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Jan. SNSO: We're bringing LANCER back!

It's back! We finally found a way to bring Lancer back from the scrap pile and you're chance to pilot a mech is finally here! Join us on Saturday, January 15 for LANCER, the hit indie tabletop roleplaying game! Publisher's Massif Press calls it a "mud-and-lasers mech RPG," with a wide array of mech options.

Hop in the pilot seat of Lancer's most advanced tech!

In the center of the star-spanning Union, the dream of human dignity has been realized. But out here, on the edge of the Union, there are many threats--and the innocent are often in peril. That's where YOU come in: You're a Lancer Pilot, a hero who comes to the rescue and takes a stand for what's right!

Come test drive these mechs! 

No experience is necessary--we'll teach you the rules as we go. Sign up now and we'll send you a confirmation link for the online meeting.

Saturday, Jan. 15 / 6:00 p.m.

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We make playing easy

• FREE Online game via Zoom!

• Character templates, pre-generated characters, or super simple character creation!

• No prior experience necessary--rules will be taught!

• Don't delay--seats are already going fast!

SNSO 2021 Klingon Holiday Special!

The end is nigh! Of the year, that is. And we're about to give 2021 the truly operatic sendoff it deserves--a Klingon Holiday Special! Join a band of the galaxy's most honorable heroes as they, uh, well--just read the description. 

Saturday, December 11 at 6:00 pm

Title: Star Trek: The Search for SQuja'  

GM: John Till
Game system: Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius Entertainment
Chat platform: Zoom

You are the crew of the ill-fated IKV Medusa, an ancient K'tinga class Klingon battlecruiser that has seen more glorious days. Your mission, absurdly enough, is to take a troupe of... ACTORS from Qo'Nos (Kronos) to the Klingon frontier world of Cursa for the performance of a "holiday classic"--in the original Klingon, of course. It's hard to believe this journey will blaze a path to glory, but perhaps a river of blood ... and terror awaits you after all!  

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read up on our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). All games begin at the same time, so you may only choose one. 

Nov. SNSO: Caravan of Carnage: An Ewok Adventure!

Join us for this exciting tale of vengeful, bloodthirsty teddy bears! Come play the classic d6 Star Wars!

Saturday, November 20 at 6:00 pm

GM: Jay Mac Bride
Game system: Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games (2nd Ed.)
Chat platform: Zoom

Your Ewok tribe has suffered greatly at the hands of recent Imperial raids, after the battle of Endor. Now it's time to return the favor. The second Death Star was destroyed an littered the forest moon with debris. A scattered and desperate Imperial detachment scours your homeland in search of relics and technology that could help rebuild the empire. They've lain waste to Ewok villages in their search. Now it's time to grab a stone hatchet and a recovered blaster and start evening the score. YUB NUB!  

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). All games begin at the same time, so you may only choose one. 

SNSO at Con of the North 2022!

We're cooking up some amazing games for Con of the North 2022! Watch this post for updates and game listings, coming soon!

Oct. 9 SNSO: MOTHERSHIP: Chromatic Transference

Space is full of fear this October!

Our season of scares is in full swing on October 9 when we return to MOTHERSHIP! This indie sci-fi horror game is equal parts Alien and Event Horizon where "you and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space!"

Note: This game is geared for a Mature Audience, due to elements of horror.

Mission brief:

The top secret Ukweli-4 research facility was built to study a strange meteorite, inside of which is a color never before seen by human eyes. Due to an accident, the original researchers have long since died, leaving the facility an empty tomb--a tomb for your crew to explore!

Saturday, Oct. 9 / 6:00 p.m.

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We make playing easy

• FREE Online game via Zoom!

• Character templates, pre-generated characters, or super simple character creation!

• No prior experience necessary--rules will be taught!

• Don't delay--seats are already going fast!

Sept 25 SNSO: Those Dark Places: industrial sci-fi horror!

