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It does have a pretty developed universe, and there is a lot of source material, like if you want to run a naval campaign, or an espionage campaign, or a rogue trader game for instance. But Stars and Traveller both are great for that. Stars is a post apocalyptic setting though, something to keep in mind.

I really like both. I would say that it probably depends on what kind of game you're looking for. Obviously Traveller is levelless and skills based, and Stars has levels. I think if you want to run something more heroic, like a Guardians of The Galaxy style game Stars might be better. Like people can just choose to play a psychic character for instance, and combat is more similar to something like DnD. If your players are coming from DnD I think it's an easier sell and it will feel more familiar to them. If you have a group that wants more gritty, deadly combat, where it's a last resort, and they need to use all of their skills to get an advantage I would go with Traveller. They're both really great sci-fi systems and I would recommend picking up both honestly.

Yeah, I think they have some of the best designs for storage out there.

Just getting good!

Washing it in rubbing alcohol or degreaser get's rid of the stickiness. I've just noticed that the suring under water increases the fidelity of the prints. It might help with the stickiness too though.

One of our favorite games, playing Sunday!

We really like it, it's a lot of fun!

I looked the other day and I had almost 1,500 hours in Kenshi on Steam! Such a great game. I'm currently doing a playthough in fog islands. It's such a great spot.

@@SMooreArtDesign Fog Islands is a good training ground. There is so much action because of those silly and weak fogmen running around even close to the gate of Mogrel. I gained a ton of toughness and attack xp mining right in front of one of the gates. (There are fog princes running close to the gate at night which is kind of dangerous too) But I have already moved my 7 guys out so that I can build a temporary base in Squin to train up my crossbow skill before I move to the Holy Farm area for a permanent base. But before doing that I will send two guys to Black Desert City to get the ancient science and engineering books so that I can make crossbows and better turrets. I don't even need walls or gate to fight those silly Black Dragon Ninjas and Dust Bandits. The ninjas gave me a lot of toughness though. Our first fight was close enough. But I have about 20 guys in Squin and 4 bulls that can take a ton of damage. I still have 6 guys in Stack with an amor guy at level 82 armor making. He leveled to 70 just by making leather out of free bull skins. LOL I will recruit more from one of the Way Stations east of Squin and my favorite guy Sadneil from Black Desert City. Then I will recruit more in United Cities. This time I think I can build an army with about 50 guys to fight the Shek Kingdom. Believe it or not, I haven't encountered a beakthing yet. It is not worth my time. When I build a team of 12 archers all with50+ crossbows, the beakthing and the blood spiders are nothing anyway. My crossbow training has just begun. I have about 600 hours in this game. But I do a lot of research in this game. LOL

I think I wanted all of the books, and this was the one that included everything. I didn't care about a GM screen or dice or minis, but it really is a beautiful box!

Oh good, glad I just missed it and they are there.

Yeah, I'm really happy!

I couldn't place it, I knew the art reminded me of something! You're right it does look like Cowboy Bebop!

Yeah finally!

Just got back home so watching the full rest of the unboxing now- great job, loving your insights into the system and included adventures.

@@mikem449 Pound of Flesh is so good!

We started using Zoom to record faces and audio because it does a better job, but you can keep and instance of roll 20 going for gameplay. Zoom does a way way better job with audio though.

Yeah, the dry brush for the undercoat is P3 Menoth White Base, and Rucksack Tan for fur highlights.

Yeah, I just wanted them to fit in with my inch grid combinatorix terrain stuff. Basically 1 inch is 5 feet and everyhting I've made is some combination of inches so it fits together like Legos.

He is one of my all time favorite horror writers! I remember his stuff was just so different from what everyone else was doing in the 90's.

@@SMooreArtDesign I feel like he found a way to marry splatterpunk with an almost fantasy feel. Sort of a gory folk lore (sometimes gory theology).

They came out looking great, some of my favorite monster minis!

No, not in my experience, they're actually really tough!

I'm sure that's still true, but it does have a loyal following!

Have to play when you're back! Hope you're having an amazing experience over there though!

You can, just make sure that you take out any little rubber gaskets or plastic seals because there are some inside of it. Acetone melts acrylic paint but it also melts plastic and rubber.

Yeah, I have my own "book" built in Notion so I can pull everything up at a glance. I've been using ChatGPT to write adventures too. It's an amazing tool!

It works!

Yeah! Send me a message.

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I know right?

They're handmade. I have a modular fantasy game table playlist here: czcams.com/play/PLEy5uKlZPrX0cKCtZRrJvAAebRWqSqO3C.html

Happy gaming!

Good to see another basement walkout fan! I struggled with it for a long time too.

Yeah, I think in this case though it's just a tool for writers to help get the ball rolling, it's great for organization and generating ideas.

Thanks man!

That's the one

Good to hear!

Thanks!

I forgot about that. I still feel like SWN is much better suited to something like The Expanse or Firefly campaign wise than something like Star Wars, but it's pretty modular, like you could darw on the new book Cities Without Number for cyberpunk flavor.

For people who know video games I like to compare it to Mass Effect

I think that's a good comparison, but throw in some postapocalyptic vibes!@@thorongil9

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it helps!

Thanks!

Yeah, for sure. Floor tiles are underrated, I like implied walls or half walls because they don't get in the way of things.

I literally use it every day.

Yeah I've been doing some buildings and stuff. Apparently model railroad O scale is pretty much the same as 32-35mm scale which could prove useful.

I think I picked that spot because it has really good fertility, it stretches across a couple different biomes and has really good wheat, rice, hemp, and cactus yields. That would be fun to do in a skeleton run though!

@@SMooreArtDesign The acid lake near the skeleton vendor has a nearby iron source. You can smith weapons and trade with the skeleton vendor, who has the best prosthetics. Also, since it always rains, the hydroponics are always watered and you don’t need to water your crops.

@@grimmlinn just have to get hydroponics. Interesting that acid rain isn't bad for crops.

@@SMooreArtDesign Well, the skeleton vendor has the AI cores to research the hydroponics. If you need more, you can reset the world and he will sell more. The acid rain will kill most armies before they get to you and even if they do, they will die in the lake if you put your gate in the acid lake. There is also another area to the northeast that has high amounts of iron and a copper source located together, if you needed more.

I wish that game was still in print, there's some models I want so bad.

@@SMooreArtDesign Agreed! 3d printing has let me find a few unit proxies but some are too unique!