Thursday, December 28, 2017

Jan. SNSO: Join Kylo Ren's Special Operations Battalion!

The weather outside is still FRIGHTFUL. And since there's no sign of it stopping, we thought everyone should have the chance to warm themselves with a little extra blasterfire in the coldest days of winter. So we're bringing Kylo back!

Come join us for an exciting kick off to the New Year with a new The Last Jedi adventure!

Mission Details: 

As troopers of the 501st Legion of the First Order, you report directly to Kylo Ren. As members of the Special Operations Battalion (S.O.B.), you handle all the jobs too sensitive for the power of the Legion.  The missions will be dangerous and the enemies familiar--so Stay Frosty troopers!
Game System: Stay Frosty by Garske Games (an awesome pointcrawl-style RPG!)
GM: Patrick Schifano

6:00 pm / Saturday, January 13
Source Comics + Games

Click the image below to RSVP directly on our Google Plus Event page!


PLAYERS:
  • All materials provided--just sit down and play!
  • Pre-generated characters provided!
  • No prior experience needed!
  • This is a FREE event!

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

DEC SNSO: Hoth for the Holidays and Kylo's S.O.B.s


The premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi is just weeks away! We've whipped together a huge holiday bash only a wookiee could love! Come galaxy hopping with us on one of two Star Wars adventures before the hyperdrive goes out on 2017!

PLAY REBELS: HOTH FOR THE HOLIDAYS 

It's up to your team to reach Hoth in time to rescue a fellow Rebel trapped on the frozen planet. Might be hard to get there in time, since you're trapped on Dagobah! Worse yet, the New Order is building some kind of Dark Side Amplifier, and the only allies available a group of opportunistic aliens that want to sell you toys and candy! Will time run out for your comrade? Or can you make it to Hoth for the Holidays? 
Game System: Star Wars RPG 2nd Ed. by West End Games
GM: Matt Towle

PLAY IMPERIALS: 501st LEGION: S.O.B.

As troopers of the 501st Legion of the First Order, you report directly to Kylo Ren. As members of the Special Operations Battalion, you handle all the jobs too sensitive for the power of the Legion.  The missions will be dangerous and the enemies familiar--so Stay Frosty troopers!
GM: Patrick Schifano

LAST GAMES OF THE YEAR
6:00 pm / Saturday, December 2
Source Comics + Games

Click the image below to RSVP directly on our Google Plus Event page!



PLAYERS:
  • All materials provided--just sit down and play!
  • Pre-generated characters provided!
  • No prior experience needed!
  • This is a FREE event!

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Did you get one of these figure packs?


If you were at Tabletop Tesseract this past weekend or happened to stop by Source Comics and Games recently you might have picked up this figure pack. Well, CONGRATS space ranger--this is your official invite to come play sci-fi RPGs with us for FREE!

We run one-shot adventures for all kinds of games, the Second Saturday at the Source (say that five times fast!). You might recognize some of them as the Galaxy Laser Team, space "army man" style figures.

Get a free tabletop wargame for your minis!

Sign up to get updates from us via the Become a Member page, and you'll get a download link for MAD ASTRA, an open-license, space wargame to play with your minis!

It's quick and easy and you get it all for free!!



Saturday, October 14, 2017

November SNSO: BEYOND WESTWORLD!


How's your reflexes? Are you faster than an android? You're about to get the chance to test your skills as you travel to one of the newest parks from the creators of Westworld! We've got TWO new "worlds" of Delos to explore--one set during the time of Musketeers in medieval France, the other in the far future!

DELOS INVITES YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR WORLD

Congratulations! You are one of the lucky winners of several admissions to the grand opening of Delos Corporations newest world! Take a month off that drab desk job and discover who you can be in the vacation of a lifetime!

IMPERIAL WORLD: EAST OF WESTWORLD

Welcome to the time of absolute monarchs, radical peasant revolutions, musketeers, duels of honor, Mozart, gendarmes with swords in the street, horse drawn carriages, and a simpler pastoral existence in the countryside.
Game System: Fate Accelerated
GM: Patrick Schifano

FUTUREWORLD: THE SPACE BETWEEN US

Wealthy vacationers at Futureworld find terror and intrigue when one of their own is brutally murdered at Delos' high tech park. 
Game System: Traveller
GM: Matt Towle

6:00 pm / Saturday, November 11
Source Comics + Games

Click the image below to RSVP directly on our Google Plus Event page!


Robot rebellions notwithstanding, the game's tone and material will be appropriate to public setting.

