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Title: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on October 19, 2023, 06:24:31 PM: I came across a fascinating blog quite awhile back and it dawned on me that the worldbuilding being documented in it might be of interest to folks here. While originally designed as a way to “reskin” the Traveller RPG it would work equally well as a setting for various tabletop skirmish games.

https://kosmos68com.wordpress.com/intro/

To get a feel for what the author is trying to express about the setting…

https://kosmos68com.wordpress.com/04-themes-principles/

I wrote about why I really like the setting on my own blog…

https://thegrumpygnome.home.blog/2023/10/19/soviets-in-ssspppaaaccceeee/
Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: Bullshott on October 19, 2023, 07:20:14 PM: Fascinating and well thought-out game setting. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it!
Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: commissarmoody on October 19, 2023, 07:37:53 PM: I played a game of traveler a few years back with a character from the Soviet Peoples holy Tzarst Democrat Republic once. He was a mechanic and I based him off the cosmonaut Peter Stormare played in the movie Armageddon.
Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on October 20, 2023, 06:39:18 AM: Quote from: Bullshott on October 19, 2023, 07:20:14 PM
Fascinating and well thought-out game setting. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

Not enough time for me to get into another project, tempting as it is. I posted this for others more than for what I might do with it.

No, no I have entirely too many projects on the go to take on another. But it would be great to see what others might get up to.
Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: Ragsta on October 20, 2023, 08:36:19 AM: Thank you for sharing, I like this idea a lot. Always good to see more inspiration for world building.
Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: v_lazy_dragon on October 20, 2023, 02:34:09 PM: Makes me want to break out the Copplestone Castings NeoSovs... :D o_o
Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: Kourtchatovium104 on October 20, 2023, 02:57:23 PM: If you need more inspiration, have a look at this one and its illustrations :D

http://www.ginungagap.fr/pdf/STAR_MARX_le_soviet_des_etoiles.pdf
Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: gregmita on October 20, 2023, 07:27:47 PM: Thanks for sharing this. It looks like a good retro-future dystopian setting that's not too ridiculous and over-the-top like 40k. The original post didn't mention the constant shortages and rationing that was a hallmark of life in those socialist countries. That would be an interesting constraint or plot point in games.

Plus, it's about the only place not corrupted by capitalism!
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Title: Re: Kosmos 68 - an Alternative Future Soviet Sci-fi setting
Post by: FinnN on October 20, 2023, 09:33:53 PM: Looks interesting! Interesting use of AI (Midjourney clearly in this case) to generate most of the images as well.