Ansible Uplink, a sci-fi ttrpg review podcast

For Mothership Month 2026, creator of Mothership Sean McCoy joins me to announce the recipient of the first Mothership Select title, Brackish by C. Bell & Norgad. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Support Ansible Uplink on Patreon⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sean's LinksTuesdayKnightGames.comMothership Month 2026Get Brackish:DigitalPhysical

This week, host of The Panic Table Cameron Strittmatter joins me to review the 2022 Mothership zine, The Bloodfields at Blackstar Station by Christian Sorrell a.k.a. MeatCastle GameWare.Cameron also shares the design thoughts going into the adaptation of this module into a 75-player mega-game at the last two Gen Cons. ⁠Support Ansible Uplink on PatreonJoin the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cameron’s LinksThePanicTable.comThe Panic Table YouTube ChannelAdventure LinksThe Bloodfields at Blackstar Station (⁠⁠Print and PDF)

Clark Nichols, a.k.a. Weeping Stag, joins me on the Season 2 premier of Ansible Uplink for a TIME WARP review of 1983 Classic Traveller module Adventure 9: Nomads of the World Ocean by Andrew and William Keith.Support the show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clark’s Links⁠Weeping Stag Blog⁠Weeping Stag PressClark Nichols, ComposerAdventure LinksTraveller Adventure 9: Nomads of the World-Ocean (⁠digital only⁠)

Andrew and John from Nobody Wakes the Bugbear Podcast join Chris Airiau for the Ansible Uplink Season One finale to review Mothership RPG adventure The Cleaning of Prison Station Echo by Dave Kenny and Haig Morrison.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the podcast on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nobody Wake the Bugbear LinksNWTB: Prison Station Echo, episode 1⁠⁠NWTB on YouTubeNWTB Podcast on PodbeanAdventure Links⁠Physical⁠⁠ on TKG WebstoreDigital⁠⁠ at itch

Reece Carter and Norgad (Evilgad) take over as hosts of Ansible Uplink in this special 40th Birthday Roast episode to review Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones by Chris Airiau. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the podcast on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord.⁠⁠Reece's Links⁠⁠Reece's itch page⁠⁠⁠Follow on bsky⁠⁠⁠Reece's Distress Signals at ⁠⁠⁠Space Penguin Ink⁠Norgad's Links⁠⁠Norgad's games⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Bsky

Peter Eijk, a.k.a. Jimmy Shelter, joins Chris Airiau on a TIME WARP episode to review Traveller Adventure 04: Leviathan (1980) by Bob McWilliams. We also had a chat about Peter's upcoming sci-fi game Look to Starward, and adapting Jack Vance's sf into ttrpgs.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the podcast on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Peter's Links⁠Peter's bsky⁠Blog at ⁠⁠Monster Mind⁠Games on ⁠⁠itch.io⁠⁠Adventure Links⁠⁠Traveller Adventure 4: Leviathan⁠ (Digital)

Yochai Gal joins Chris Airiau to review The Earth Above by James Hanna. Check out the Cairn Press Adventure Double Feauture on Kickstarter, live through July 9th.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the podcast on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yochai’s LinksBlog at New School RevolutionGames at Cairn PressPodcast at Between Two CairnsAdventure LinksThe Earth Above (Physical & Digital)

Daniel Hallinan, a.k.a. Kharrak, joins Chris Airiau to review Decagone by WacoMatrixo. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the podcast on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daniel’s LinksGames at kharrak.itch.io and ⁠Drive-Thru RPGAdventure LinksDecagone (⁠digital⁠ only)

Luke Simonds, a.k.a. Cats Have No Lord, joins Chris Airiau to review Mouth Brood by Amanda Lee Franck. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the podcast on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Luke’s LinksCats Have No Lord BlogLuke’s gamesAdventure LinksMouth Brood (digital only)

Alfred Valley joins Chris Airiau for a Binary Stars episode to review two adventures from the Terrors from the Cosmos Series One: Hidden Horrors box set for Mothership RPG: Aphrodite Luxury Space Yacht by Maher Sagrillo and The Logorrheum by Nimrod Tzarking. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the podcast on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the 5MW Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Chris on bksy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alfred's Links⁠⁠Haus of Valley⁠Alfred Valley on itch.ioAdventure LinksTerrors of the Cosmos, Series One (⁠physical⁠ and ⁠digital⁠)