PLAYERS:
  • BYO dice if you like (we'll have some on hand)!
  • Pre-generated characters provided!
  • No prior experience needed!
  • This is a FREE event!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By entering a DELOS Theme Park you agree to the following Terms and Conditions.  

DELOS Entertainment LLC shall remain blameless of any occurrence while in attendance at a DELOS World park experience. This includes the possibility of the following side effects: burns, dismemberment, cardiac arrest, partial or total memory loss, loss of consciousness, loss of vision, loss of hearing, loss of taste or smell, severe psychological trauma, hay fever, dry mouth, and/or immolation.

Although DELOS engineers make every effort to wipe all robotic host memory drives on a daily basis, not all memory banks may be 100% clear, leading to possibly more severe side effects, including: robot revolt, injury or death due to firearms, including energy weapons or musket fire; injury or death due to piercing with sharp or edged weapon, falling from an elevated height atop French period architecture, trebuchet, or air speeder vehicle; stomping by horse; beheaded by guillotine; exploded by kegs of gunpowder or plasma grenade, de-atomized by particle beam weaponry, suffocated in a vacuum, psionic trauma or permanent cognitive damage; and/or nose bleeds.

Attorneys for DELOS Entertainment LLC highly recommend buyers purchase Automaton Negligence Insurance Coverage in the event that any of the above conditions should occur.  

We at DELOS look forward to seeing you soon and hope you enjoy your stay!

Friday, September 15, 2017

Oct. TABLETOP TESSERACT Program Schedule!


Charge your pulse rifle and prime your rocket boots--it's almost here: a FULL DAY of sci-fi and space opera adventure! Join us at The Source on the second Saturday of October (Oct. 14) for 19 games (12 hours!) of outer space excitement.

Tabletop Tesseract is a FREE event! 

We'll have games for kids, novice players, and veteran space marines. All materials will be provided--in many cases, than includes pre-generated characters so you can hop right into the game. Scroll down to RSVP!

Feel free to bring your own dice if you like, but we'll have everything you need to get started.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

10:00 a.m. 

Title: STAR TREK ADVENTURES: VULCAN TROUBLES
Description: Your Constitution class starship comes under attack from an Orion raider as you approach the Vulcan world of P’Jem on a clandestine mission. An original series adventure. Pregens provided.
Max Players: 5
Game System: Star Trek Adventures
Publisher: Modiphius Entertainment
Game Master:  John Everett Till 
Approx. run time: 2 hours

Title: MOONCRAFT: A MINECRAFT RPG
Description: This adventure is for ages 7-12. Take a rocket to The Moon! Explore dungeons, gather resources, build your base, and defend yourself against mobs. Can you survive an experience that is out of this world? Come see what this Saturday Morning Space Opera is all about!
Max Players: 6
Game System: No Thank You Evil
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master:  Oskar and Erik Mornes 
Approx. run time: 2 hours

Title: CORIOLIS: THE THIRD HORIZON
Description: You and your crew mates enter a far-flung, star-spanning future with mysticism and supernatural elements. Coriolis is often described as "Arabian Nights in space." Rules are simple and will be taught.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Coriolis
Publisher: Modiphius Entertainment
Game Master:  Christian Barrett
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: THERE BE SPACE MONSTERS
Description: An underwater colony on an oceanic alien world is threatened by what settlers are calling a ‘sea monster’. There is no xenobiological evidence that the creature actually exists, however, so you and a team of scientists have been sent to conduct an ‘investigation’ to calm the settlers.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master:  Jenifer Doll 
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: UNBROKEN MOON
Description: A century ago the moon colony upon which you were born was severed from all contact with the planet below. Today you are part of the crew who are to rediscover, and hopefully reclaim, your ancestral homeworld.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Savage Worlds
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Game Master:  Ben Pika
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: MCC 1: EPSILON CITY BLUES
Description: Manimal! Plantient! Pure Strain! Mutant! Each of you has lived within the secure embrace of the Tribe of Jinn for many sun-cycles, but no more! Cast out into the taboo World Above, you must survive and discover the secrets of the Blue Plague, the wonders of the Ancients, and the terror of the God Who Screams! A zero-level funnel for MCC, set aboard the Starship Warden from Metamorphosis Alpha. Pre-gens provided.
Max Players: 7
Game System: Mutant Crawl Classics
Publisher: Goodman Games
Game Master:  Matt Towle
Approx. run time: 3 hours

1:00 p.m. 

