Whither Mars?

I'm still pondering my own Mars RPG though Warriors of the Red Planet sounds very promising. To be honest I'm getting a bit bored with the continuous regurgitation of the D&D paradigms. If I do move forward with the my own take on Mars it will likely be first as a tabletop skirmish game.  My RPG would likely be a skill based game not a class/level D&D derived game.

The Humanspace Empires play by email game has slowed down a lot. Harv has collected some useful intel and fired his weapon once....

[Shortly after this post was made, campaign updates ceased.]

Playing the Game

After months of reading about old school RPGs I'm finally going to play one. I've signed on to TheDrune's HumanSpace Empires playtest game, SpaceSwords & Glory. The rules are an old-school mash up of D&D and the original Tekumel game, Empire of the Petal Throne adapted to grand retro Sci-Fi space opera.

If that sounds cool head over to his blog and check out the PDF.