D6 Universe

It was decided that the previous editor of D6 Magazine would step down due to real-life commitments and that someone else would take over. It turns out that I was chosen to work on it, along with Mike Fraley (who goes by the name of Cheshire in many circles) would be taking over the reigns of the online magazine!

So we’re anxious to get cracking on new D6/OpenD6 gaming material for everyone to see and share. If you have something you’d like to see in an upcoming issue of the magazine, let me know! If you want to submit something, feel free to send me an email and we can talk about it.

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I was rummaging around on Google today and I happened across a blog that had some good articles for Mini Six and OpenD6. Turns out, the fellow that writes the Strange Stones blog also visits the OpenD6 discussion boards under the name “the venomous pao”.

So check out his Mini Six articles and give the rest of his gaming blog a look over. You might like it.

I introduce you to another installment of Quick Hits for OpenD6. This time we delve into adventure at the turn of the 20th century. The setting, the Boxer Rebellion! Now you can run a game, using OpenD6, set in 1900 in the Far East. Take part in an historic event and be the hero as you hold out against thousands of Boxer fanatics.

So check out the second Quick Hit right here:Holding Back the Red Turbans and have fun adventuring!

From a Future Stranger than Fiction…

Despite having unquestionably the largest extant military machine of any Terran polity, the Union of the Americas has nevertheless embarked on a new construction program aimed at modernizing their orbital fleet. This program hinges on an ambitious new design for a military spaceplane that combines the best traits of the UA’s venerable Heinlein-series rockets and the hard lessons learned during the Great Space War.
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Introducing a new feature that I will be creating: Quick Hits! These will be real quick adventure ideas, along with a smattering of stats. This is to give people an idea of what they can do using the OpenD6 system.
My first installment goes along with the holiday season and includes some classic horror monsters. So check out the first Quick Hit: The Ghosts of Allendown Moor!

Quick Hit Ghosts of Allendown Moor

Ships of the Black Desert: The Maquisa Gras
“The EurAfrican Space Agency’s Transpot Orbital-44 Marquisa Gras has been a mainstay of space-born cargo lines for almost sixty years. Not only do these workhorses of the Black Desert regularly ply the Lunar run, they are one of the most common inter-colonial freighters in the asteroid nodes.”
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Announcing a new product for OpenD6!

Magic and Miracles!
Available at RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. This is a 39 page PDF detailing a new magic system, a prayer based spell system and a new cojuration magic system for the OpenD6 system. It includes over 100 spells for immediate use!

Layout and design courtesy of Keck Publishing!

We have a free to download sampler, a 10 page teaser, available that has a sampling of the spells. The main product is available at http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=92079

We’re also preparing to set this up for POD in case you don’t want it just on PDF.

So if you want three new magic systems for use in your OpenD6 games, this product could be for you!

Do to the sudden rash of spam accounts signing up to this site, I’ve temporarily disabled signing on. If you wish to create an account here, feel free to send me an email at grimacepch_at_aol_dot_com and put “D6 Universe” in the subject line. I can turn on the subscription for you and you can sign on. Thanks for your time.

I’ve gone through and updated all of the links. Some, unfortunately, have disappeared. I will do what I can to acquire the information off of them through the Wayback machine. Thankfully, though, I was able to add a few! New publisher sites for people putting out material for OpenD6! Plus I found a previously undiscovered D6 Star Wars site.  Be sure to check out the sites and see what’s on the horizon or even see what’s available now!

Okay, it’s been a little bit since I’ve done an update. Things have been a bit hectic. But during that time there’s been some new developments concerning OpenD6.  Put simply, it can finally be used to publish new material legally.

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