Space has a dark side

They say no one can hear you scream in space--wanna test that theory? Coming up in our next SNSO night we've got a sci-fi horror game from publisher Osprey Games that's rules-light and gives an extra layer of grime to the industrial edge to the future. Those Dark Places takes imagines a universe where the starships, space stations, and colonies are grim and rusty--and just and dangerous as anything else you might face. 

Mission brief:

You are sent to investigate and potentially salvage another corporation's deep space transport vessel, the Ana-Sin-Emid, which has drifted into our territory. It's unclear if the ship and her crew are in distress, attempting industrial espionage, or a diversion from an impending corporate war. Or could it be something more terrifying?

This session uses a pre-published, sci-fi horror adventure for the Those Dark Places RPG that has been modified for tone and time, but does include elements of horror.

Saturday, Sept. 25 / 6:00 p.m.

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We make playing easy

• FREE Online game via Zoom!

• Character templates, pre-generated characters, or super simple character creation!

• No prior experience necessary--rules will be taught!

• Don't delay--seats are already going fast!

Sept 18 SNSO: Pilot a high-tech mech in LANCER!

 POSTPONED: We'll see you for Lancer on November 13!

Fire up the engines and join us this Saturday for LANCER, the hit indie tabletop roleplaying game! Publisher's Massif Press calls it a "mud-and-lasers mech RPG," with a wide array of mech options.

Hop in the pilot seat of Lancer's most advanced tech!

In the center of the star-spanning Union, the dream of human dignity has been realized. But out here, on the edge of the Union, there are many threats--and the innocent are often in peril. That's where YOU come in: You're a Lancer Pilot, a hero who comes to the rescue and takes a stand for what's right!

Come test drive these mechs! 

No experience is necessary--we'll teach you the rules as we go. Sign up now and we'll send you a confirmation link for the online meeting.

Saturday, Sept. 18 / 6:00 p.m.

Sign up now! 

We make playing easy

• FREE Online game via Zoom!

• Character templates, pre-generated characters, or super simple character creation!

• No prior experience necessary--rules will be taught!

• Don't delay--seats are already going fast!

August SNSO: ALIEN Adventures in the Deep Galaxy!

ALIEN: CLEAN-UP CREW

Your squad of highly-trained space marines and scientists has answered a distress call to Patma VI, a terraforming outpost in the far reaches of the galaxy. Two previous crews have been dispatched--neither returned. It's up to you, in a last ditch effort, to see what can be salvaged and bring home any survivors!  

Set in the Aliens-era of the franchise. Note: This game is for Mature Audiences due to sci-fi horror elements.  

6:00 pm / Saturday, August 21

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SHOW UP, SIT DOWN, AND PLAY:

• Online game via Zoom!
• All materials provided!
• Character templates or pre-generated characters available!
• No prior experience necessary--rules will be taught!
• This is a FREE event!

June SNSO: Mothership: Purple Haze

We've got a HEAT WAVE of HORROR for you this month, with MOTHERSHIP, the indy-hit roleplaying game! Get ready for a sci-fi horror adventure set to SCARE. 

NOTE: Mothership is intended for Mature Audiences. Participants must be 18 or older.


MOTHERSHIP: PURPLE HAZE

Looking for something seriously scary to play? Mothership is an indie sci-fi horror game that's equal parts Alien and Event Horizon where "you and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space!"

SYNOPSIS:

Your team must board a prison ship to retrieve a key witness that will put an end to an intergalactic mobster's criminal empire. The only problem is that a strange contagion has spread throughout the ship, which has fallen into chaos. Can you achieve their goal or before succumbing to what now plagues the prison ship?

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Online game via Zoom!

• Character templates or pre-generated characters available!
• No prior experience necessary--rules will be taught!
• This is a FREE event! 

SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). All games begin at the same time, so you may only choose one. 

May SNSO: DUNE: Adventures in the Imperium!

Join us for a landmark adventure into the newest RPG to take on Frank Herbert's science fiction classic. The grandfather of modern space opera: DUNE. It's time to wear your stillsuit like the Fremen do and call the great Shai-Hulud! Remember: Whomever "controls the spice, controls the universe!"

