Cepheus Journal – Issue #006

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Welcome to issue #006 of the Cepheus Journal. This is a fantasy only issue and we have saved other submitted content for later issues, a big thank you to the authors who have submitted.

This issue we have more great articles. This fantasy special issue kicks off with a review of Barbaric! by our own Brett Kruger, followed by more articles on the fantasy theme. There’s the Swashbuckler advanced combat rules from Peter Kreft, some expositions on dragons (Jo Jaquinta), kobolds (our own Paul Drye), and Quantum sorcery (Steve Attwood).

The ever proficient Timothy Collinson gives a Barbaric! NPC to use in games, while our own P-O Bergstedt gives us the Octorus to use in his Störtebeker, or any, fantasy setting. And finally, something we’ve not had before, some fiction from Robert L S Weaver The Dead Forest.

Article	Author	Page
From the Editors	Brett Kruger	2
Barbaric! Review	Brett Kruger	3
Swashbuckler	Peter Kreft	4
The Dead Forest	Bob Weaver	6
The Legend of Ignatious	Joseph Jaquinta	19
The Kobold	Paul Drye	23
Quantum Sorcery	Alegis Downport	26
The Vengeance of Dimion	Timothy Collinson	29
Octorus	P-O Bergstedt	30

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Published: June 3, 2021

Cepheus Journal – Issue #005

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Cepheus Journal 005

Welcome to issue #005 of the Cepheus Journal, the first issue without spaceships on the cover. In this issue, many settings are represented: Fantasy, Modern and Science Fiction.

For fantasy we have an article about Fighting Undead by Bob Weaver and a map of a Hidden Temple by Ade Stewart.

For a modern setting we have an article about British Cold War Tanks by Ewan Spence.

For Science Fiction settings we have Two articles by Neil Lucock. One about clothing and one about world building hellish worlds. We have an article about Jump Theory by Joseph Jaquinta. We have an article about Alternative Rules for Wealth by Ben Gray. Randy McDonald has written an interesting article about the close star Epsilon Indi.

From the editors we have an article about Hydrazine, one about an alien race, and one about an alternative method for planet sizes.

You may also want to download an addendum for Paul’s article Old School Rethink.

Article	Author	Page
From the Editors	Brett Kruger	2
High Tech Clothing	Neil Lucock	3
Making Hell	Neil Lucock	6
Fighting Undead	Bob Weaver	14
Exotic Chemicals	Brett Kruger	16
Abstract Wealth Rules	Ben Gray	20
The Hidden Temple (map)	Ade Stewart	23
Epsilon Indi	Randy McDonald	24
The Sche	P-O Bergstedt	30
British Cold War Tanks	Ewan Spence	32
Old School Rethink	Paul Drye	34
Lemon and Gold Sector (map)	P-O Bergstedt	39

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Published: April 2, 2021

Cepheus Journal – Issue #004

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Welcome to issue #004 of the Cepheus Journal, the thickest issue yet at 56 pages. In this issue, many settings are represented: Historical, Modern and Science Fiction.

For historical settings we have an article about smuggling and piracy in the 18th century and some cog travelling in the middle ages (both from the editorial team.)

For a modern setting, there is a Chinese infantry squad by Ewan Spence.

For science fiction settings we have two articles about close stars. 40 Eridani by Randy McDonald and Altair Subsector by Neil Lucock. Neil also wrote an article about Ship Damage. For the new (Dune inspired) Science Fiction Setting Godstar from Zozer Games, Neil Lucock has supplied a short adventure. Finally we also have part 2 of Helzr’s Recovery that started in issue #001.

Article	Author	Page
From the Editors	Paul Drye	2
Ship Damage	Neil Lucock	3
PLA Heavy Armoured Infantry Squad	Ewan Spence	9
Altair Subsector	Neil Lucock	12
Dr Syn, or, the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh	Paul Drye	18
40 Eridani in 2021	Randy McDonald	25
Garinars	Graham Bayley	30
Archbishops’ Gambit	P-O Bergstedt	31
European Arm (map)	P-O Bergstedt	37
Escape from Qasim’s Teeth	Neil Lucock	38
Helzr’s Recovery Salvage & Repossession Services Part 2	Graham Bayley	42
Trans Dolovia Sector (map)	P-O Bergstedt	51

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Published: February 12, 2021

Cepheus Journal – Issue #003

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This is Cepheus Journal Issue #003 the third issue of Cepheus Journal. The theme for this issue is the Closest Stars. There is an article about Alpha Centauri and another one about Tau Ceti. There is also an article about Vega Subsector about a number of nearby worlds, based on the Near Stars map from Stellagama Publishing.

There are also some rules for Sword of Cepheus, rules for Factions, a Vietnamese Rifle Platoon for Modern War, a review of These Stars are Ours! and a Provincial Cruiser that you can find in the Vega Subsector.

Finally there are three very different alien races. The Quarlon is a parasitic virus that will take over its host sophont. The Gebbebem is an insectoid race in a symbiotic relationship with a worm-like creature that acts as it brain.

The last race is the Nissi. A race that was inspired by the Nisse from Scandinavian Folklore. When editing this issue, there wasn’t room for the image of the Nissi (and a few other images as well). This is what they look like (if you can see them).

We want to thank all of you who have sent in submissions, and if your submission isn’t in this issue, it will be in a later issue.

Article	Author	Page
From the Editors	Paul Drye	2
Alpha Centauri	Thomas Smith	3
The Quarlon	Jim Hunsinger	9
Procyon Cluster	Robert Graves	11
Additional Shield Rules for Sword of Cepheus	Bob Weaver	12
Disarm Rules for SoC	Bob Weaver	13
Pencil Laser	Bob Weaver	13
Factions as Characters	Paul Elliott	14
People’s Army of Vietnam Rifle Platoon	Ewan Spence	18
Vega Subsector	Neil Lucock	21
Provincial Cruiser	Neil Lucock	27
The Gebbebem	P-O Bergstedt	29
Tau Ceti	Randy McDonald	32
These Stars Are Ours Review	Jonathan Sherlock	38
The Nissi	Neil Lucock	40

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Published: December 19, 2020

Cepheus Journal – Issue #002

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Cepheus Journal In our second issue we have more great articles. There are two articles on CE creatures, how to salvage and repair starships, another Sword of Cepheus NPC, what those technological levels really mean, and an adventure on the earthlike world of Kaldraa. We want to thank all of you who have sent in submissions, and if your submission isn’t in this issue, it will be in a later issue.

Hi-res versions of The Near Space and the Sector Maps from this issue can be downloaded separately.

Article	Author	Page
From the Editors	Brett Kruger	2
Quick Starts	Paul Drye	3
CE Beasts – The Dragon	Michael James Cross	4
Major Operations	Paul Drye	6
Winged Skeletons	Bob Weaver	13
Near Space Star List	Robert Graves	15
Salvage Prizes and Repairs	Tom Mouat	16
SoC NPC – Gytha	Robert Foran	20
Starship Ownership	Michael Major	23
Tech Level Equivalents	Paul Elliott	28
Rosalis Cluster and Fantana Spur	P-O Bergstedt	33

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Published: October 14, 2020