Hollow Realms- Worlds of Adventure

“Time moves slowly but passes quickly.” - Alice Walker Summer, Earth Year 2901- Wyrd Town, The Stretch District Sewers, Mars “Time, time, do I have enough time”? emotions could still be confusing to the King, so he was not sure whether this was excitement or panic he felt. Perhaps both were possible. He shifted his attention to the Drone, waking the Hynes from his programed rest period. Unlike the base consciousness he had the pawns maintain in the Grix, the King had wipe

“Mars you say? Bah! It’s still a fucking Dump! The whole bloody place is a sewer. They may mask the stench in districts like Industry Heights, but the ‘cleanest’ parts actually house the worst of the filth.” - Duke Reginald Mantle, Earth Alliance Council Member in Good Standing. The Dusters in Under Land. Summer, Earth Year 2901- Old Sewer Surface Access Hatch’, The Stretch District, Mars. “We could drop one these babies down there first.” Bambi suggested, leaning up agai

“…And I ask you who is the tramp? Who is the king? Who can say?” -From The King in Rags by Peter Kearney Summer, Earth Year 2901- X Monitoring Station Alpha’, The Stretch District Sewers, Mars “Popcorn, I wish I had some popcorn”. As the Grix sat listening to and questioning the machine called Winston, that stray thought occasionally hovered in the back of the King’s mind as he absorbed everything the pawns were hearing. The persistent mind wander was exclusively projected b

“So few people study the history of the Three Realms today. That is why so many are surprised to discover the origins of Dusters of Copper Lane stem from the worker uprisings of the Long Night, not the criminal underworld they are largely associated with today…” -From “Underbellies & Underworlds: Gangs of the 2900’s” by John A. Coldfire. Keeping The Home Fires Burning. Summer, Earth Year 2901- Undisclosed alley, The Copper Lane District, Mars. “… all a misunderstanding Bob. T

“The bustling blue-collar district of Copper Lane has long represented the best and worst of Mars. Throughout the Lane small business owners, bright eyed entrepreneurs and hard-working laborers exist side by side with con artists, crooks, and cutthroats. Still, there is an unwritten agreement between the salt and the scum of the earth in the Lane. The ‘scum’ will try to keep collateral damage from their actions to an absolute minimum in Copper Lane, and the ‘salt’ won’t run s

“Hazardous Environment Remote Operators”. The original early generations of H.E.R.O.s were Corporate and Government genetically modified individuals of incredible endurance and resistance. They were tailor-made to explore and work in extreme environments. Originally designed to be sterile once the process was undergone, nature (or corporate shenanigans based on popular conspiracy theories) found a way.” -Excerpt from Snapshots in Time by Prof. Penelope Vasilakis The Dusters

The Dusters in No Man’s Land. Summer, Earth Year 2901- Scav-Town’, The Stretch District, Mars. “A map to the location of Fridge X?” Charles ‘Big Chuck’ Williams repeated with an amused tone. “Sure Darby, but instead of credits maybe we can trade? How about this mug here? It’s from the Oak Island treasure. This ring? From the Rester queen Angavu Abioye’s hidden tomb on Earth. Hell, I think I’ve got the coordinates for Polly Corp’s secret shipyard in my pocket, just a sec…” Cha

Desperate Times and the End of the Line Spring, Earth Year 2391- Charon, Dackon Museveni’s Secret Research Center Explosions sounded from above and the hallway shook as a rust-colored mechanical fist struck the bolt on the locked side door once, bending it and then slammed into it one more time, breaking it completely. Hiroshito Adachi pushed the now crumbling door aside and faced another small hallway with another door at the end. According to the details and rough map Obser

A Change of Pace: Part Two- What do Listeners listen too? Summer, Earth Year 5739- Hub of the Wheel, Central Coma Cluster Irma and Danny stepped off the elevator onto the observation desk of Listening. The outer rotating ring was in a position where they could see the gleaming skyscrapers of the domed City of Twilight spread over about one quarter of the ring. Irma recalled the awe it invoked the first time she saw it; Twilight was still a magnificent site to this day. Beyond

A Change of Perspective Summer, Earth Year 1927 BCE- Underground Ruins, Planet Xor’ Tothos “…Precognition. All available scenarios are recalculated based on the updated data provided. The answer remains unchanged. The non-cultivated development of Precognition in humanity anytime within the first Galactic year of sapience of the Homo Genus results in a complete destruction of linear barriers within the time flow.” Deep within the decayed ruins of an alien civilization tha

A Change of Pace: Part One- How Greener the Grass? Summer, Earth year 1958- Vancouver, British Columbia “…Precognition. All available scenarios are recalculated based on the updated data provided. The answer remains unchanged. The development of Precognition in humanity anytime within the first Galactic year of sapience of the Homo Genus results in a complete destruction of linear barriers within the time flow.” “Shocker,” Irma muttered sarcastically under her breath. She h

The following excerpt comes from the now legendary author and poet Lucan of Fordstar. A documented historic fact, this first hand perspective on the Second Gouling comes during his youth when he served as part of the Outbreak Patrol Guard. Cira HL 307. "...back up boys, back up I say." the Sarge confirmed after his conversation with our Division Captain. At less than 3 leagues from the settlement of Dashel, we stood facing at distance a field of more than 500 tainted. Last ni

The common paraphrase from the legendary playwright (and frankly well known asshole) Bernard Shaw, "Those that can do, those that can't teach," demonstrates clearly that just because someone in brilliant in one field doesn't mean they are worth listening too when they talk about something else. Shaw is the prime example of a "genius" who was an absolute moron outside of his own field (theatre in his case) on a regular basis. That being said, some of his thoughts on what we mi

When sailing the Hollow Skies, be sure to maintain that Swagger!

Stay Smart while sailing the Hollow Skies! In 2902 no one can afford be dumber than the chat bots!

Instead of getting into a some "rant" about hard ass old school players being more interested in masochism to prove some edge lord 'point' vs. any actual fun :-), or newer players being so "fragile" that they can only handle the table top equivalent of a walking simulator before crumbling into a bitchy little mess, lets all except that regardless of age or generation, everyone is drawn to the wonderful world of TTRPGs for different reasons. As both a new game designer, but al

When sailing the Hollow Skies, Stay quick on the draw and and on your feet in 2902!

Learn about staying Tough in 2902 while sailing the Hollow Skies

It may seem counter intuitive at first, but our Ultimate Goal is to be as 'Hollow' as possible, in a sense at least :-) What is not 'Hollow' is the newly developed D10/D6 gaming system. Designed by well meaning Canadian crackpot Rob Fanjoy (or Robert Andrew Fanjoy! to his grandma when he screws up), the D10/D6 system provides a full sandbox experience but with a focus on quick fun action and not getting to bogged down by overly complicated mechanics that can grind a lot of T