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Fourth Millennium: Science Fiction At The End Of History – Campaign Model (for the d20 System)
Published by Ronin Arts
Written by Kevin Brennan & James Maliszewski
Illustrated by Jason Engle
1.12 Meg 45-page full-color PDF; $6.95
Fourth Millennium: Science Fiction At The End Of History is the first third-party publication for the d20 Future SRD, written by Kevin Brennan and James Maliszewski as a personal project while they worked on other projects, including the thoroughly excellent d20 System fantasy treatment of India and South East Asia in Green Ronin Publishing's Mindshadows, and Maliszewski's interesting near future setting Emissaries for Microtactix's Simply Roleplaying! Originally, Fourth Millennium was to have been published under Guardians of Order's Magnus Opus imprint, much like the recent Hearts, Swords, Flowers. But instead it has undergone a radical change of format. Now published by Ronin Arts, the plan is to release it as a series of individual PDFs rather than as a core book and line of supplements. The first of these is the Campaign Model, which serves as an introduction to the setting.
It is set in the Year Of Our Lord 3001, when mankind has spread itself not across the galaxies, but over multiple parallel Earths. FTL travel has proved impossible, but telepaths facilitate the transfer of ships through Node Points from one solar system to another. So far, no other species have been discovered on the worlds explored and settled. Instead, the biggest threat . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: November 19, 2004
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