StarCadets RPG -- the original version

StarCadets!  My first all on one page (and one side!) Role Playing Game!

I wrote this waay back in 1998.  It took me about two months, off and on, to write it -- it was crazy fun!  At the time there wasn't that many "micro" RPGs out there.  When I saw some, I thought -- I can do that!  And here it is.

When I planned it, I decided it needed a gimmick -- I made the title longer than the rules!  If you count the lines, the title block is one line longer than the rules block.  LOL.

Game-wise, it is a science fiction role playing game.  The first place I uploaded it, claimed it was an outline....(lol, this page was all there was!)  Or that it is a parody of Traveller...(No it isn't, but there was a copy of the Traveller book handy when I wrote this...)

So here it is...as it originally appeared...enjoy!

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This game is Free! Really! Give copies to your friends! (Written: Apr-17-1998)
Printing Instructions: If using DOS, just send it to the printer. Otherwise
use no margins, and a proportional font (all characters are the same size).
Needed materials: 6-sided dice, paper, writing tools, and 2 or more players.
      .        .               .           .             .           .       .
 ._____ ._____   ___ .______.  ____  .___  _____. ______  _____ ._____    _.
 / ____\/__ __\ / _ \ | ___ \ / ___\ / _ \ |  _ \ | ____\/__ __\/ ____\. (_)    .
 \    \ . | | .| |_| ||    _/| /.  .| |_| || |.\ || __\ .  | | .\    \    .
._\____\ .| |  | ___ || |\ \.| \____| ___ || |_/ || |____  | |. _\___ \ . _    .
 \_____/  |_|  |_| |_||_| \_\ \____/|_| |_||____/.|_____/ .|_|  \_____/. (_) .
 .______ . ___ . _____.  ___ .  ____ .      ______  _   _  _   . ______  _____
  | ___ \ / _ \ / ____\ /_ _\  / ___\    .  | ___ \| |.| || | .  | ____\/ ____\ 
  |    _/| |_| |\    \  .| |. | /  .  .     |    _/| | | || |   .| __\ .\    \
  | ___ \| ___ |_\___ \._| |_ | \____      .| |\ \.| |_| || |____| |_____\___ \
  |_____/|_| |_|\_____/ \___/  \____/.   .  |_|.\_\ \___/ |_____/|_____/\_____/
A Quarter-Page Role-playing Game    by Donald Hosford (Donzerme@Yahoo.com)
Filename:  SCADETS.TXT              With comments by Edward Golupski.
----------------------------------<Game Rules>--------------------------------
CREATING CHARACTERS: Think of a name.  |COMBAT: All characters get a chance to
 Roll 2d6 for each attribute(STrength, | do something each turn. Attacks are and
 BRains) Hits=Strength. Move is 1/2    | at Average difficulty. Characters may
 Strength(round up) Choose a number of | move upto 1/2 move, and shoot at -2
 skills, no more than Brains score.    | to skill roll.
 Make one skill level 3, the rest are  |DAMAGE: Subtract armor defence, apply
 level 1. Has 70 credits to buy stuff. | remainder to character's hits. Any
SKILLS: Computer,Driver,Fight,Medic,   | character with zero hits has died. 
 Repair,Science,Shoot. Add as needed.  |NPC's: Basics: ST 7, BR 7. Has only
SKILL DIFFICULTIES: Easy things: +2,   | needed skills (level 2), and stuff.
 Average things: +0, Hard things: -2.  | Experts: worked out like characters.
SKILL ROLLS: Roll 2d6,add skill level, |EXPERIENCE: All characters get 1 point
 subtract difficulty. If the total is 8| per adventure. Give 2 points for good
 or more, skill attempt was successful.| role playing. 5 points may be spent
 Rolls of 7 or less are failures.      | to increase a skill by 1 level.
 ----------------------------------<Equipment>---------------------------------
Item           Cost Notes              |Item          Cost Notes
Backpack        10  10 small items.    |Ship passage   15  per day.
Cell recharger  30  recharges in 4 hour|Luxury passage 40  per day.
Comm-unit        5  5km range, 4 hours.|Flack Vest     25  Def 3. Chest/back.
Datacube         5  Holds 8 levels data|Patrol Suit    55  Def 5. Whole body.
Flashlight       5  20 hours.          |Spacesuit      80  Def 2. 10 hrs use.
Geo-scan        40  Finds chemicals,ect|Skimmer(4 man)1500 Speed 100kph,10hour
Hand Computer   50  4 levels active,1hr|Skimmer-truck 3500 Speed 60kph, 5hours
Hotel room      25  per day.           |Weapon            Damage Shots Range
Medikit         40  8 uses.            | Blaster       30  2d6     4    40m1
Power cell       5  Rechargeable.      | Blaster rifle 60  3d6     6    80m
Rations          6  food for 1 man.    | Knife          5  1d6    ---   ---
Toolkit         18  +2 on skill rolls. | Sword         20  1d6+3  ---   ---
Utility Cord    15  strong, 50m long.  | Spear         15  2d6     1    20m
+----------<Toronto Sector Map>-----------|------------<Adventure>------------
|. . E . . . . .|A)Toronto-Sector capital,|SETUP: The players are at the
|. . . . . . F .| High Population, High   | Toronto spaceport. They are out of
|. D . . . . . .| Industry,Trade center.  | work. They are approached by Jans
|. . . . A . . .|B)Benton-High Pop,Med Ind| Miller(Male, middle aged,business
|H . . . . . . .|C)Karolos-Med Pop,Low Ind| suit). He wants them to guard an
|. . . . . . . B|D)Atlas fleet base-Large | important cargo delivery. He will
|. . . C . . . .| military base. Fourteen | pay 40 credits each. They meet at
|. . . . . G . .| fleet ships are here.   | a starship, and ride with the
+---------------+E)Poverty-Med Pop,Farming| cargo in the back of a truck.
1 square=1 Light|F)Standish-Low Pop,med   |WAREHOUSE: At the warehouse, the
 Year. All ships| Ind, Ship yards.        | truck is attacked by a group of
 move at 1 light|G)Clor-Med pop,Low Ind.  | thieves.(Basic NPC's, 1 per player
 year per day.  |H)Tempus-Med pop,Low Ind.| Shoot 2, Blaster)
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Weird, it appears to be double spaced..Looks normal in notepad...how do I fix this?