Title: WHAT IN DARKNESS WAITS
Description: A xenoecological research base stationed in an alien cave system is suddenly operating under radio silence and refusing to make contact with local security force patrols despite scans showing normal human activity. Your team has been sent in to investigate.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master:  Jenifer Doll 
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: STARFINDER:  HOMEBREW ADVENTURE
Description: Hey Pathfinders: come explore a brand new outer space setting in the far future where Golarian has mysteriously disappeared and been replaced by an orbiting space station! This streamlined version of the Pathfinder rules system packs a real sci-fi punch--power armor and all. Discover a bold, weird universe where elves and dwarves meet new alien races, and science fiction mingles with swords and sorcery aboard fantastic starships! Pregens provided.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Starfinder Core Rules
Publisher: Paizo
Game Master:  Ben Pika
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: MCC 2: OLD MANIMAL AND THE C-DECK
Description: You've endured the Blue Plague and plundered the dread home of the Piranha-Bats, but are you ready to explore What Lies Beneath? If "Hoss" Cartwright is correct, your only hope is to delve where few mutants have dared before: the service tunnels beneath every main deck of the Warden! Will you find the secret to survival, or only a grisly death for you and your friends? A 1st-level adventure for MCC, set aboard the Starship Warden from Metamorphosis Alpha. Pre-gens provided. MCC 1 players may bring a character that survived.
Max Players: 7
Game System: Mutant Crawl Classics
Publisher: Goodman Games
Game Master:  Matt Towle
Approx. run time: 3 hours

2:00 p.m. 

Title: STARFINDER SOCIETY ROLEPLAYING GUILD SCENARIO 1-02
Description: Theft cannot be tolerated, especially when the culprit is a former Starfinder! The PCs travel to the red world of Akiton, hot on the heels of a deserting Starfinder who stole a magical relic from the vaults of the Lorespire Complex. Things get complicated when they discover what should be a dreary town in Akiton's wastelands is now positively jubilant. Could this revelry, not to mention the re-opening of town's formerly defunct mining operations, be related to the wayward Starfinder? This official Starfinder Society scenario is designed for levels 1-4.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Starfinder Core Rules
Publisher: Paizo
Game Master:  Christian Barrett
Approx. run time: 4 hours 

4:00 p.m. 

Title: SNUBFIGHTER: STAR WARS
Description: Rebellion and Imperial pilots dogfight as the battle of Endor rages. This is an original game that uses simple, easy-to-learn miniatures rules. All materials provided.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Snubfighter
Publisher: Garske Games
Game Master:  Casey Garske
Approx. run time: 2 hours

Title: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: ROBOT APOCALYPSE
Description: You have received visions of an impending attack on the colony by Cylons. A group of scientists have been working on an escape plan--and they may hold the key to warning the other colonies--before humanity is annihilated. All of this has happened before. But the question remains, does all of this have to happen again?
Max Players: 6
Game System: Battlestar Galactica - Cortex System
Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions
Game Master:  Erik Mornes
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: TO BOLDLY GO
Description: Your ship the USS Potemkin and its crew of 350 are being sent out to discover new worlds, make contact with new species, and boldly go where no one has gone before: near the Neutral Zone. What decisions will you make to deal with challenges that emerge?
Max Players: 5
Game System: Kingdom
Publisher: Lame Mage Productions
Game Master:  Patrick Schifano
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: SPACE DANDY
Description: He's a dandy guy in space. He combs the galaxy--like his pompadour--on the hunt for aliens. Planet after planet he searches, discovering bizarre new creatures both friendly and...not. These are the spectacular adventures of Space Dandy and his brave space crew in space. Based on the anime.
Max Players: 5
Game System: Fate Core
Publisher: Evil Hat Productions
Game Master:  Bob Cook 
Approx. run time: 3 hours

Title: MUTANT CHRONICLES
Description: Part planetary romance, part cyberpunk. Mutant Chronicles is set among battling interplanetary mega-corporations vying for territory on Mars. Brave the forces of demonic space gods, who spread their foul influence throughout the titanic city of Luna on Earth's moon!
Max Players: 6
Game System: Mutant Chronicles
Publisher: Modiphius Entertainment
Game Master:  Ben Pika
Approx. run time: 3 hours

6:00 p.m. 

