Fourth #Torchship Dev Diary is up.

https://torchship-rpg.tumblr.com/post/706738714450214912/dev-diary-4-character-creation-part-2

#TTRPGs

There is a canon of #TTRPGs almost mythical in how good they are but also in how hard it can be to get the right group together to play them.

#ArsMagica

#Pendragon

#BurningWheel

Erika Chappell seems destined for this canon. #FlyingCircus might already be a member of that canon; I think there just needs to be time for it to be mythologized.

But “Heinlein Star Trek” is an broader pitch than “gay tactical plane game”, so I think #Torchship is a shoe in.

Torchship Hype Train, now arriving at Third Devlog Station! All aboard!!

https://www.tumblr.com/torchship-rpg/704473871619964928/dev-diary-3-the-interstellar-union-of-republics

This game is going to be banging.

On #StarTrek: “The inevitable problem with trying to write utopia is that all that ends up happening is exposing what kinds of oppression and violence the writers don’t acknowledge or understand.”

#TTRPG #Tabletop #Torchship

Is there any better feeling in the world than knowing a creator who made something you love is making something new?

Shout outs to
- Erika Chappell (made Flying Circus, making Torchship)
- Ben Nielson and Victor Costa (made Wicked Ones, making Relic)
- Tom Parkinson-Morgan (made Lancer, making ICON)
- Cole Wehrle (made so many boardgames I love, making ARCS).

It's the purest, most energizing form of hype.

#TTRPG #boardgames #FlyingCircus #Torchship #WickedOnes #Relic #Lancer #ICON

Second #Torchship Dev Diary is up. Let's gooooo.

https://www.tumblr.com/torchship-rpg/702100999364558848/dev-diary-2-character-creation-part-1

#TTRPG RPG

Waking up to the first #Torchship #DevDiary is a great way to start the day.

https://torchship-rpg.tumblr.com/post/700606288946675712/dev-diary-1-what-is-torchship

"Our mission statement for tone is Star Trek with Radiators; shiny space ships with all the retro trappings combined with the enormous glowing heat management systems.

...

Or, in other words, the ship can go faster than the speed of light, but it still needs to do something with the waste heat it generates."

Fuck yes. This is my jam. #StarTrek with Radiators - I am HERE for it.

#TTRPG

This won’t be the last #TTRPG I play, but I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited about a forthcoming game than I am about #Torchship.

Erika Chappell (of #FlyingCircus fame) doing a game about / deconstruction of / love-letter to? #StarTrek was a game I literally wished into existence.

Seriously. I said “I wish Erika Chappell would do a space opera game” and I was informed that was, in fact, happening.

Soft launch of official site: https://www.torchship.net/

Expect me to talk a LOT about this