Most of these come from the following page: Rules FAQ Advice Q: I have the book, do you have any advice for me? A: Do not plan ahead, just play the game.[...]
Archive for November, 2009
November 23rd, 2009 - 3:55 am § in Alien Abilities
New Alien Abilities
Since I have a shiny new d24, I changed the tables slightly. Here’s the changes to the Alien Ability table, with a couple of tweaked abilities.[...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 3:53 am § in New Rules
Flashbacks Expanded
When a flashback is used, it is gone – it can never be used again. It would be nice to be able to call on an already defined flashback for a benefit, but without upsetting the game’s balance too much.[...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 3:39 am § in New Rules
Levelling
In the official rules, characters level up at a breakneck pace in small groups, but slower in large groups. Since my group won’t always have the same number of players, this may give regularly attending players too much of an advantage (they already get an advantage from their presence). So I [...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 3:19 am § in New Rules
Adjusting for one-shots by Gregor Hutton
Give Troopers a Strength each and no Weaknesses. Give the Corporal and the Sergeant a Weakness each and no Strengths. Give everyone a single Development Roll before starting play. This can be used for the usual stuff (weapon upgrade or gaining a new weapon only, since they can’t gain rank as t[...]