Saturday, May 15 at 6:00 pm

Note: If you've played Modiphius' 2d20 Star Trek Adventures or John Carter of Mars RPGs you already know the basics! 

DUNE: Adventures in the Imperium

Arrakis. Dune. Desert planet. It awaits you! 

GM: John Till
Game system: DUNE: Adventures in the Imperium
Chat platform: Zoom

MISSION: Fear is the mind-killer, but the spice must flow." Are you brave enough to step into the the mind-blowing space opera universe of Dune? Join us for our first roleplaying adventure of many on the desert planet of Arrakis. 

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). All games begin at the same time, so you may only choose one. 

April SNSO: Swashbucklers and Rocket Packs!

It's here! Spring! And we've got a double dose of sci-fi fantasy for you! Mando Force Five is back for another mission and we've got a brand new adventure on Barsoom (Mars!) for John Carter fans!

Saturday, April 17 at 6:00 pm

Leading the way is John Carter of Mars, the classic tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs re-spun into a fantastic roleplaying game!

JOHN CARTER OF MARS: The Canal Demons

GM: John Till
Game system: John Carter of Mars from Modiphius
Chat platform: Zoom

MISSION: Something has interrupted food shipments along Barsoom's subterranean canals to the Twin Cities of Helium. Starvation, food riots, and worse will break out if someone doesn't get the food barges flowing again. It's up to you to take a plunge into the darkness and discover the truth!   

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Mando Force Five: PART III

GM: Jay Mac Bride
Game system: Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games (2nd Ed.)
Chat platform: Zoom

NOTE: Players should have viewed all of Seasons 1 and 2 of The Mandalorian.

You are Mandalorians. The Nevarro covert was exposed when Din Djarin--one of your own--made a daring escape off-world with a mysterious child. Without a home for your tribe, five of you took up the quest to build a home for your tribe on a new world. Bounty hunters are trailing you. Imperial warlords are closing in. But your loyalty runs as deep as your creed. To be a Mandalorian is to be both hunters and the hunted ... This is the Way.   

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). All games begin at the same time, so you may only choose one. 

March SNSO: Mutants and Mandos!

Spring is almost here and we've whipped up some wild adventures to usher in the season! Shipwrecked or on the run--March's games are filled with mayhem and madness! Join us for two old school sci-fi adventures . . .

Saturday, March 20 at 6:00 pm

Gamma World: Isle of Woe

GM: Leo Winstead

Game system: Gamma World (First Edition) 
Chat platform: Zoom

Seating: Six (6) spots available

Your party's ship wrecks off the ruined coast of an ancient land, once called ... "Wisconsin".

You meet an eccentric scientist who lords over a compound of strange beings. Soon you discover the dark secret he's hiding from you. And that you're not the first ones to find themselves marooned here on the Isle of Woe! Join us for a macbre and mysterious Gamma World scenario inspired by classic science fiction!

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Mando Force Five: PART III

GM: Jay Mac Bride
Game system: Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games (2nd Ed.)
Chat platform: Zoom

Seating: There are exactly five (5) seats for this game. No more, no less. I have spoken.

NOTE: Players should have viewed all of Seasons 1 and 2 of The Mandalorian.

You are Mandalorians. The Nevarro covert was exposed when Din Djarin--one of your own--made a daring escape off-world with a mysterious child. Without a home for your tribe, five of you took up the quest to build a home for your tribe on a new world. But enemies look to expose you and Imperial warlords are closing in! But your loyalty runs as deep as your creed. To be a Mandalorian is to be both hunters and the hunted ... This is the Way.   

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). All games begin at the same time, so you may only choose one. 

Jan. SNSO: New Year of Excitement!

Happy New Year! Congrats--we vanquished 2020 and a new year has begun. Let's kick it off with some awesome scifi adventures! We're looking for a few more good Mandalorians and we've got loads of fun as either teenagers in space or mutants in the post-apocalypse! 

