tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post7365772468329408710..comments2024-03-25T03:52:40.426-07:00Comments on The Ongoing Campaign: Obscure Games - High Coloniesfaoladhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-86963669982889902332019-11-16T18:32:53.938-08:002019-11-16T18:32:53.938-08:00Yeah, it could probably serve in that purpose pret...Yeah, it could probably serve in that purpose pretty well. You could also use GURPS Terradyne in that way. Those are the only two treatments of the solar system in gaming I can think of that could be plugged into another setting, actually, so that's interesting. A niche for someone to maybe look into.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-51462405275686366552019-11-16T06:16:54.285-08:002019-11-16T06:16:54.285-08:00I bought it and really enjoyed the future history ...I bought it and really enjoyed the future history and setting but I never played it. I think it would have made a nice companion to any number of cyberpunk backgrounds/games that tended to detail Earth but ignore the solar system.Ruprechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139664977453444000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-20215481715130896162017-03-31T20:53:20.417-07:002017-03-31T20:53:20.417-07:00That sounds interesting. So, are you taking the Ea...That sounds interesting. So, are you taking the Earth-destroyed idea and going from there, or mixing the colonies with an Earth like that of 2300AD?faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-41490940329376607742017-03-31T00:37:47.828-07:002017-03-31T00:37:47.828-07:00I've actually been messing about with it, maki...I've actually been messing about with it, making some changes to it, and using the Cepheus Engine to power it. I'm welding together aspects of High Colonies, Zozer Games' Orbital 2100, and some parts of the Mongoose reboot of 2300AD. We'll see what I actually get done with it.Higgipediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898074416237354260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-82427392427009242912015-02-22T18:36:20.502-08:002015-02-22T18:36:20.502-08:00Actually meant other SF RPG stuff but no problemActually meant other SF RPG stuff but no problemPaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-28650692382046466272015-02-22T07:02:09.126-08:002015-02-22T07:02:09.126-08:00Thanks, but I'm not really interested in pursu...Thanks, but I'm not really interested in pursuing this game at this time. I have plenty on my plate as it is (which, come to think of it, might make for good blogging here - maybe I should return to semi-regular posting).faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-77200283519462869852015-02-22T02:26:56.455-08:002015-02-22T02:26:56.455-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-66419884776115878582015-02-21T18:22:15.096-08:002015-02-21T18:22:15.096-08:00Though I don't think that there is an official...Though I don't think that there is an official PDF release of <i>High Colonies</i>, I'm sure that someone must have an unofficial PDF that could be found with a Google search for something like "high colonies rpg pdf". I don't have much use for core rules in PDF, myself (adventures or monster books are another story), so I haven't looked.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-92027924174446463422015-02-21T13:26:16.439-08:002015-02-21T13:26:16.439-08:00My fav game at the time was Traveller 2300 so I wa...My fav game at the time was Traveller 2300 so I was using that system. My High Colonies port worked well with that background too, and the setup was for a balkanised system utilising space habs to house colonist populations in a system after it had been invaded by the Kafers. However after the Kafers had been forcibly ejected, Kafer rot had virtually destroyed the viability of the surface colony. The Space Habs were adopted to keep the possessions in the system and keep mining the valuable resources throughout the system (which was also a key stutter warp junctions so it had strategic value). <br /><br />I still have my HC book buried somewhere - it would be neat to have a pdf version<br /><br />The other RPG setting I really like and wanted to port into Traveller 2300 is 'Blue Planet'. I don't think I could do a whole campaign there but it certainly would be a hoot for an adventure or two. Kind a like a super up version of the old Traveller adventure 'Nomads of the World-Ocean' (which as also really cool)Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-41771846897949309632015-02-21T06:32:01.282-08:002015-02-21T06:32:01.282-08:00Which game system did you use?Which game system did you use?faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-75295655727232599052015-02-21T04:36:36.297-08:002015-02-21T04:36:36.297-08:00I too really loved the background but used an enti...I too really loved the background but used an entirely different system to game in the 'verse. As a concept its eminently portablePaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-15179788526965223022015-01-14T17:15:02.819-08:002015-01-14T17:15:02.819-08:00That sounds interesting. There are any number of g...That sounds interesting. There are any number of good systems that could be used in place of the one in <i>High Colonies</i>, of course, and D20 Future is as good as many of them.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-15534279115454260462015-01-14T16:38:42.660-08:002015-01-14T16:38:42.660-08:00I bought this game about 20 years ago. The settin...I bought this game about 20 years ago. The setting intrigued me, but the system did not. I designed a campaign where the characters were agents of the last remaining United States: Kennedy Base on the moon and Aldrin in L5 orbit around the Earth. I used the High Colonies book for setting reference and D20 Future for the system.Call me Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-22162628740122130612012-05-13T21:14:10.531-07:002012-05-13T21:14:10.531-07:00Probably Challenge magazine?
Yeah, that's pre...Probably Challenge magazine?<br /><br />Yeah, that's pretty much the situation I see with the game. It's interesting, but not interesting enough, and the game system has nothing particularly to recommend it, either.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-71097978578047242362012-05-13T03:47:22.980-07:002012-05-13T03:47:22.980-07:00I recall seing an adventure for this in a game mag...I recall seing an adventure for this in a game magazine way back when, I was a bit intrigueded by the background it was linked to but not compelled enough to seek out the game itself.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.com