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SAFCOcast 43: Marc Miller and Dominick Santa Cattarina Talk Science Fiction and Dumarest

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We are happy to welcome Traveller creator, author of Agent of the Imperium, and science fiction reader Marc Miller and Dominick Santa Catterina, of the upcoming Dumarest: the RPG, to the show.

In this episode we talk with Marc about his deep history as an SF reader, favorite books, and of course their influence on Traveller. This of course involved the Dumarest of Terra Saga, for which Dominick and associates at Burnt City Games are working on an RPG inspired by Classic Traveller.

You can purchase many great Traveller-related products on Marc’s website, Far Future Enterprises.

Our theme music, as always, is from the Speculative Machines Podcast, and is called Cadmium Red.

SAFCOcast 42: Galaxiad, with Rob Eaglestone

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In this episode we welcome back our friend Rob Eaglestone, to talk Traveller and especially the mysterious (to us) Galaxiad project/setting/whatever!

You can find all Rob’s great Traveller publications on DriveThruRPG.

Special Preview – Agent of the Imperium Audio Adaptation

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Agent of the Imperium – the authorized audio adaptation of Marc Miller‘s novel of the Traveller Universe – coming in 2026 from Greg Caires of Virtual Traveller and Perpetual Traveller and a team of talented sophonts!

SAFCOcast 41: Classic Traveller Deep Dive — the Beginning

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This is the first of our new “format”, which you will hear about in the show. Essentially we are going to take about just 1-3 things in the Traveller/2d6 SF world, and our main topic for the foreseeable future will be a page by page Deep Dive into Classic Traveller, as put forth in the Traveller Facsimile Edition.

In this show, we discuss:

Then we into the first our our Deep Dives into the Traveller Facsimile Edition. Our goal is to go through this entire compilation of the 1981 Classic Traveller books, page by page, and really dig into it, analyze it, talk about it, find rules we’ve never noticed before, and even compare it to more recent versions.

Announcement: Submit Your Alien Beast!

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We want to see your alien lifeforms!

Have you created a cool alien creature for your 2s6 SF game? If so, email the details to us at safcomailbag@gmail.com.

Edit: this is open until we have 15 participants.

Please give as much detail as you wish. This can be for any version of Traveller or Cepheus Engine, but please tell us which you designed it for.

Entries should be submitted either as an attached plain text or RTF document or simply in the body of the email.

Entries should be suitable for all audiences. PG-13 at the most. Please avoid political commentary in your creature descriptions. No sexual stuff. No intended or unintended racist or sexist tropes. Marc designed a game that is “good clean fun” and that is what we shoot for on the podcast. We know most of you will play nice anyway, but feel like we need to say this in case of any random edge-lords out there.

We’d love it if you submitted a drawing or your creature. Please – no A.I. art. We’d rather see a hand-drawn picture created with heart.

Once the event is over, we will compile the creatures into SAFCOcast Bestiary Volume 1, which will be available for free download as a PDF on the website. You will get full credit, so give us as much identifying information as you wish.

Creators retain all intellectual property rights to their creation. You simply give us permission to put them in the bestiary.

SAFCOcast 40: Perpetual Traveller

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In this episode Bob talks with Traveller booster/evangelist/hero Greg Caires about the future of Traveller, the need for new players, what’s up with Mongoose, online Traveller play, and his new project, Perpetual Traveller!

Edit!

We were not sure about Mongoose having a Traveller “starter” set. Well, they do, and here is the link to their Traveller Starter Pack, which is a free PDF!

In addition the Traveller Explorer’s Edition is only 99 cents for the PDF.

Relevant Links:

The music in this episode is Helios Deck, from the Speculative Machines podcast.

SAFCOcast 39: Into Out of the Box

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In this episode, besides reading some X-boat transmissions and talking about some Imperial News, we talk a bit about some articles in the Classic Traveller: Out of the Box series from Chris Kubasik on his Tales to Astound blog.

It’s no secret (since we talk about is constantly) what we use Classic Traveller in our campaign. Chris’s exploration of CT is one of the best on the web, and really got us thinking.

Links:

From Yet Another Traveller Blog by Robert Pearce, the Bonebreaker Class Vargr Salvage Vessel (1,000 ton)
The new Pirates Book for Classic Traveller, from Mongoose Publishing
Virtual Traveller for the Mayday! online celebration, on Tabletop
Virtual Traveller’s Facebook page
2025 Mayday! event page from Cyborg Prime
The Distant Fringe ATU
Cyborg Prime’s Mayday! page
Cyborg Prime’s YouTube channel
Tales to Astound – You Are Not Your Numbers blog post
Tales to Astound – An Improvised Classic Traveller Convention Game

SAFCOcast 38: Return from the Event Horizon

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We’re back!

In this episode Jeff and Bob do their best to explain their way out of the fact that it’s been nearly two years since they recorded together!

Seriously, we thank all the listeners who have stuck with us. We love doing the podcast.

We jump into some X-Boat Transmissions and hear from numerous listeners. Bob then corrects a rules mistake he made about blade throwing in Classic Traveller two years ago. It’s a great rule, and Bob throws in another Earl Dumarest example.

We then to through some fun Traveller/Cepheus Engine-related Internet Finds, quickly discuss some Imperial News, and Bob thanks John Watts of Independence Games for his massive generosity.

Relevant Links for this episode include…

- Kenneth Passiak’s file system for organizing his game materials – Asking permission to link to this.
- Chris Chaudruc’s adventure, Traveller Mercenary Ticket: Mazon Recovery
- Box-Centric: an Approach to Proto-Traveller from Omer Golan-Joel’s blog
- Adventures in the Distant Fringe campaign blog by Peter C.
- One year write-up of the above blog
- Tales to Astound’s Classic Traveller: Out of the Box series
- General Musings on Marc Miller and Traveller, from James the Geek
- What are the assumptions of Traveller, from the Ancient Faith in the Far Future blog
- Great random encounter post from Ancient Faith in the Far Future
- Adventures in the Void Podcast
- From Robert Pearce’s Yet Another Traveller Blog
- Mongoose’s publishing arraignments
- Omer’s Classic Traveller Character Generation Script
- Independence RPGS – makers of Clement Sector and Earth Sector

The music in this episode is Contagious Architectures, from the Speculative Machines podcast.

SAFCOcast 37: Adam Kovac Interview

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Adam Kovac has been on the show before with Jeffrey Jones of RPG Ramblings to discuss their Scoundrels of Brixton projects for 2d6 SF RPGs.

Adam has recently started his own publishing imprint called Boondock RPG Adventures and has published a couple of adventures for Cepheus Engine or other 2d6 SF games. In this episode we catch up with him and find out a bit more about his current projects.

The music in this episode is Contagious Architectures, from the Speculative Machines podcast.

SAFCOcast 36: MayDay 2024 and other stuff with CyborgPrime

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We’re back again! It’s that time of the year. Mayday is near, and thus it is time to talk about it. Joining us is the organizer of the online Traveller celebration, Frank Succardi, also known as CyborgPrime.

We talk about Mayday, and we talk about some of Frank’s other projects, including some work he’s doing with AI.

All the information about this year’s Mayday Mayday can be found on Frank’s website, here.

And of course, Franks product can be found as well on CyborgPrime Games.

You can find Che Webster’s Roleplay Rescue blog/podcast here.

This episode’s theme music is Crystal Math, by the Speculative Machines podcast.