Alex Treacher

Alex and Kez, just before the wedding.

Alex and Kez, and Weasel. Two of them are now married (it's not Weasel!).

Weasel witnessing the deed.

We did a thing today. We got married, and it was a wonderful day, and even managed to dodge most of the rain. We've been together for long enough now that we should have done it ages ago, and are very pleased to say we've finally made it official.

Space Weasel was there too, of course!

Space Weasel looking dapper with a top hat and bow tie, holding a red rose.

Something is afoot. Space Weasel is excited and all dressed up. But why...?

Thunderbird 3 as a Christmas tree, with Thunderbird 2 in the background.

Happy You-Know-What, everyone!

Good to see ‘convention friends’ again, and of course our visiting mates who stayed over. The games we played, at least the science fiction ones, included SETI, Galileo Galilee, and Underwater Cities (which isn’t in space of course, but is definitely SF-based).

Space Weasel came too, of course, and found some space and science-fiction themed games to investigate. He’s calling it ‘research’ on his CV, I believe. And he met a fellow woolly friend there, on the adjoining game table…

Third or fourth time we’ve been, and were joined by a couple of friends with whom we used to regularly game face-to-face before moving into the ruralities.

Space Weasel enjoying a game of SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, at home. The very neat illuminated Sol courtesy of Pum and his 3D-printer.

Space Weasel enjoying a game of Galileo Galilee, at GridCon.

Space Weasel enjoying a game of Underwater Cities, at GridCon.

Space Weasel meets a friend, Martina.

We had a very busy and very fun weekend last weekend. We went to GridCon (@gamingrules.bsky.social), which is a very good boardgaming convention, which has the benefit of being relatively close.

Front cover of Vang's Traveller Bestiary Volume 1

Want eight new critters for your #Traveller #ttrpg game? Want Vang's slightly eccentric anecdotes about his encounters with them?
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Will be available on @drivethrurpg.com when it's good to go.

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Do you like your #Traveller adventures set in a cynical world of cloaks and daggers, half-truths, half-lies and subterfuge?

If you are, then "The Extraction" may be for you. Polishing the text off now, taking on board feedback from the playtest at #TravCon. Polishing text now, art later.
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So I definitely need to focus on a couple, and not try to do everything at once...!

Space Weasel sitting at a laptop, wondering how on earth he's going to get everything done!

My "get up and go" hasn't been great lately. I blame the lurgi I caught which really knocked me sideways. In trying to get back into writing shape, I reorganised some bits and made a "projects list" for the things I've got in various states for Space Weasel. Fourteen projects currently on the go!

Thanks for all the other referees, and players and organisers for making it happen, and making it fun.

Thanks to @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social for the chance to playtest the Pioneer scenario.

Already planning for next year...

Space Weasel rolls an eight in Pioneer. Which I trust is enough...

Space Weasel amidst the convention playtest of the new scenario.

In full flow. I can't remember what I was saying at this point. I don't even remember the photo being taken!

The convention playtest of the forthcoming Pioneer RPG by Mongoose. Liv doing a great job as Referee, and we enjoyed a very fun session.

We're back from #TravConUK, where we had a lot of fun, stayed up way too late, and played lots of #Traveller. Four games in about 30 hours, when I work it out.

Enjoyed all the sessions I played in, and the playtest of our new scenario seemed to go down well. Working on the feedback today.
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Space Weasel helping to play test Pioneer RPG

Second game in on #TravConUK. Space Weasel taking part in the play test of Pioneer RPG from @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social
Near future hard sci-fi is very much in my wheelhouse, so absolutely I was drawn to it. Great fun, and looking forward to rescuing those in need.
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Space Weasel checking that the cargo hold is loaded before we launch.

Prepare jumpdrive for launch, Captain!

We've loaded up the cargo hold with everything we need for #TravConUK and have launched for the jump to Cambridgeshire.

Looking forward to seeing everyone else there again. And mildly nervous about running a game at a con for the first time.
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Space Weasel sitting with the draft adventure for TravConUK, and some dice.

Overthinking? Me? Never!

