the 'future history' has been rather...

    Started by Xavier Onassiss, Dec 16th, '09 11:40 AM
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    NuSoardGraphite
    Jul 9th, '10 03:10 PM Go to last post

  21. technology in the campaign setting

    Some more brainstorming. So, with regard to technology levels, I am thinking that the setting will have a matrix along the lines of Shadowrun, though perhaps a little more advanced to actually allow...

    Started by drsid, Jan 31st, '10 09:56 AM
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    Jul 9th, '10 10:45 AM Go to last post

  22. Aliens: everything you know is... well, "wrong" doesn't even begin to cover it.

    Here's an interesting article on aliens to make your brain hurt: http://atomicrockets.posterous.com/aliens-r-us-the-ten-errors-of-science-fiction Enjoy.

    Started by Xavier Onassiss, Jun 28th, '10 02:07 PM
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    steamteck
    Jul 8th, '10 04:59 PM Go to last post

  23. Help with plot

    I am running a Star Hero game based in the Space Opera universe and I am having trouble providing plot hooks that the players actually investigate. Two new characters were just introduced in the...

    Started by tunglashr, Jan 29th, '09 08:42 AM
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    Jul 8th, '10 06:59 AM Go to last post

  24. [Traveller Hero] What was it exactly?

    I mean I know that it was the Traveller setting in the Hero system, but was it just a direct conversion of the book? If so, which version of Traveller? Was anything new added? Anything taken...

    Started by Enlightened, May 31st, '10 12:44 AM
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    Enlightened
    Jul 7th, '10 02:27 AM Go to last post

  25. Skills in Science Fiction

    I'm finding that the important NPCs I'm creating for my campaign have, so far, a lot of points in Skills. When I assign skills, I look at what a character is supposed to do, and what skills would be...

    Started by Kristopher, Oct 3rd, '09 02:52 PM
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    Jul 7th, '10 01:20 AM Go to last post

  26. So you think you can build a solar system

    Hope this is a new find Lord Ghee http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/my-solar-system

    Started by LordGhee, Jun 26th, '10 11:26 PM
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    Jomster
    Jul 6th, '10 12:41 PM Go to last post

  27. IG-100 Magnaguard for Star Hero

    This one came out right at 250 points. Great as bodyguards, troops for higher level campaigns, or a powerful villian weapon for low point campaigns. Suggestions welcome. ...

    Started by Mathew, Jul 5th, '10 11:25 AM
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    Sketchpad
    Jul 5th, '10 07:06 PM Go to last post

  28. B1 Battle Droid for Hero 4th.

    I was hoping to see how other people did Star Wars droids first, but I couldn't find many. Suggestions are welcome. http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/B1.pdf ...

    Started by Mathew, Jul 3rd, '10 06:41 AM
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    Mathew
    Jul 5th, '10 04:52 PM Go to last post

  29. Question about "classic" Star Hero.

    Did the original Star Hero (3rd edition) have any supporting material other than the main book? I haven't seen any Star Hero articles in anything (magazines, modules, etc) from before the 5th edition.

    Started by Mathew, Jun 28th, '10 05:45 PM
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    Mathew
    Jul 3rd, '10 11:54 AM Go to last post
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