Random Acts blogs Icar

Aaron, over on Random Acts. He gives a nice description of the setting (he rightly notes being the best thing about Icar) and includes some of the stock pictures. Go and check it out.

It's heartwarming to find unsolicited articles written about Icar across the net. I spurs me on to do more - sit down at the PC after a long day and knock out some more 3D/text. If you find any other reviews I might not know about, then please do let me know so I can build in the feedback. Perhaps you've written an article, then I really would like to hear from you!

Many thanks, Aaron!

Blog copy from Aaron

2019 - Fearful of the loss of much of the internet, I am now keen to keep the copy of what was said. Here is Aaron's kind text in full.

Icar is a science fiction game by Rob Lang, and one well worth the attention of fans of science fiction roleplaying games.

Though I am still digesting the rules, the setting of the game interests me the most. It it set in the far future of mankind (the 93rd setting). It is a setting with all of the fun components of space opera; FTL (Faster Than Light) ships, cybernetics, wild and weird weapons, habitable alien worlds and the like.

Though a cliche' the Icar setting went through a war with a "race" of intelligent robots dubbed Droids, who now control a great many star systems. Interestingly, these droids do not take the classical humanoid form most often deen in science-fiction, but are often quite vehicular in appearance (see illustration below). If these droids were not busy fighting amongst themselves, it seems they would quickly flatten mankind. Whether or not they would do so, is not entirely clear.

Mankind is controlled by an organization known as The Imperium that appears (despite the forces of cliche') to be good for mankind. It is the single greatest force dedicated towards mans survival and organization against the droids.

All-in-all, I like this setting. Its a nifty read and good to see such effort going into a creative endeavor. The game itself is free AND well done. Check it out!