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One year of classic 2d6 sci-fi adventure

Adventures in the Distant Fringe is a Traveller (Cepheus Engine) campaign set in the unofficial Distant Fringe setting. We've had 44 sessions since our start in late March of last year. To commemorate the campaign's recent first anniversary on the auspicious day of 1 May (often called May Day, reminiscent of the Mayday emergency distress signal that so memorably graced the cover of the classic games boxed sets), here is a short list of achievements thus far. (The corresponding session or sessions are noted in parentheses where relevant.) Character deaths: 0 Parsecs travelled: 33 Subsectors visited: 4 Class A starports visited: 3 Interstellar polities visited: 3 In-game time elapsed: 265 days Misjumps: 1 (1) Tentacle monsters encountered: 1 (1-3) Ground vehicles stolen: 1 (4) Terrifying extradimensional entities released upon an unsuspecting world: 1 (12) Greatest number of skipped ship mortgage payments: 3 Highest bank account balance: KCr1289 Mercenaries, terrorists, and/or

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