http://daringplay.com/
Have heard some good things about:
Traveller Ascension, Imperial Warrant. The game is being demonstrated at Origins so I am no longer required to be silent about it. The short of it is, this is a great game! I have not had this much fun playing a new game since the world was young.
It is during the expansion period of the Third Imperium. You represent a faction of Nobles and Corporations that have an Imperial Warrant to expand the Imperium. From a world on the edge of imperial space, you focus your resources of wealth, Diplomats, Shadow Agents, Scouts, Starships and Troops.
Your goal is simple. Bring developed worlds, lost in the 1,000 years of the long night, back into the Imperium. But there is a catch. The Emperor requires that this be an honorable endeavor. He is interested in planets that can stand on their own, and not a empire of slaves. So your efforts must be one on improving the lot of the lost planets, not one military conquest.
To start, you lay out the sub sector of stars. Each star has a system that connects to six other points of the map. You explore the stars via a combination of scouts, which discover the quality of the world present, rated A-D. Then you send in a Shadow Agent to conduct "Planetfall". This determines the major societies present, tech level and resources. Finally you make official contact with a Diplomat, and make arrangements for a Legation. Once official contact is made, you can initiate a series of trade deals and system improvements until the time is ripe to bring the system into the Imperium.
Very interesting! I love me some Traveller. :smitten:
Oh man...imagine now linking a game of this to a Traveller rpg session in some way. That thought jiggers my jump points!
The guys at Lost Battalion Games had it on one of their demo tables in their booth
There are some pictures of it in the Origins photo galleries
How did I miss that? :o
Quote from: bbmike on July 17, 2018, 12:10:12 PM
How did I miss that? :o
too much fun playing Time of Crisis?