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Welcome to issue 34 of the Frontier Explorer.

As a nod to the Halloween season, this issue starts us off with a look at the Archetypes of Horror and how to use them in a Star Frontiers, an article my Tom Verreault. We also welcome a new author, Ken Wang who details out a spacer organization, original designed for the Cepheus Engine, but that can be dropped into any sci-fi setting.

Richard “Shadow Shack” Rose gives us a pair of articles looking at what a fair ground-to-orbit or orbit-to-ground shuttle fare should be based on the economics of the Frontier as well as an article about making special concessions as a game master. Laura Mumma and Tom Verreault take a look at the history of the Frontier from just the original rules, modules, and Dragon articles, while Oscar Rios and Tom Verreault teamed up to do a panel at a local convention where the discussed the real-world history of the game. We have the transcript of that panel in this issue.

We round out the issue with a smattering of other articles by Tom Verreault including a look at some sample robots, a conversion of the robot in Expedition to the Barrier Peaks to Star Frontier, a review, some new equipment, and a crime adventure. The issue closes with a short fiction piece by Tom Stephens that is the prologue to a longer novel set in the Frontier. See if you can figure out the time period and events to come.

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Letter from the Editor
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Welcome to issue 34 of the Frontier Explorer. You may notice that this issue is a bit smaller than previous issues

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Archetypes of Horror
Article

Science fiction RPGs are generally flexible in that the genre can bend in so many directions: action adventure,

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The Sextant Association
Article

The Sextant Association is a conceptual organization designed for the Cepheus Engine setting to provide a generic

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A Fistful of Companion Robots
Article

In most RPGs, robots represent a significant cost on par with a vehicle. You almost never see a robot given away

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The Gaxian Robot Conversion
Article

In Gary Gygax’s classic D&D module, “Expedition to the Barrier Peaks”, we saw a
rather

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Fair Shuttle Fare
Article

A question that pops up from time to time is "How much does it cost for shuttle
fare from the planet to

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If We Could Put Timelines in a Bottle...
Article

Approximately eight years ago a timeline project was begun at the Star Frontiers dot US forums. The project

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Special Concessions
Article

When I host a game with new players or new-to-me players, with very few exceptions I stick to BTB (By the Book),

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A Lost Frontier: A History of the Star Frontiers Role Playing Game
Article

Star Frontiers was, or is depending on who you talk to, a science fiction game produced by TSR in 1982.

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The Escape Pod
Adventure

An escape pod is found on remote island half a world away containing a body. Could the remains be of a criminal

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Aliens & Asteroids: Fate of the Solar Chaser
Review

I just discovered the Aliens and Asteroids RPG. It was published in 2018 and has
been supported with numerous

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The Infrared Strobe marker
Article

This device is powered by a micro SEU disk (Zebulon’s Guide- Cost: 10 Cr). The
power disk will last a week

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A First and Fateful Encounter
Fiction

We go now live to coverage of the PSS Chiara’s attempt to establish contact with
the fleet of alien vessels

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