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Strange Stars Setting Assumptions
There are a set of underlying premises to the Strange Stars setting which might affect the play of the game. My assumptions don’t have hold true in your version of Strange Stars, but it is probably helpful to consider how…
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Dark Woods and Deep Waters: Anthony Picaro’s Straits of Anián
This week, I continue my settings interview series — this time, speaking with Hydra partner Anthony Picaro about his Straits of Anián setting. Anthony is writing “A Coast of Grizzly Dreams,” reimagining Hydra’s first product, Slumbering Ursine Dunes, in a mythic…
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American Fantasy, in Trey Causey’s Land of Azurth
Hi; I’m Humza Kazmi, the newest partner in the Hydra Cooperative. I’ve previously contributed to Slumbering Ursine Dunes and Fever-Dreaming Marlinko, and am currently editing Misty Isles of the Eld. This post is the first in a series of interviews with Hydra partners…
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The Future of the Past
In Strange Stars, I mentioned how I saw the stylings of this particular future as harkening back to the science fiction of previous decades. I imagine spaceships like in seventies films, seventies and eighties book covers and comics books, particularly…
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A Glimpse of the Misty Isles of the Eld
After four months of struggle, the Misty Isles of Eld draft manuscript is done, done, done. The tough editing and revision cycle begins (both Dunes and Marlinko went through 7-8 editing iterations over roughly two month periods). Below is an…
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We’ve Got A System for That
Hi, I’m Robert Parker, co-founder of the Hydra Cooperative and editor of Slumbering Ursine Dunes and Fever-Dreaming Marlinko, here to talk about my contributions to Marlinko, specifically the carousing and hireling reputation subsystems. Let’s dive right into it. I’ve been…
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Welcome to the Hydra Cooperative Website and Blog!
Hello! If you’re looking for the organization with a fondness for green uniforms and world domination, I’m afraid that’s not us. We only do tabletop roleplaying games. Sorry. But check out our “Who We Are” page for a bit more…
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