Saturday, January 9 at 6:00 pm

Mando Force Five: PART II

UPDATE: 2 Seats Open

GM: Jay Mac Bride
Game system: Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games (2nd Ed.)
Chat platform: Zoom

Seating: There are exactly five (5) seats for this game. No more, no less. I have spoken.

NOTE: Players should have viewed all of Season 1. Discussion about Season 2 may occur as well, in case you are avoiding spoilers--this is your warning.

You are Mandalorians. The Nevarro covert was exposed when one of your own made a daring escape off-world with a mysterious child. Five of you made a run for it. Without a home for your tribe--and on the run from Imperial warlords--you need to establish a new covert, find work, seek Beskar, and rebuild. So the Mandalorian creed can live on. You are both hunters and the hunted ... This is the Way.   

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Teens in Space: Plague Memory

GM: Jeff Conrad

Game system: Teens in Space
Chat platform: Zoom

Seating: Six (6) spots available

Wearing hand-me-down space gear from your older siblings, on a "Salvagable Resources" academy-funded field trip to collect some lost data from a softened tundra planet. You've heard of Valvasor VII? That planet in the vidtexts, where the sky is soft violet, the deer have forward facing eyestalks, the silicon trees sing, and  the inhabitants live in karst caverns? However, even the student instructor does NOT know that the Academy's research vessel in orbit has crashed to the surface. Can the Teens handle an emergency rescue? For extra credit? 

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MCC: Down, Down, Nine Fathoms Deep!

GM: Matt Towle

Game system: Mutant Crawl Classics
Chat platform: Zoom

Seating: Six (6) spots available

Buried under the murky water of the Glowing Sea sleeps a stronghold of the Ancient Ones. What treasures will you find, and what danger lurks there? Your only clue is etched into the side of a crystalline key. Will you open the portal to the unknown? 

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). All games begin at the same time, so you may only choose one. 

December SNSO: Worlds of Fortune and Glory!

It's finally here! The end of 2020! Let's celebrate with two games that will have you exploring galaxies and strange worlds far, far away from here! Register now and a Zoom link will be sent upon confirmation. As usual, seating is first come, first served--so don't wait!

Saturday, December 12 at 6:00 pm

The Mandalorian: MANDO FORCE FIVE

UPDATE: 1 Seat Open! 

GM: Jay Mac Bride
Game system: Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games (2nd Ed.)
Chat platform: Zoom

Seating: There are exactly five (5) seats for this game. No more, no less. I have spoken.

NOTE: Spoilers for the TV series will be in play through the end of Season 1. It will be highly beneficial for you to have seen the entire first season to play. Please don't spoil Season 2 for other players.

You are Mandalorians. The Nevarro covert was exposed when one of your own made a daring escape off-world with a mysterious child. Five of you made a run for it. Without a home for your tribe--and on the run from Imperial warlords--you need to establish a new covert, find work, seek Beskar, and rebuild. So the Mandalorian creed can live on. You are both hunters and the hunted ... This is the Way.   

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Swords of Maruzar!

UPDATE: 2 Seats Open! 

GM: John Till

Game system: Vivid System by Hari Ragat Games
Chat platform: Zoom

Seating: Six (6) spots available

Note: The game designer may sit in as an observer to this game. 

Former throne-world of an interplanetary empire, Maruzar is a desert world of warring tribes and cultures and devastated by a fallen moon. Every year more fertile land is consumed by the Swarm, while space pirates fight tomb robbers for the treasures of abandoned cities. As if that's not enough, encouraged by the scheming spaceclans, a decaying empire dreams of reconquering the planet. Come experience this new pulp science fiction setting powered by the fast-paced Vivid System! 

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). 

Oct. SNSO: Hidden Horror in the Stars!

The terrors of the multiverse are unleashed in this month's adventures--just in time for Halloween! Choose from two chilling scenarios and face the void of outer space! One is a Cthulhu-inspired cosmic horror with a twist! The other is a ghastly ghost story set on the moon! Choose carefully!

