"The holy grail of game design is to make a game where the challenges are never ending, the skills required are varied, and the difficulty curve is perfect and adjusts itself to exactly our skill level. Someone did this already, though, and it's not always fun. It's called 'life'. Maybe you've played it."
- Raph Koster
One of the first text based games was Hamurabi (released in 1978), in which the player controls the economy of a Babylonian kingdom. Play mostly consists of entering numbers relating to amounts of land and grain in an attempt to develop a stable economy
This site details the creation process of a new Alternity universe. Each step of the process is explained as it is done. Also provided are links to all of the resources used in the creation of this new game environment.
My settings and concepts for Alternity: Nemesis Gate - a jumpgate-based campaign set in late PL 6. Dark Matter - my additions to the conspiracy. The Orthopteroids - a major new alien species. Space Spores - mini-settings. Spot Rules. Fantasy Settings - d20 goodness.
Alternity: Orion Arm 5440 is the site for data files pertaining to our Alternity SFRPG campaign. Maps, charts, character files, NPC files, fiction, chronology, adventure logs, and a database / sourcebook of the setting can be found here, for reference use by players.
Alternity is a Sci-Fi Role Playing Game published by TSR/WotC, featuring a new campaign settings such as Dark Matter (modern day conspiracy), Star Drive (futuristic space opera), Gammaworld (post apocalypse science-fantasy) and Starcraft (based on the computer game). Thousands of expansions, PDFs, modules and resources have been written by fans and members of the Alternity community.
This site contains all information about my own personal Alternity campaign. We have sections on new alien races, ships ranging in size from small to Capital class (as well as Organic ships), planets and systems, and a whole slew of other things. Also, I keep a weekly GM's log of my group's adventures in my universe. Check it out!