Title: STARFINDER SOCIETY ROLEPLAYING GUILD SCENARIO 1-03
Description:  A Starfinder expedition's dusty data from an orbital scan shows signs of active technology on a distant, war-ravaged planet. Following up on this old lead, the Society dispatches a team of Starfinders to investigate the far-off world. Between making first contact and exploring the ruins of a dead civilization, long-buried secrets of the past are ripe for discovery. This official Starfinder Society scenario is designed for levels 1-4.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Starfinder Core Rules
Publisher: Paizo
Game Master:  Christian Barrett
Approx. run time: 4 hours

7:00 p.m. 

Title: STAR TREK ADVENTURES: CARDASSIA: PICKING UP THE PIECES
Description: The Dominion War is over, and Cardassia lies in ruins. You are Federation peacemakers, charged with picking up the pieces in that wartorn region of space, which is plagued by Klingon and Maquis privateers, covert Romulan agents, metagenic plagues, and more. What can you and your crew do to make things better and prevent the next war? Set in ST: The Next Generation era.
Max Players: 5
Game System: Star Trek Adventures
Publisher: Modiphius Entertainment
Game Master:  John Everett Till 
Approx. run time: 3+ hours

Title: ROBOTECH: THE SHADOW CHRONICLES
Description: In search of the Robotech Masters' homeworld, the United Earth Expeditionary Force is constantly on guard for remnants of their Zentraedi army. While investigating the disappearance of several vessels in uncharted space, a Veritech fighter squadron detects a derelict Salan class scout ship. Is it a lifeless hulk from a bygone era, or does it yet contain secrets, guarded by Spectres?
Max Players: 6
Game System: Robotech RPG
Publisher: Palladium Books
Game Master:  Erik Mornes 
Approx. run time: 3+ hours

Title: STAR WARS: REN'S REJECTS
Description: You’ve screwed up again and Captain Phasma has had enough. You're being assigned the most dangerous punishment duty in the First Order: retrieval of Sith artifacts for Kylo Ren. And he has a new planet to search: Rappan Athuk. Sounds lovely. All materials provided.
Max Players: 6
Game System: Stay Frosty
Publisher: Garske Games
Game Master:  Casey Garske 
Approx. run time: 3+ hours

Just a reminder that this event is FREE! 
Space will be limited to table capacity. Mark your calendar and get there early on...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

RSVP HERE: We can't take reservations, but please let us know you're coming! Click the image below to RSVP:

Arrive early, stay late! 

Seating is first-come, first served. Plan to arrive before posted game time. Program schedule is subject to change. 

Remember to bookmark this website so you can follow along with the latest updates!

Sunday, September 3, 2017

September is STAR TREK month!

Beam yourself aboard! Come celebrate the release of Modiphius Entertainment's new Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game with SHAKEDOWN CRUISE! Join GM John Till's crew and set your phaser to AWESOME...

MISSION DETAILS:
An Original Series adventure with a new Constitution class starship, a strange Vulcan, and a secret mission in the Neutral Zone!
Don't miss this chance to try out the latest Star Trek RPG for FREE!

6:00 pm / Saturday, September 9
Source Comics + Games
Adventure awaits: RSVP now!

You also can RSVP on the SNSO Google+ Community page. Click the image below:


PLAYERS:
  • Pre-generated characters and dice provided!
  • No prior experience necessary, new players welcome!
  • Remember: We meet on the SECOND Saturday of the Month now!

Sunday, August 20, 2017

TABLETOP TESSERACT: Our first ever sci-fi game festival!


In a dark corner of the galaxy, inside the deepest council chambers of our secret space station (it's no moon!) we've been deviously plotting to take over Source Comics & Games for an entire day!

We're exited to announce our first annual TABLETOP TESSERACT! A full day of space opera, science fiction, and science fantasy gaming. Here's a list of some of the games we're planning to bring to The Source:
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Coriolis 
  • Cypher System
  • Fate
  • Kingdom
  • Mutant Chronicles
  • No Thank You Evil
  • Robotech
  • Savage Worlds
  • Star Trek Adventures
  • Star Wars Snubfighter
  • Starfinder
As always, this event is FREE! We'll have games for kids, novice players, and veteran space marines. All materials will be provided. Full game scenario and scheduling details to come soon. But for now just clear your calendar for...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

Click the image below to RSVP and let us know you're coming:

And don't forget to bookmark this website so you can follow along with updates!


Schedule and game list subject to change.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

August is a Mutant Mashup: EPSILON CITY BLUES!


August tabletops are HEATING UP, but it's not the seasons--it's the RADIATION! We've got a special treat--two in fact--a mashup of old and new mutant mayhem: Metamorphosis Alpha and Mutant Crawl Classics! Goodman games has brought the former RPG back from the brink and the latter one is their own mutation, based on the hit Dungeon Crawl Classics! GM Matt Towle leads your party on a wasteland quest.

