Classic SF and RPGs

A trio of classic SF stories from Manybooks and some cool free gaming items today.


E-Fiction
"The Great Gray Plague" by Raymond F. Jones, from Analog Science Fact and Science Fiction February 1962

"There is no enemy so hard to fight as a dull gray fog. It's not solid enough to beat, too indefinite to kill, and too omnipresent to escape."

In free e-book formats HERE.








"My Father, the Cat" by Henry Slesar, first published in Fantastic Universe December 1957.

"He wondered if I'd told her everything, and, faltering, I had to admit that I hadn't. She was wonderful--but human."

In free e-book formats HERE.



And "Moment of Truth" by Basil Eugene Wells. Classic Mars set SF first published in Fantastic Universe December 1957.

"Beyond the false windows she could see the reddish wasteland where dust clouds spun and shifted so slowly."

In free e-book formats HERE.


Gaming
Monsters and Manuals has Modron and Bariaur Classes for OD&D and clones. The Modron class is HERE and the Bariaur Classes is HERE.

Vector 3 is a free "3D space combat board game; its virtue is that players learn the essentials of vector arithmetic and Newtonian mechanics by playing." available in a zipped PDF HERE [via freewargamesrules]

The Core Mechanic has cool collection of gaming artwork from an upcoming anthology. Online HERE.

The Free RPG Blog reviews and links to Significantly Advanced, " a free Science Fiction RPG set in the distant future where possessions are cheap and wealth is derived from intellectual property." The review and link are HERE.