Mark Chaplin
@yugblad.bsky.social
Board game designer: LIFEFORM, THE THING, REVOLVER, and WHERE HUMANS DON'T BELONG, etc. Likes toad licking, gamebooks, and freediving with Megalodon sharks.
Am definitely going to expand the home colony system, blending it with Mutant Year Zero’s Arks. Also will introduce a Culture value to certain loot.
February 12, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Am definitely going to expand the home colony system, blending it with Mutant Year Zero’s Arks. Also will introduce a Culture value to certain loot.
Probably the best art in the rulebook - the rest has little action, just wonky hipsters in spacesuits or spandex.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
February 6, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Probably the best art in the rulebook - the rest has little action, just wonky hipsters in spacesuits or spandex.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
But I bought it for the ideas - not the art.
I think it's a little bit simpler than STAR TREK ADVENTURES.
I wasn't that familiar with it, but I like meta-currencies as a concept - which some folks dislike - and I like that when making a skill test, the GM picks the skill, and the player picks the "Attitude" (and must justify which one)
I wasn't that familiar with it, but I like meta-currencies as a concept - which some folks dislike - and I like that when making a skill test, the GM picks the skill, and the player picks the "Attitude" (and must justify which one)
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I think it's a little bit simpler than STAR TREK ADVENTURES.
I wasn't that familiar with it, but I like meta-currencies as a concept - which some folks dislike - and I like that when making a skill test, the GM picks the skill, and the player picks the "Attitude" (and must justify which one)
I wasn't that familiar with it, but I like meta-currencies as a concept - which some folks dislike - and I like that when making a skill test, the GM picks the skill, and the player picks the "Attitude" (and must justify which one)
SPACE 1999 RPG is a decent use of the 2D20 system, prioritising narrative and character over combat mechanics - though a stun gun shootout in a scenario is a must for me!
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 AM
SPACE 1999 RPG is a decent use of the 2D20 system, prioritising narrative and character over combat mechanics - though a stun gun shootout in a scenario is a must for me!
I’ve written an adventure but haven’t uploaded it yet - not aware of any other in the wild!
January 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I’ve written an adventure but haven’t uploaded it yet - not aware of any other in the wild!
Reposted by Mark Chaplin
Nice!!
Here's a pic of my collection (plus other gamebook series) from when I'd retrieved it from mum's, plus a couple of my later acquisitions and a Shapechanger I painted 🙂
Here's a pic of my collection (plus other gamebook series) from when I'd retrieved it from mum's, plus a couple of my later acquisitions and a Shapechanger I painted 🙂
January 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Nice!!
Here's a pic of my collection (plus other gamebook series) from when I'd retrieved it from mum's, plus a couple of my later acquisitions and a Shapechanger I painted 🙂
Here's a pic of my collection (plus other gamebook series) from when I'd retrieved it from mum's, plus a couple of my later acquisitions and a Shapechanger I painted 🙂