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There are some nice whimsical touches in here.

I especially like the miniature goats!

This feels like it might be a good follow up to Nate Treme's Dogtooth Valley.

Placement would be a bit tricky given the different hex orientation.

I have a backburnered project that this approach would be ideal for.

If I ever get round to revisiting it, I'm going to do it this way.

Such a great idea!

How did you arrive at this particular approach to labelling the hex keys?

I haven't seen it before.

I like the atmosphere.

Still quite a few placeholders in the form of "aaa" and what appears to incomplete text in other places.

Pinging you here.

it appears that Welcome to Middletown hasn't actually had its Itch page published, so it can't be downloaded.

https://science70.tumblr.com/

Found via this review:
https://archons-court.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-monster-bestiary-review.html

Voidnauts has now dropped:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/459011/voidnauts-space-opera-role-playin...

Octave could be another good option for running this:

https://level2janitor.itch.io/octave

Did some say Wild Cards?!

I had a bunch of those books back in the day.

That's where I first heard of George R. R. Martin.

I have never heard of Edith Richardson until now and I'm always glad to come across a new (to me) feminist utopia like *Neutopia*!

Such a great find!

Really appreciated reading this, because I always like to read Designer Notes, especially when like in this case a lot of thought has gone into the design.  

As a Brit, I also appreciate the choice of U.K. English spelling, all too often things are otherwise.

Hiero's Journey was exactly what I thought of when I saw the name of the game.

Oh man, this is a real meatgrinder, could work as a funnel perhaps?

Ideal for Mothership or Death in Space, the GM just needs to figure out why the station was abandoned and what might be lurking as a result.

This could be a campaign starter for a hard space opera game presuming the PCs are starting out from a pre-stellar world.

The more I read this, the more I liked it.

Some really nice details and a real surprise awaiting the PCs accompanied by mechanics to support the resulting situation.

Not to mention a potential sting in the tail that would really upset the apple cart if used in a campaign.

Could work really well for a game that involves/supports timey-wimey nonsense!

One needed correction really stands out, "Deck" not "Dock"!

Can I just say how much I love that Songbirds 3e started off as a Red Giant hack!

Also, appreciate your truthfulness about how messy and organic the creative gestation process was.

Revisiting this, I'm now thinking seriously about the OSR-ish Eco-Mofos as a system for this game.

Also worthy of consideration is FitD-based Songs for the Dusk.

Also thinking about Rosette Diceless.

Fascinated by the fact that one of the primary inspirations is A Princess of Mars.  

I'd be tempted to run this with Eco-Mofos!

I'm revisiting this during a trip to Lisbon. 

Thinking about a 16th century low fantasy game informed by Colonial Portuguese history.

I have some books on that very topic sitting besides me as I type.

Kriegsmesser seems ideal for running in this setting.

Have printed it out and slipped into my copy of Voyages.

I'm going to identify some companion adventures and might even get this to table next week for my first Troika! game!

Okay, now I have to get Space Aces: Voyages in Infinite Space to the table!!!

Love the idea of this, going to have to give it a try!

Might I suggest formally putting this into the public domain since that is your intent, specifically using the CC0 licence from the Creative Commons:
https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/

Looking forward to it!

Great stuff, truly inspirational.

I enjoyed looking up the references, so I really appreciate your putting that section in!

Hilarious, very TOS!

Partially inspired by our conversation, I have just purchased online a copy of Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology.

The fact that it's still intact after 10 years is a good sign.

I should check how many of the stories I already have via other publications.

ISFDB is my friend for that sort of query (edited to link directly to paperback edition with list of stories therein):
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?323978

Oh yeah, I knew about that one.

Hadn't got round to buying it yet.

Do you have the hardcover or the paperback? 

How robust is it? 

It's got a lot of pages, so that raises questions about the quality of the binding and the thickness of the pages which can be quite thin for the thicker anthologies.

LCRPG is a TTRPG set in an alternate retrofuturist galactic frontier where Cassette Futurism meets Solarpunk.

Thank you for the detailed response, really appreciate it and it makes a lot of sense to me.

I think you and I are on the same page regards loving the pulp and wanting more depth socially.

Would love to know the name of the anthology as I will probably already have it and if I don't I should get it.

In recent years, I've made a point of collecting anthologies of classic sci-fi.

Great, I've printed out the pocketzine onto A4, cut and folded it down to pocketsize.

Love being able to do that for a game.

Some interesting nuggets in there, like Serpentware!

I trust a character sheet is in the works too.  

From my reading, this looks like a great little space opera game, compact yet packed with goodness!

I particularly like how the Professions and Specializations are used to define the skills of the PCs and help make them distinct from each other without relying on niche protection.

I quite enjoy reading notes about the intentions and choices of the designer, especially when the game in question wanders off the beaten path as this one does.

Would be great to see the sources of inspiration too, especially given that the alien races have quite the pulp sci-fi vibe!  Speaking of sources, do I detect a hint of The Ship Who Sang in the Shiphearts?

Also I was pleasantly surprised upon seeing the following in the game text:

CASSETTE FUTURISM MEETS SOLARPUNK

That really should be on the Itch page, it would help the game find its audience.

Hi, I'm just wondering if the A5 version is still in the works.

Okay, I'm good now, I found this https://pretendo.games/2022/04/06/2400-devlog-inner-system-blues/