Saturday, October 10 at 6:00 pm

ECLIPSE PHASE: Sideways Squad!

GM: Jeff Conrad
Game system: Eclipse Phase (First Ed.) - Posthuman Studios
Chat platform: Zoom

Your Firewall team's snoop mission deep inside the Jovian Republic went bad, real bad, and you've woken up a year later in the Hamilton cylinder Xiphos. Your shells are custom biomorphs bearing squid-like faces that terrify every Ultimate you meet. Will you succumb to the hunger for a lifestyle on carrion diet, or get off-station to the resleeving facilities in Chat Noir on Oberon?   

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ELECTRIC BASTIONLAND: The Silent Moon

GM: Adam Hall
Game system: Electric Bastionland
Chat platform: Zoom

NOTE: This game include character creation, led by GM. It features a rules-lite approach with "ridiculously quick character generation." This game is set on THE FREAKIN MOON.

A failed career and a mountain of debt have driven you to try your hand at treasure hunting, and a truly special prize awaits anyone who can survive the horrors on the surface of the Moon! Do you and your fellow debtors have the wits to navigate the abandoned lunar amusement park you find there? The moxie to outsmart the rival treasure hunters hot on your trail? Or the spine to face the murderous apparition hidden within the silver mists? 

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). 

Sept. SNSO: Super Hero Adventures!

Summer might be winding down, but we've got a trio of super-powered excitement that packs a punch!  Torn from the pages of your favorite comic books and TV shows, September all about SUPER HEROES! Charge into action with incredible powers and abilities in one of three adventures:

Saturday, September 19 at 6:00 pm

Wonder Woman & Green Lantern: The Invaders

UPDATE: SMALLVILLE IS CANCELLED

GM: Erik Mornes
Game system: Smallville RPG (Cortex) from Margret Weiss Productions
Chat platform: Zoom

Amazonian Princess Diana Prince and Green Lantern John Stewart join forces, along with their companions Steve Trevor and Katma Tui, to uncover a plot by aliens to invade Earth. Based on the longest running sci-fi series in North America and its sequel comic book, Smallville: Season 11!  

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Marvel: Strikeforce Morituri - Courage Incarnate

UPDATE: STRIKEFORCE IS FULL

GM: Jay Mac Bride
Game system: Marvel Super Heroes Roleplaying Game From TSR
Chat platform: Zoom

Hostile aliens have invaded the Earth! After a year of torrential attacks, we're losing--badly. But our scientists have come up with the Morituri Process, which infuses fantastic new super powers into a select few human volunteers. But it comes at a terrible price: No one who gains these new powers seems to live longer than a year. At any moment, your body might spontaneously combust! But with Earth's salvation so close at hand, we need brave heroes like you to step up and become humanity's last hope!       

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Cypher System: Dread Expectations

GM: Adam Hall
Game system: Cypher System RPG From Monte Cook Games
Chat platform: Zoom

The diabolical Doctor Dread is summoning a mysterious ancient threat from beyond the stars and plans to unleash it upon the city! To foil her evil plans, you must rocket through time and space, facing peril at every hour and danger at every light-year. Does your unlikely band of heroes have what it takes to come together and defeat her dastardly schemes?.  

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). 

August SNSO: Poll Results - SCI-FI Western!

Howdy partner! This month we're excited to bring you the results of our first ever player-selected theme. After last month's Free RPG Day event, we asked our attendees to choose the theme for August and they felt STRONGLY it should be sci-fi western:

Oddly enough, the somewhat related steampunk theme didn't even chart. Folks, that is just cold. 