Of course I need about forty pages of documentation for a three(ish) hour one-shot at #TravConUK! In my (slight) defence I've been writing it so that stuff for the full, publication version, is going in there too, not just the convention game.

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Space Weasel sitting on the adventure folder for TravConUK

Last couple of weeks have been quiet as I've been under the weather. Got a bug which has really slowed me down, and the doc has signed me off work.
Of course I'm stressing about getting the adventure for #travconuk finished.

But hopefully, it'll be all right on the night!

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Space Weasel has just returned from what he calls "research" into the next #Traveller bestiary. He even put the air-quotes around the word, so I don't believe him. He just wanted to go and see bats.
Filmed at #ChesterZoo, whose exhibit of, and work with, Seba's and Roderigues bats is excellent.

More books are underway: a spaceship book (with art by Ian Stead), a second volume of the bestiary, and an adventure. There are ideas for other books too, but this is all on top of holding down a day job!

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helmet and vaccsuit, he is now “Space Weasel”.
I’ve got two books on DriveThruRPG already: the first was a ‘d66 list’ of ideas for adventures, as I wanted something relatively simple to learn how to publish on DriveThru. The second one is a mini-bestiary with eight new creatures for Traveller

So, why “Space Weasel”? Weasel is a small knitted ferret which - in a complicated way - represents the four pet ferrets that my partner, Kez, and I used to have. He’s a spirit of optimistic weaselly adventure, and accompanies us on holidays and to other fun places. Donning his goldfish bowl

Ferret - Butters, realising it is just too rainy to drive, and he can't reach the pedals anyway. Butters, piloting carefully in extreme weather conditions.

Ferret - Loki, posing for the camera.

Ferret - Mister Adventurous - reclining in a comfy bed. Mister Adventurous, having woken up, doubtless will be wondering about first breakfast. Or second breakfast.

Ferret - Sammy, sitting comfortably and being cuddled, looking inquisitive. Sammy, probably wondering what the all the fuss is.

is to create material for Traveller which respects existing canon and adds to it.
As an author, I’ve had articles published in various gaming and astronomy magazines over the years, as well as having collaborated in minor ways on the writing and publication of a wargame and a roleplaying game.

Knitted ferret - Space Weasel, close up, with book in background. I am Space Weasel!

Knitted ferret - Space Weasel, posing in front of publications. Space Weasel hard at work. Or so he says.

Who is Space Weasel?
I’ve been a fan of Traveller since the 1980s and a science fiction fan prior to then. My very first adventures, back in those days, were within a home-brewed universe as I’d never then heard of Charted Space or the Third Imperium. The aim of Space Weasel Productions [cont'd]

Two page spread of comparative sizes.

Vang's Traveller Bestiary, Volume 1 - Mongoose | Travellers' Aid Society | Space Weasel Productions | DriveThruRPG This book contains eight new species of creatures with descriptions, pictures, and statistics for use with Mongoose 2nd Edition Traveller.  No new rules are required for the organisms in this book.  A...

Vang's Traveller Bestiary, Volume 1 has been updated on @drivethrurpg.com. I've added a bit of text referring to Vang's expedition ship, and added two pages for 'notes'. Actually this is just a way to make sure the page count is a multiple of 4, and therefore better for printing!
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Two-page spread of comparative sizes

Photo of stat cards

Here's an extract of some of the pages inside, showing the gribblies!

[cont'd]... in booklet format if desired. Includes 6 pages of double-sided statblocks sized for 3” x 5” record cards.

More Space Weasel books are already underway, including a book of spaceships, a new adventure, and of course, volume 2 with more beasties.

This book contains eight new species of creatures with descriptions, pictures, and statistics for use with Mongoose 2nd Edition Traveller.

This 38-page PDF document is laid out to be print-suitable, and has two blank pages (one inside the front and rear cover) to facilitate printing ...[cont'd]

I've seen posts in various Traveller groups asking for books of animals/monsters/critters and gribblies. So, that's what this is! I've included some creatures from my own ongoing campaign in Charted Space, and introduced several new ones.