MISSION DETAILS:
Your tribe has been at peace with the Wolfoids for years. Now, all that has changed. Can your tribe survive the Blue Plague? Can you discover the identity of the God Who Screams? Can you even figure out how to use the elevator? Grab your wooden spear and your glow-balls, it's time for EPSILON CITY BLUES...
6:00 pm / Saturday, August 12
Source Comics + Games
Adventure awaits: RSVP now!

You also can RSVP on the SNSO Google+ Community page. Click the image below:


PLAYERS:


Friday, July 7, 2017

SNSO is now on the SECOND Saturday of the Month!


We're moving ONE WEEK INTO THE FUTURE! After chatting it over with our main location sponsor, Source Comics & Games, we're now moving our regular Saturday Night Space Opera slot one week later in the month.

This helps us avoid conflicts with holidays and big events at the store, such as when New Year's Eve, Fourth of July, or Free Comic Book Day fall on a game night.

We also have the chance to reach more players with Family Board Game Night on the same evening of the month.

AND...it's never been easier to remember, because: alliteration.

So adjust your calendars and flux capacitors--we're on for Second Saturdays at The Source!


Image: Warner Bros.

Friday, June 23, 2017

July: STAR TREK Meets VALERIAN in TERROR IN TIME!


Greetings timespace fans! Set your atomic clocks for July 1--that's when spacio-temporal agents from Valerian and Laureline's universe find themselves face-to-face with the Federation from Star Trek! To celebrate the release of Luc Besson's upcoming space fantasy film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, We're diving into an original FASA Star Trek adventure by GM Erik Mornes: TERROR IN TIME. Here's the mission details:
In the 31st century, the United Federation of Planets is threatened by factions attempting to change the course of history and its civilization. As temporal agents of the Temporal Integrity Commission, you are to investigate the corruption of holomatrices, normally used for entertainment, into terrifying nightmares. The theft of a time-pod leads you on a chase through space and time. Inspired by the Temporal Cold War from Star Trek: Enterprise and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
6:00 pm / Saturday, July 1
Source Comics + Games
RSVP now and let us know you're coming!

You also can RSVP on the SNSO Google+ Community page. (Click image)
CREW WANTED:
  • No previous experience with FASA rules necessary
  • BYO dice (2d10)
  • Character templates provided
  • As always, this event is FREE
Additional mission intelligence here:
 


Sunday, June 11, 2017

Join us this weekend: FREE RPG DAY!

Greetings space fans! We'll be running games at Source Comics and Games this Saturday for Free RPG Day! Join us this Saturday, June 17, beginning at 10:00 a.m. for some scifi tabletop fun!

Play your favorite Saturday morning cartoons! 

It's an EXTRA special event for us, as we'll be debuting the first ever Saturday Morning Space Opera, geared for kids 12 and under. Our first foray into kid-style programming features a MECHA-ton of action and adventure...

Voltron: Legendary Defender "Escape from Planet Doom"

Game: No Thank You, Evil! by Monte Cook Games
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Activate interlocks! Dyna-therms connected. Infra-cells up; mega-thrusters are go! The members of Lion Force Voltron have gone missing, and as new graduates of the Galaxy Alliance Space Academy, it's up to your team to find them. Galaxy Garrison has outfitted your group of space explorers with a Voltron of your own, as your search for clues leading you to Planet Doom. Can your team bring back the legend of Voltron: Defender of the Universe?
Ages 12 and under are welcome, and adults must be accompanied by a child! No prior experience necessary. Materials provided.

The Spire Of The Hunting Sound

Game: Numenera by Monte Cook Games
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
A billion years in the future, the Earth has become a wondrous realm of sorcery and science. Take up the role of an adventuring glaive, jack, or nano in world of fantastic creatures and strange technology-based magic. Your party's airship--with innocents aboard--is hijacked by raiders! How will you protect the passengers and crew--and discover the terrible secrets behind the attack?
No prior experience necessary. Pre-generated characters and dice will be provided.

Lords of the Latter Times

Game: Fate of Tékumel
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
A free-wheeling Barsoomian style adventure in the early days of Tékumel. If you like strange mutants, psionics, aircars, crossed swords, and battle harnesses, come on by and play the game!
No prior experience necessary. Materials provided.

More info:

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Summer SNSO starts with "The Place Where Time Ends!"