In any case, we're happy to oblige and give the people what they want: space and science fiction westerns! Grab your ten gallon and your Lassiter Laser Pistol. It's time to be space cowboys and cowgirls and roll dice together! #yeehaw 

Saturday, August 22 at 6:00 pm

Dark Trails + Star Crawl: The End of the Line

GM: Matt Towle
Game system: Dark Trails from Stiff Whiskers Press, Star Crawl from Tuesday Night Fiend Club
Chat platform: Zoom

Updated description:

Titan Downport, 2181:  the new mag-rail isn't even finished, and someone already wants to blow it up! Who wants to sabotage the only link keeping the colony on Titan together? Is it someone working for the Big Three (BP&G, XTC Terra-Forming, and Rhee-Toth Industries), or some new organization, scofflaw and unlicensed? Fire up the M-Skimmer, grab your food pills, and move out -- down to the END OF THE LINE!  

Note: This is a mash-up of two indie games to make for one bronco-bustin' heckova night!

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Firefly: Profit Margin

GM: Erik Mornes
Game system: Serenity Roleplaying Game From Margaret Weiss Productions
Chat platform: Zoom

Desperate for some shiny, the crew of Serenity take a job from the Corone Mining Consortium on the Rim planet Regina. Unfortunately, a series of bushwhacked shipments threaten to cut into their gorram profit margin!     

Erik says: The Serenity Roleplaying Game is not to be hornswoggled by The Firefly Role-playing Game, also by the same publisher.

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Troika! Rustlers From Beyond the Moon

GM: Casey Garske
Game system: Troika! from Melsonian Arts Council
Chat platform: Zoom

Denizens of the Old West wake up in a crashed flying saucer with no idea how they got there. They must work together to escape this weird place full of aliens and strange machinery.  

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SNSO Online Games Primer

Once you sign up, kindly read upon our online gaming FAQ and be familiar with how we're running games these days (tips hat). 

Free RPG Day Online Games and Webinars!

Looking to try out new roleplaying games without spending a dime? We've got a day of thrilling RPG adventures lined up!

This year's Free RPG Day has been pushed back due to the pandemic. As stores scrambled to find a way to offer events with stay at home orders or reduced store capacity. So we partnered with Source Comics & Games to bring you our first-ever all online Free RPG Day event!

We've got a buncha' space and scif-fi excitement in five roleplaying sessions. AND if you're looking to level-up as a GM, we're offering free game master clinic webinars! Choose from a variety of topics in game design or learning more about what games are out there!

Sign up now below to save your seat! 

We'll send you a link to the Zoom event a few days prior. Be sure to check out our Online Game FAQ before you attend.

Here's the schedule of events:

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020

2:00 P.M.

RPG: STAR TREK ADVENTURES: Requiem for Miri

A century after USS Enterprise visited Earth Two and its inhabitants, the Onlies, Federation scientists are still unraveling the circumstances surrounding the Life Prolongation Project. USS Excalibur (NCC-26517) is dispatched to uncover a mystery, only to find echoes of the past. This is a TNG sequel to TOS episode "Miri."
Game time: 2 hours
Rule System: Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius
Game Master: Erik Mornes
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3:00 P.M. 

WEBINAR: Beyond D&D: Cool Games You May Not Have Tried
Want to learn more about games you've not played or had a chance to run? Get an overview of what's out there by major publishers as well as what's going on in the indie RPG scene. And get your questions answered about them!
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenter: Jenifer Doll
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4:00 P.M. 

WEBINAR: Creating Star Trek RPG Adventures That Feel "Trek"
Two SNSO game masters discuss their approaches to creating Star Trek roleplaying adventures, using sci-fi concepts (time travel, AI, generation ships, etc.) steeped in Star Trek mythos. Discussion also includes how the mechanics of various Star Trek game systems enable certain kinds of play and stories.
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenters: Erik Mornes and John Till
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RPG: STARS WITHOUT NUMBER: Pharma Couriers

Fans of Firefly and spaghetti westerns listen up! On a supply mission a medical supply ship, you and your crew travel to a distant mining colony. Save lives and help solve the colony get back on its feet before its too late--and make a few extra credits while you're at it!
Game time: 4 hours
Rule System: Stars Without Number by Sine Nomine Publishing
Game Master: Jeff Conrad
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RPG: KNAVE: Origins of Discontent (A Scifi Hack)