Starship Minis/Firearc Disks

New Post!

This time I dredged up pics of some "one off" starship minis I did once.  They started out as one of those "build your own pod racer" sets Galoob made.  I bought one because some of the bits resembled starships.  A little cutting and gluing, and presto!  Starship minis!  I had enough bits to make six ships, two of each one.

Here they are flying to the left.  The background is  actually an open book.  (The Universe by Leo Marriott -- Larger than your coffee table sized book. About 24" x 17".  Filled with huge space pics.)

This is the second version of the fire arc disks you see in the pic above.  They have spaces for Ship IDs.

Use: Print on ordinary paper.  Glue to some cardboard, etc. The "peg" of the stand is a wooden golf tee, with the tip trimmed off.   I "painted" the golf tees with a black marker.

Too bad I can't make any more of these.

Mystery Game Disks

Hello there!  Got a mystery on my hands.

  A number of years ago at a garage sale, I picked up a shoebox full of "A Million Tiddly Winks".  (Not actually a million, but quite a few...)  I have been calling them "Game Disks".  The guy I bought them from said he got them from someone else, and had no idea what they were.

Sorry about the fuzziness of the pics...couldn't get my camera to focus on the details.

They are made of a soft plastic about 3/4" across.  In seven colors: Yellow, Orange, Black, White, Green, Red, and Blue. They all have a number molded into the front side (ranges from 1 to 16), and the back side has either concentric rings or is simply blank.

 

A detail pic to show both sides.

Another detail pic with a ruler to show size.

And finally a pic with some of the disks used as bases for some of my Galoob Micromachine Figures.






Final thoughts: They seem to be from some kind of board game or game set.  It occurs to me that they could be some kind of industrial washers or spacers...But what would the numbers be for then?  Strange.

Has anyone ever seen anything like these?  Who made them?  What kind of game are they from?  Or what was their original purpose?

Thanks for any ideas.