SAFCOcast - Traveller RPG and Cepheus Engine podcast

In this episode Bob talks with Greg Caires. We discuss the recent Traveller sessions Greg ran at the North Texas RPG Con, Mongoose Traveller 2e, and various other things. Relevant Links: The Perpetual Traveller Facebook group Virtual Traveller Facebook group

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.

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.

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!

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: Dungeon Plunger with Matthew from Mongoose GURPS Talk podcast Signals from the Core podcast Tales from the Morrigan To Honor Grandfather Quick and Dirty Vehicle Combat for Classic Traveller 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.   

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 [email protected]. We will accept entries until July 31, 2025. 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. 

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 Perpetual Traveller Facebook group Virtual Traveller Facebook group The music in this episode is Helios Deck, from the Speculative Machines podcast.    

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

  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 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 1300 new geomorphs Adventure Class Starship Geomorphs Adventure Class Starship Geomorphs (18 Dec 2024) Starship Geomorphs 2.0 (26 July 2020) Eudaimonia Class Long Range Surveyor Graster Class Military Science Vessel 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.

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.