cybergoths's review
4.0
I finished reading Orbital Blues last night; it's a decent indie type game that riffs on Firefly and dark and sad westerns.
Core mechanic is basically Traveller (2d6 for 8+, with the bane and boon mechanic locked in) except for combat which uses 3d6. You need to get the 8+ but you can chose which dice you use and the third dice underpins the damage. Some of the random tables are fun.
The artwork and layout is absolutely gorgeous although I think that undermines the use of the book as a reference volume at the table. Then again, I'm not convinced that you need to reference it that much.
It was pretty much lacking in typos (although some of the stretch goal content felt a little rushed), which was reassuring after the state of the beta and the mess that was Best Left Buried: Deeper.
I'm not sure that it resonates enough to run though, which is why this only has four stars.
Core mechanic is basically Traveller (2d6 for 8+, with the bane and boon mechanic locked in) except for combat which uses 3d6. You need to get the 8+ but you can chose which dice you use and the third dice underpins the damage. Some of the random tables are fun.
The artwork and layout is absolutely gorgeous although I think that undermines the use of the book as a reference volume at the table. Then again, I'm not convinced that you need to reference it that much.
It was pretty much lacking in typos (although some of the stretch goal content felt a little rushed), which was reassuring after the state of the beta and the mess that was Best Left Buried: Deeper.
I'm not sure that it resonates enough to run though, which is why this only has four stars.
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