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The Great Book of Random Tables: Science Fiction

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138 System Agnostic Science Fiction d100 Random Tables plus a Star System Generator

The content of this book has been divided into eleven sections. Those sections are as follows: Adventure Ideas and Side Jobs, Encounters and Discoveries, Cargo Runs and Cargo, Items and Things, Vessels and Space Stations, Places and Planets, Activities and Reasons, Technobabble and Codes, Names, Fields of Study, and Star System Generator.

The purpose of this book is twofold. First, to help game masters cut down prep time with tables that can provide details quickly during game sessions. Second, this book is meant to be a resource that GMs can come back to for adventure ideas, names, and encounters over and over again.

Roughly 76 of these tables have appeared in The Book of Random Tables: Science Fiction 1, The Book of Random Tables: Science Fiction 2, and The Book of Random Tables: Science Fiction 3. However, the tables have been re-edited, improved, and sometimes blended. On top of that, 62 tables have been added. Plus a simple star generator was also created.

If you need more science fiction resources, check out The Book of Random Tables: Science Fiction Facility Generator. If you need other genres, click here.


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Roman P January 24, 2025 10:53 pm UTC
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Hey All,

Other than the price, what's the difference between the "Premium" and the "Standard" color hardcover? Different cover art and/or Finish etc.?
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Roman P January 25, 2025 7:36 am UTC
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NM. I FINALLY found the answer from another product that had a link! Apologies. I rolled poorly on my Google FU skill. Here's the link for ease of searching:

https://help.drivethrurpg.com/hc/en-us/articles/12723267779863-What-is-the-difference-between-B-W-Premium-Color-and-Standard-Color#h_01HM8JM377D7D34G1Z8Y8E4KMJ
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Mykel A September 09, 2024 8:54 pm UTC
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FYI p273 (Psychic Abilities) has (what appears to be) a typo. Even numbers divisible by 4 do not appear in the chart. Might be intentional.

Sorry. Couldn't find another way to reach the author except here.
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Matthew D September 11, 2024 2:03 am UTC
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Thank you. I'll check it out.
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Jeff J July 29, 2024 2:12 pm UTC
So 76 of these tables came from other books. But what I don't get from the way this blurb is written, is whether or not that constitutes all of that content or if there are tables in those books that are not here. Do I need to buy those other books to get some tables that are not reprinted here?
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Matthew D August 06, 2024 6:15 pm UTC
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All the tables from the other books are in this one, so you can just buy this book to get all the tables. There were two tables in the older books that I combined into one new table, I think. But the content is improved in this book.
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Liam M February 03, 2024 12:25 pm UTC
Does this book contain new content or is it a combo of previous Sci-Fi BorTs? Not 100% clear from the description.
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Matthew D February 04, 2024 8:05 pm UTC
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76 of the tables appeared in the BORT Science Fiction books and 62 of the tables are new.
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Liam M February 07, 2024 12:05 pm UTC
Thanks, that's really helpful.
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