It was supposed to be a pleasure cruise through the most beautiful wild star systems in the galaxy, a reward for your hard work and dedication to the Galactic Alliance Investigation Bureau. The experience is every bit as grand as you'd been promised--even if slightly marred by the plethora of the insufferably wealthy who keep mistaking you for ship crew. Now, suddenly, someone is dead: an inaccessible human skeleton floating calmly through an arc chamber... but no one on board is missing, and the ship is days away from a safe port. Suspicion among the elite (and their private security teams) is quickly breeding a mutiny and the captain of the vessel is begging you for help...
Game time: 2 hours
Rule System: Knave by Questing Beast Publishing
Game Master: Jenifer Doll
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RPG: MUTANT CRAWL CLASSICS: The Unregarded Passage

In a gonzo, post-apocalyptic future where science seems more like magic and the landscape is filled with mutants of every kind, your band of Seekers finds a nondescript tunnel while exploring a ruined structure. What dangers lurk down below the stones of the past, and what treasures might you find?
Game time: 4 hours
Rule System: Mutant Crawl Classics by Goodman Games
Game Master: Matt Towle
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6:00 P.M. 

WEBINAR: Using Implied Setting in World Building and Game Design
How to use rules, character options, random tables and other tools to streamline and improve your game design and world-building process.
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenter: Casey Garske
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RPG: ALIEN: From A Dead Planet

Your crew is in the wrong place at the right time. The Company has asked you to retrieve a scientific package from a military transport, The Deadfall Hornet. The question is whether you can grab the goods before things go critical. Can you?
Game time: 2 hours
Rule System: ALIEN Roleplaying Game by Modiphius
Game Master: John Till
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Note: Mature audience

8:00 P.M.

WEBINAR: Ask Us Anything Zoom Party!
Saturday Night Space Opera began offering free in-person gaming at Source Comics & Games in 2015. After 5 years and more than 250 public game experiences in the Twin Cities, we've learned a few things!  After a brief overview, attendees can ask us anything game or SNSO related (e.g,event organizing, game design, running one-shot adventures, etc.).
Webinar time: 1 hour with Q&A
Presenters: All Free RPG Day Game Masters!
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SEE YOU SATURDAY, SPACE GAMER!

More details to come! Schedule and programming subject to change. All times are Central US time zone.

July SNSO: Spacetime Doctors!

Summer is finally in full swing! This month we're bringing you some of your favorite science fiction TV shows and movies. Sign up now before all the virtual seats are spoken for!

Saturday, July 11 at 6:00 pm

First up is that inimitable timelord DOCTOR WHO!

DOCTOR WHO: Peril on Peladon

GM: John Till
Game system: Doctor Who Roleplaying Game by Cubicle 7
Chat platform: Zoom

Join the Eleventh Doctor on a journey to a place where the Third and Seventh Doctors have visited before: the feudal backwater planet of Peladon! In earlier incarnations, the good Doctor mixed it up with kings and queens, scheming chancellors, perilous horned bear-pig gods, rebellious miners, renegade Ice Warriors, helpful Mole Men, and alien ambassadors from the interstellar Federation. Now it is your turn to visit Peladon! As mysterious forces once again destabilize this world, can you spare it from spinning out of control?    

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Emergency on the bridge!
Join the crew of an emergency medical/science vessel called to the Neutral Zone in this TOS movie-era adventure!

USS Aegimus, Medical/Science vessel

STAR TREK: Medical Logs

GM: Jeff Conrad
Game system: Star Trek The Roleplaying Game by FASA
Chat platform: Zoom

Set during era of Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock, the USS Aegimus, a lightly-armed Oberth Class Medical/Science vessel is on an emergency supply run near the Romulan Neutral Zone, when it receives an urgent transmission from Starfleet. A mysterious civilian ship intends to cross into The Zone. How will your crew--with no other help in the area--decide which takes priority and how to handle what comes next?   

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