About this episode

Christopher Griffen discusses the Pioneer RPG, focusing on near-future exploration and survival mechanics.

At Mongoose Publishing HQ in Swindon, Christopher Griffen discusses Pioneer, a Traveller-adjacent RPG that swaps space opera for near-future, science-based exploration. Built with input from NASA engineer Sandy Antunes and other writers, Pioneer uses familiar Traveller mechanics but shifts focus to missions, survival, and human-versus-environment challenges rather than combat.

People in this episode

Guest: Christopher Griffen

Topics covered

• RPG
• interview
• science-based exploration
• survival
• human-versus-environment challenges

Keywords

• Pioneer
• Traveller
• RPG
• science-based
• exploration
• survival
• NASA
• Sandy Antunes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mongoose Publishing, NASA

Products: Pioneer

Books & works: Traveller

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