Inspirations and Recommendations#

Things I’ve played and read that have their fingerprints all over Night Tripper.

Role-playing#

• Traveller, by Marc Miller
• Sherwood by Richard Ruane
• Mothership by Sean McCoy
• Troika, by Daniel Sell
• Into the Odd, by Chris McDowall
• Tunnel Goons by Nate Treme
• Pacts & Blades by Lucas Rolim
• Any Planet is Earth by Classless Kobolds
• Torchbearer by Thor Olavsrud & Luke Crane

Blogs#

• The Traveller out of the Box series by Chris Kubasik, especially The Casual and Improvisatory Nature of Early Traveller Play
• Luke Gearing’s blog

Novels#

• The Dumarest of Terra novels by E.C. Tubb.
• Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
• Ninefox Gambit by Yoon-Ha Lee
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Video Games#

• No Man’s Sky by Hello Games
• Escape Velocity by Ambrosia Software
• Heat Signature by Suspicious Developments
• House of the Dying Sun by Marauder Interactive
• Sid Meier’s Pirates! (2004) by Firaxis Games