Seth Skorkowsky

Chamax Plague is Available (Patreon)

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2023-06-01 00:12:48

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2026-06

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Hello Patrons,

I've finished up my review of the classic Traveller adventure The Chamax Plague. It still needs subtitles, but I should have those done by tomorrow. Video will go live to the general public on Friday.

In other news my new and improved Game Room is 99% finished. There's still one bar light I need to put up, but everything else is done. It's not noticeable in any of the videos, save for the new bookshelves behind Todd, but the acoustics are a little different as the old and stained carpet is now tile with a huge rug and the crumbling popcorn ceiling is fixed and covered in some acoustic tiles. As for the rest of the house... it's a work in progress.

On the game-front we rolled up characters and had a short introductory session for our new Traveller campaign. Once the starting adventure is done and everyone is used to their characters and re-acquainted with the game system we'll begin Secrets of the Ancients which I expect to take us a year to complete. I'm really excited for this one and plan to begin a Game Diary style review/overview once we're most of the way through it. Hopefully it doesn't abruptly end with all the character dying. I was terrified when I started my Two-Headed Serpent and Mystery of BT-SHT 365 diaries because there was the possibility of a TPK or something leading to an unsatisfying conclusion.

Anyway, that's it for now. I'll be going to Origins in late June, doing a couple panels and other stuff, if any of you are coming please swing by and say hello.

Have a great day,

Seth

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Traveller: The Chamax Plague - RPG Review

A ship in peril leads the Player Characters to a remote planet in search of a lost expedition team and the horrible truth about what wiped out a lost civilization. Here are my thoughts, tips, and criticisms for the classic Traveller adventure The Chamax Plague. You can pick up a copy at the FFE website on CD: https://www.farfuture.net/ For the updated Chamax stats for Mongoose 2e, you can find the Referee Briefing 6 here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/204706/Referees-Briefing-6-Garden-Worlds?affiliate_id=1017650 For the maps and assets I made for my game, get them here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BlQKQ45kX-5zIgwIDEuGHLnHfDe-PwEX?usp=sharing SUPPORT ME ON PATREON (Tip Jar): https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky A heartfelt thank you to my 232 Patrons for their continued support in making this channel possible. ______ CHECK OUT MY NOVELS If you want to support my channel, or just want to read an action-packed Urban Fantasy about modern-day monster hunters and their sentient weapons, check out my four-novel Valducan series. They feature gun fights, sword fights, car chases, monsters, and a smattering of horror (except Book 2, which is mostly horror). Audio book editions narrated by the badass R.C. Bray: https://amzn.to/3rehNnJ I also write pulpy Sword & Sorcery thief adventures in my Tales of the Black Raven series. It's 21 short stories packed with action, intrigue, and daring heroics. Audio editions read by R.C. Bray. https://amzn.to/3faj4cX And if you want a kickass and dark revenge story about a modern-day sorceress hunting across the multiverse for lost Carcosa, my novel Ashes of Onyx is available in print, ebook, and audio book: https://amzn.to/3sfh1IA If you enjoyed my stories, please leave a rating or review on Amazon, Audible, and/or Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4088554.Seth_Skorkowsky __________ MY PUBLISHED RPG ADVENTURES A Mother's Love (Call of Cthulhu 7e). This collection of adventures won the 2020 Gold ENnie Award for Best Digital Adventure Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299661/New-Tales-of-the-Miskatonic-Valley?affiliate_id=1017650 Mysteries on Arcturus Station (Mongoose Traveller 2e). This is two adventures. One is written by me, and the other is my update to J. Andrew Keith's brilliant Murder on Arcturus Station: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/350034/Solomani-Adventure-1-Mysteries-on-Arcturus-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while I didn't write it (Marc Miller has that distinction), I did greatly expand and update the classic Traveller adventure Death Station to Mongoose 2e, which is TOTALLY FREE: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380659/Death-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while not an adventure, here's Mythos Artifacts I wrote with Jon Hook of some neat magic artifacts for Call of Cthulhu: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390047/Mythos-Artifacts?affiliate_id=1017650 __________ GOT DICE? Check out the Q-Workshop Seth Skorkowsky RPG Icons Dice, a 10-die set that I designed with Q-Workshop: https://q-workshop.com/en/rpg-dice-sets/1670/icons-seth-skorkowsky For individuals of the 12-sided D6: https://q-workshop.com/en/single-dice/1713/twelve-sided-d6-seth-skorkowsky __________ SHIRTS! Check out the Channel Store for some shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/seth-skorkowsky __________ FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER I mostly ramble about movies, tabletop roleplaying games, and random other things as they occur to me: https://twitter.com/SSkorkowsky __________ I HAVE A PODCAST Check out the Modern Mythos Podcast where veteran RPG writer Jon Hook and I discuss horror and gaming, especially Call of Cthulhu: https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/?fbclid=IwAR1_wArr3cKQhXj5GNv52s2Q-_gdM9yyq-0O-_dugpOYp3CsevyZiir5mBU You can find the podcast on YouTube as well (You should totally subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA __________ Guest Starring Jack the NPC As an Amazon and DriveThru RPG Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases from those websites.