Hey there space fans! We're kicking summer off on June 2 with an exciting new Cypher System adventure by GM Jen Doll: THE PLACE WHERE TIME ENDS! It's set in the same universe as several previous adventures, including the popular WATCHER IN THE STARS. Here's the mission details:
A desperate war with the Nanite Sub-reality rages all around you. Ancient alien technology is needed to turn the tide in mankind's favor or all will be lost. You and your special-operative archaeological team are closing in on an important artifact's location... but will you find it in time?
6:00 pm / Saturday, June 3
Source Comics + Games
RSVP now and let us know you're coming!

You also can RSVP on the SNSO Google+ Community page. (Click image)
PLAYERS:
  • BYO dice (d6, 2d10, and d20)
  • Pre-generated character templates
  • No prior experience with Cypher rules necessary

Friday, April 21, 2017

MAY SNSO: Guard the Galaxy in TSR's Marvel Super Heroes game!


You may have heard of this new scifi film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. We're sort of excited about it.

We're makin' our own mashup mixtape of RPG awesomeness by throwing Guardians old and new from comics and films into a TSR Marvel Super Heroes adventure. We'll be using TSR's FASERIP rules, which is code for: easy to learn and fun to play!


Oh and be sure to bring two d10 percentile dice!

6:00 pm / Saturday, May 13
Source Comics & Games
RSVP now and let us know you're coming!

You can also RSVP on the SNSO Google+ Community page. Click the image below:

HEY, PLAYERS:
  • No previous experience with FASERIP rules necessary
  • BYO dice (2d10s)
  • Characters from the Marvel universe provided
  • As always, this event is FREE
Who knows--maybe even Kevin Bacon will make it?


Friday, March 24, 2017

April Brings: CYPHER System Star Trek!

No, not a rain shower and definitely NOT a practical joke--we've got something special lined up for the first of April -- an awesome, original Star Trek adventure by Erich Doll: STAR TREK: TO A FLAME! If you're looking for an easy-to-learn Trek game, this is the one--we'll be using the Cypher System roleplaying game rules by Monte Cook Games.

This is a "Next Trek" adventure is set in the Next Generation timeline, aboard The USS Hopper, a Galaxy class starship. The three branches of Starfleet have been mapped to the three main classes in Cypher--maximizing their roleplaying potential!

Here's the mission brief:
USS Hopper, Captain's Log: Star Date 43417.1. While returning from a Terra-forming mission in a remote sector of the Alpha Quadrant, we picked up what might be a distress signal although the language was not in the Federation database and we needed a larger sample before our ship's computer could use its heuristic translation algorithm. Being the only Federation ship nearby we were pressed to investigate. We did find a ship, that again wasn't in the Federation database, but it did not respond to our hails or show any sign of a living crew. We transported a hand-picked away team onto the ship and this is their report...
6:00 pm / Saturday, April 1
Source Comics & Games

RSVP on the SNSO Google+ Community page. Click the image below:

You can also RSVP through the Contact page. And stay on this hailing frequency for more Trek-related games throughout November!

CREW WANTED:
  • BYO dice (d6, 2d10, and d20)
  • Pre-generated character templates
  • No prior experience with Cypher rules necessary

Saturday, March 4, 2017

WANTED: Players who love scifi!


Our games are always free and open to new players. We rotate game masters who typically run one-off adventures you can play in a few hours with little or no experience. 


Come join us for some far-out, sci-fi fun!

Check out the Players page for more info

Friday, February 17, 2017

FREE SPACE OPERA GAME!


We're here at Con of the North! We hope you are too! If you received a special MAD ASTRA Bag 'O Space Battles game pack go ahead and download the FREE rules and get started! They're provided through a Creative Commons license so you can edit, share and enjoy as you like--just provide attribution back to Saturday Night Space Opera.



LICENSE
The game is a bare-bones wargame, so you can edit, mash-up, and share, and play as you like. But please, for personal use only--it's not for commercial distribution. Oh, and please credit us with a link back when you do--we want to see how awesome you've made it!


Creative Commons License
MAD ASTRA by Saturday Night Space Opera is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at www.SaturdayNightSpaceOpera.com.


Sunday, February 12, 2017

MARCH is SciFi Board Game month!

We're back for a re-match of the Battle of the Board Games! Join us at the Source for another relaxing board game fun!

Come try out a variety of cool, new space games, including:

GALAXY TRUCKER AND "THE BIG EXPANSION" SET


ESCAPE THE ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE 



STAR TREK ASCENDANCY 



STAR TREK PANIC 



FIREFLY 


BATTLE BEYOND SPACE


...or bring YOUR favorite space opera board game to try out!!

