Near future wor*fare

Near future wor*fare

When mum came back from the war her skin was on inside out and she was crapping through a hatch in her belly button. That was nothing. Last time she'd coughed her lungs up and if not for the nanopills we'd have needed to stuff them back in ourselves. Like we did with...
Zone-age Rumours (1d30)

Zone-age Rumours (1d30)

If you've read Roadside Picnic or seen Stalker, you know how inspirational they can be.John at Fate SF is running a creative project, open to all: add a Zone-inspired work to the gaming canon, for any system. Just write it up and post - maybe using the funky image by...
What scares the snakes and spiders?

What scares the snakes and spiders?

Dogs aren't so fond of fireworks - quite a few might panic tonight in the UK. But some of them have been bred and trained to hunt with human masters, and accept their physics.Beware of scrolling below this point unless you are an adult who is willing to be...
Six Folk of Rict

Six Folk of Rict

I put these together for a Hallowe'en game. It's a party of down-at-heel pre-gens for The Loss in Hanging Well, off to save the Hope. Stats are for isophasmic light, a free ruleset.It's worth noting Rict is a hard place, and these poor folk are probably on the very...
Cthulhu waits dreaming… of Cthulhette?

Cthulhu waits dreaming… of Cthulhette?

Go read this. It's light on detail for a science bit, but oddly Cthulhic. There's more on midshipmen here - look at the relationships to our physiology.A few passages for the essence of the thing:A mysterious hum has been keeping people in Hampshire awake all night...