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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tabletopjess" data-source="post: 9746885" data-attributes="member: 7034908"><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpbzuJtxfbQLggeOHVMRzvhuAwtajwrVA&si=le_nJom6xbFjkZ87" target="_blank">Not DnD</a> is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. Each week EN Publishing’s <a href="https://www.enworld.org/members/7034908/" target="_blank">@tabletopjess</a> interviews the creators behind different tabletop roleplaying games that aren’t D&D!You can watch the live recording every Monday at 5pm ET / 10pm BST on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@enworldlive" target="_blank">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/enpublishing" target="_blank">Twitch</a>, or listen on the podcast platform of your choice.In September we are looking at tabletop RPGs for a sci-fi setting!<h2>Hidden Worlds Refined Core</h2>On 8th September Bryan Donihue will join us on Not DnD to talk about <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bryandonihue/fizanthras-guide-to-the-fringe" target="_blank">Fizanthra's Guide to the Fringe </a>which provides a sci-fi setting he Hidden Worlds Refined Core.Hidden Worlds is a single d20-based game with skill-based mechanics and Story-based advancement for characters. An open magic system and quick deadly combat allows for a huge amount of flexibility and creativity for both the GM and players.Recently funded on Kickstarter, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bryandonihue/fizanthras-guide-to-the-fringe" target="_blank">Fizanthra's Guide to the Fringe</a> will have a late pledge options on backerkit for anyone interested.[MEDIA=youtube]4z01phAgwM8[/MEDIA]<h2>Blue Planet</h2>Blue Planet was originally published over 25 years ago. The TTRPG received broad acclaim for its deep, detailed, and realistic setting, presenting a precarious future threatened by the dire consequences of ecological collapse. Issues like biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and climate change were relevant 25 years ago, and even more so today.On 15th September Jeff Barber will talk us through the new edition of the system (<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact" target="_blank">Blue Planet: Recontact</a>), which provides an extensive evolution of the core mechanics, taking advantage of two decades of RPG development.[MEDIA=youtube]d1w6NNa0vHE[/MEDIA]<h2>Astra Arcanum</h2>Astra Arcanum is a new Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG from ENNIE winning studio with deep tactical combat, a massive character creation suite, and a vast setting to explore.The game had a hugely <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metismediarpg/astra-arcanum-the-roleplaying-game/" target="_blank">successful kickstarter</a> in June 2025, and is now in development with a planned delivery of December 2026.On 22nd September we’ll be talking to the Metis Media about the how the development of the game is going, and get some behind the scenes information.[MEDIA=youtube]r-JKQaprS4A[/MEDIA]<h2>Need more Sci-fi TTRPGs?</h2>We've had many other sci-fi TTRPGs on Not DnD over the last three years such as Salvage Union, Terminal, Orbital Blues, You're In Space and Everything is F***ed, Day Trippers, Alien, Paranoia, Blade Runner, Star Trek Adventures, and Dune.You can watch any of these previous interviews on <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpbzuJtxfbQLggeOHVMRzvhuAwtajwrVA&si=2oxGVjbs7xMxvf_2" target="_blank">youtube here</a>. Or listen to the podcast <a href="https://notdnd.podbean.com/" target="_blank">episodes here</a>.</blockquote>

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