Traveller Spins Off Into Near-Future Sci-Fi With ‘Pioneer RPG’
Step into the excitement of a whole new Space Age with Pioneer a new RPG based on Traveller, but set in the near-future and designed by NASA scientists.
Space, despite it all, is still exciting. There’s something thrilling about the exploration, discovery, and imagination of it all. Maybe it’s the thrill of the unknown. Maybe it’s the hope of a brighter future, out there among the stars. Or maybe it’s just the idea of leaving behind all the problems of Earth and starting over again somewhere kind of like the fantasy of faking your death and moving to a new state whenever you accidentally tell your server, “you too” when they tell you to enjoy your meal.
Regardless, you can explore the excitement of our world in the not-too-distant future, just on the verge of a new golden age of Space Travel and Exploration, in Pioneer, a new RPG based on the Traveller rules, and written by someone with actual NASA experience. So you know it’s legit. Let’s check out the Kickstarter.
Pioneer RPG – Traveller-Adjacent NASA-core Space Fun Times
Look, I’m over the moon (pun intended) about this one. First of all, Traveller is a fun system. It’s endured almost as long as D&D has, and for good reason. We love Sci-Fi. But also, NASA is cool. Space is cool. It doesn’t have to be any deeper than that. I just hope we still have a NASA by the time the current administration finishes looting every institution of can get its tiny grubby hands on.
But what’s also interesting is that Pioneer is an RPG that sets out to explore a new era. One we don’t often see. Because it’s not set in an era of space travel where we are firmly established out in the stars. It’s an era set 10-20 years from now, when your characters are the ones discovering the new technologies and elements that make interstellar travel possible.
“In our own world, we stand on the verge of a new golden age of space travel as both governments and private enterprises work to further explore our Solar System. Pioneer winds the clock forward a few years where space travel beyond Low Earth Orbit is becoming more common. It is a game of firsts, where your Pioneers will undertake huge risks to make ground-breaking discoveries in space and the nearby bodies that, right now, hang tantalisingly beyond our reach.
The Pioneer Core Rulebook is a standalone RPG containing everything you need to explore the Solar System. Based on the celebrated Traveller mechanics, you will be able to create your own Pioneers, configure spacecraft for specific missions, explore new worlds and brave the extreme hazards of space as technology evolves – likely based upon your own discoveries!”
Pioneer is currently on Kickstarter. And what a pedigree it carries. It was written by software architect Dr. Sandy Antunes, whose space-science experience with NASA, the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and several universities makes Pioneer authentic and realistic. And then a pair of Traveller veterans, Chris Griffen and Geir Lanesskog, help make sure the game has that signature polish.
It has already smashed past its funding goals, but it runs for the next 15 days. This is your chance to grab some exclusives and help make Pioneer the best RPG it can be.
Check out Pioneer on Kickstarter!