6:00 pm / Saturday, March 4
Source Comics & Games

Let us know you're coming!

Don't forget to RSVP using the Contact button above or the SNSO Google+ Community page. Click the image below:


Tuesday, February 7, 2017

UPDATED: Con of the North programming changes

CH-CH-CH-CHANGES FOR SATURDAY NIGHT SPACE OPERA CON SCHEDULE



We've got a few updates for our upcoming Con of the North programming. One of our GM's had to bow out of the Con this year but we've filled his open game spots with two more awesome additions.

CANCELLED:
  • Sunday at 16:00 - SPRAWL OF DUTY: ICE OPS / Powered by Apocalypse
  • Saturday at 10:00 - THE GATE ESCAPE / Posthuman Studios, LLC
See below for the newly added games on the schedule...

CHOOSE YOUR UNIVERSE
We've got FIFTY HOURS (50!) of games planned, making for one packed schedule. See the full listings below and then watch for even more gaming surprises when you arrive on-site!


February 17-19, 2017 

Mark your calendars and make sure your winter gaming schedule includes some space opera adventures!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17


Title: YOUNG CENTURIONS - REVENGE ON MARS
Description: On the eve of WW I, Martian artifacts are uncovered hinting at a new Tripod Invasion. The teen heroes of the Century Club must find a way to defeat the Martian foes before they once again wrap their slimy tentacles around the Earth.  Try out this easy, fun-to-play pulp RPG prequel to Evil Hat’s Spirit of the Century.
Game System: Young Centurions - Fate Core
Publisher: Evil Hat Productions
Game Master:  John Everett Till 
Game time: 12:00-16:00 (4 hours)

Title: ESCAPE FROM PLANET ARES
Description: Game over, man! The dropship crashed on this godforsaken rock before the Major could even tell you what the mission was. You’ve got your gear, a map, and some sensor readings you don’t like the looks of.  Can you survive until the cavalry arrives? Stay Frosty is an unholy chimera, mixing old-school D&D, Aliens, Doom, and Starship Troopers.
Game System: Stay Frosty
Publisher: Garske Games
Game Master:  Casey Garske
Game time: 16:00-20:00 (4 hours)

NEW! Title: FAR TREK: BRING BACK VULCAN
Description: Can Romulans and the Federation work together to reverse the greatest disaster in the history of the Alpha Quadrant? See for yourself, as teams from both civilizations come together to rescue the Vulcan homeworld from oblivion. Character templates provided. No previous experience with Far Trek necessary.
Game System: Far Trek
Publisher: Far Trek
Game Master:  John Till 
Game time: 16:00-20:00 (4 hours)

Title: THE MASK OF EONS
Description: Even as war rages and sentient nanites hunt humans and their alien allies to the brink of existence, guard duty on an interstellar civilian transport vessel is usually uneventful. But one passenger has brought along a dangerous artifact that the nanite threat would do anything to possess. Can you and your small team find a way to stop them before the ship's meager defenses are overwhelmed?
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master:  Jenifer Dol
Game time: 20:00-24:00 (4 hours)



SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18


NEW! Title: LAST CALL ON DANTOOINE
Description: A team of out-of-touch rebels arrive at the main rebel base on Dantooine, months after the Alliance has moved on. It won't be long before they have a little company--Imperial company! A free-form adventure that might lead anywhere, from the badlands of Dantooine to the spice mines of Kessel!
Game System: Star Wars, 2nd Edition
Publisher: West End Games
Game Master:  Matt Towle 
Game time: 10:00-14:00 (4 hours)

Title: ESCAPE FROM PLANET ARES 
Description: Game over, man! The dropship crashed on this godforsaken rock before the Major could even tell you what the mission was. You’ve got your gear, a map, and some sensor readings you don’t like the looks of.  Can you survive until the cavalry arrives? Stay Frosty is an unholy chimera, mixing old-school D&D, Aliens, Doom, and Starship Troopers.
Game System: Stay Frosty
Publisher: Garske Games
Game Master:  Casey Garske
Game time: 12:00-16:00 (4 hours)

Title: THE LAST MOONBASE
Description: It's been 200 years since the end of civilization on Earth. 200 years since anyone even entered orbit, much less went to the moon. Now your band of mutated brothers is blasting off to The Last Moonbase!
Game System: Mutant Crawl Classics
Publisher: Goodman Games
Game Master:  Matt Towle 
Game time: 14:00-18:00 (4 hours)

