Last year, I came across Ix, a fantastic gaming blog run by a fellow known as The Drune. The Drune's approach to the OSR was a unique as it was entertaining and the ideas that sprung from his site where nothing short of inspiration. One of these ideas was to take M.A.R. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne, tweak the rules here and there, then rewind the game's history back to the time before Tékumel got dumped into a Bethróm when far-future humans, Pé Chói, Ahoggyá, etc. cruised the galaxy in starships, wore ray guns on their hips, and wielded fantastic psychic powers.
The result? Humanspace Empires: The sci-fi OSR experiment that stole my black and cynical heart last year!
After some successful playtest games, both on and off-line, everything seemed to be going fine. Then, last summer, Drune went off to deal with his "real life" job. Then *poof!* He was gone.
Does anyone know if Drune is still alive and well? I shot him an email a couple of week ago to find out if he was still with us, but I didn't get a response.
Perhaps if we all send a massive psychic vibration through the hyperspacial void, he will return to us.
Drune... DRUUUUUUUUUUNE...
The Drune's work was easily amongst my favorite gaming material being homebrewed last year. He is missed, but I don't begrudge any focus on real life.
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