Secrets of the Ancients: Ep 6. The Precursors - RPG Review

28K views • 1 year ago • 38:16 The Travellers are sent into the distant past, discovering the true history of the Ancients Empire. This unconventional adventure employs new and unique rules for characters using high technology and unconstrained by time or mortality. Here are my tips, criticisms, and dramatic recreations in my Game Diary Review for the epic MgT2 Traveller campaign Secrets of the Ancients - Chapter 6: The Secret of the Ancients You can buy Secrets of the Ancients on the Mongoose Publishing Website: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/secrets-of-the-ancients The PDF on DriveThru RPG: https://drivethrurpg.com/product/375437/Secrets-of-the-Ancients?affiliate_id=1017650 Or find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3XDt5Wm The Free Handout Pack and Library Data Pack can be found here: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pages/downloads-htm For the handouts and assets I made for my group, go here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18DQvcYK0J0GhWg8ge1XVlwtIYD3W4-Ib?usp=sharing *SUPPORT ME ON PATREON* (Tip Jar): https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky A heartfelt thank you to my 238 Patrons for their continued support in making this channel possible. ______ *CHECK OUT MY NOVELS* If you want to support my channel, or just want to read an action-packed Urban Fantasy about modern-day monster hunters and their sentient weapons, check out my four-novel Valducan series. They feature gun fights, sword fights, car chases, monsters, and a smattering of horror (except Book 2, which is mostly horror). Audio book editions narrated by the badass R.C. Bray: https://amzn.to/3rehNnJ I also write pulpy Sword & Sorcery thief adventures in my Tales of the Black Raven series. It's 21 short stories packed with action, intrigue, and daring heroics. Audio editions read by R.C. Bray. https://amzn.to/3faj4cX And if you want a kickass and dark revenge story about a modern-day sorceress hunting across the multiverse for lost Carcosa, my novel Ashes of Onyx is available in print, ebook, and audio book: https://amzn.to/3sfh1IA If you enjoyed my stories, please leave a rating or review on Amazon, Audible, and/or Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4088554.Seth_Skorkowsky __________ *MY PUBLISHED RPG ADVENTURES* A Mother's Love (Call of Cthulhu 7e). This collection of adventures won the 2020 Gold ENnie Award for Best Digital Adventure Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299661/New-Tales-of-the-Miskatonic-Valley?affiliate_id=1017650 Mysteries on Arcturus Station (Mongoose Traveller 2e). This is two adventures. One is written by me, and the other is my update to J. Andrew Keith's brilliant Murder on Arcturus Station: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/350034/Solomani-Adventure-1-Mysteries-on-Arcturus-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while I didn't write it (Marc Miller has that distinction), I did greatly expand and update the classic Traveller adventure Death Station to Mongoose 2e, which is TOTALLY FREE: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380659/Death-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while not an adventure, here's Mythos Artifacts I wrote with Jon Hook of some neat magic artifacts for Call of Cthulhu: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390047/Mythos-Artifacts?affiliate_id=1017650 __________ *GOT DICE?* Check out the Q-Workshop Seth Skorkowsky RPG Icons Dice, a 10-die set that I designed with Q-Workshop: https://q-workshop.com/en/rpg-dice-sets/2046/rpg-icons-dice-set-seth-skorkowsky-copy?search_query=skorkowsky&results=10 For individuals of the 12-sided D6: https://q-workshop.com/en/single-dice/1713/twelve-sided-d6-seth-skorkowsky __________ *SHIRTS!* Check out the Channel Store for some shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/seth-skorkowsky __________ *FOLLOW ME ON BLUESKY* I mostly ramble about movies, tabletop roleplaying games, and random other things as they occur to me: https://bsky.app/profile/sskorkowsky.bsky.social __________ *I HAVE A PODCAST* Check out the Modern Mythos Podcast where veteran RPG writer Jon Hook and I discuss horror and gaming, especially Call of Cthulhu: https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/?fbclid=IwAR1_wArr3cKQhXj5GNv52s2Q-_gdM9yyq-0O-_dugpOYp3CsevyZiir5mBU You can find the podcast on YouTube as well (You should totally subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA __________ As an Amazon and DriveThru RPG Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases from those websites. Guest starring Jack the NPC #ttrpg #traveller #rpg 00:00 Intro 01:58 Meet the Heroes 03:06 Spoiler Warning 03:22 Previously On 04:28 New Rules 06:59 The Precursors 11:19 Episode 1 16:24 Episode 2 19:57 Invasion 25:19 Episode 3 31:21 Episode 4 32:40 Back to the Present 34:16 Overall Thoughts