Title: THE VAST UNSPOKEN SIN
Description: Ancient alien ruins may hold the key to combating the sentient nanites who are hunting mankind into extinction, but many of them are hidden on dangerous planets near the galaxy's center. You and your team are on the verge of a major discovery, but what you uncover on your archaeological mission doesn't just have the potential to save your world--it also has the potential to destroy it.
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master:  Jenifer Dol
Game time: 16:00-20:00 (4 hours)

Title: RAD ASTRA: RALLY FOR THE GALAXY
Description: Welcome Starbucklers, Astrosassins, Astrocasters and Starbarians! Charge your friction pistol and plug in your hyperspace key, 'cuz you're racing a suped-up interstellar freighter in the greatest race in the galaxy! Be a real space ace in this rules-light, mash-up of 70s and 80s space opera. Materials provided.
Game System: Rad Astra
Publisher: Rad Astra Entertainment
Game Master:  Jay MacBride 
Game time: 18:00-22:00 (4 hours)


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19


Title: THE VOICE OF THE UNAWARE
Description: When humans gained access to the nanite sub-reality during their continuing war with the nanite threat, they found many strange things therein. None so strange, however, as the now infamous nanite forged complex of stasis pods which contain non-combat human-like androids who lie silent but show brain activity. What could they be for? You and your team have been sent to unravel this mystery.
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master:  Jenifer Dol
Game time: 10:00-14:00 (4 hours)

Title: TYCHO BRAHE'S MOM IS CANCELLED (GM is out ill)
Description: Tycho's Mom has gone missing, and the astronomer requires your help to find and retrieve her safely. The game may include Adult Themes and concepts prevalent in the Weird Fantasy genre. Pregen characters will be provided.
Game System: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Game Master:  Bob Cook
Game time: 14:00-16:00 (2 hours)

Title: THUNDER ON EUROPA
Description: They say Replicants don't have real feelings. They say the conditioning Replicants undergo is too strong to break. They say the Colony on Europa is a model for the whole Solar System. They might be wrong.  A Cypher System/Bladerunner game.
Game System: Cypher System
Publisher: Monte Cook Games
Game Master:  Matt Towle
Game time: 14:00-18:00 (4 hours)

Title: STAR TREK EXCALIBUR: GOLD SUN
Description: A Federation commissioner, young and impetuous, disappeared while checking into rumors that a mysterious water world holds the secret of Gold Sun, a legendary power of unknown origin. Now the crew of USS Excalibur (NCC-26517), an Ambassador-class starship, undertake a desperate rescue mission, guided by the commissioner's now half-sane Arkenite aide. Dive to depths, where no one has gone before.
Game System: Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game (Second Edition)
Publisher: FASA
Game Master:  Erik Mornes
Game time: 18:00-22:00 (4 hours)

SEE YOU AT THE CON!



All times are listed in 24-hour format by Con of the North. Programming subject to change. Watch for updates.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

February SNSO: SAVAGE STAR WARS!


"Why, you slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler. You got a lot of guts coming here, after what you pulled."

Attention Space Pirates!
Join us at a run-down Tatooine spaceport as we try to teleport off this rock! We'll either steal a spaceship or get enough credits together to smuggle ourselves out... before the bounty hunters on our tail catch up to us!

We'll be playing Savage Worlds in a Star Wars setting. Think Edge of the Empire without the handrails!

6:00 pm / Saturday, February 4
Source Comics & Games
RSVP now and let us know you're coming!

Don't forget to RSVP on the Contact button above or the SNSO Google+ Community page. Or to RSVP directly to the Google Plus event, click here:

HEY, PLAYERS:
  • WHAT: Savage Worlds roleplaying game!
  • HOW: Pre-generated characters will be provided
  • BYOD: Bring your own polyhedrals, the usual assortment

Sunday, January 1, 2017

January is BATTLE OF THE BOARD GAMES!

We're taking the New Year one parsec at at time and easing into our tabletop itinerary with some relaxing board game fun!

Come try out a variety of cool, new space games, including:

ESCAPE THE ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE 



STAR TREK ASCENDANCY 



STAR TREK PANIC 



FIREFLY 



...or bring YOUR favorite space opera board game to try out!!

6:00 pm / Saturday, January 7
Source Comics & Games

Let us know you're coming!

Don't forget to RSVP using the Contact button above or the SNSO Google+ Community page. Click the image below: