36 Patrons/36 Wrecks Adventure Card Decks for Cepheus Engine

Created by Elastic Torch Publishing

Two card decks with everything a 2d6 Space Referee needs to run an impromptu patron or salvage mission. Compatible with Traveller SRD, Cepheus Engine, and other popular game systems.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

We Did It!
8 days ago – Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 03:03:24 PM

Thanks so much to everyone for your support on this project. We didn't quite make it to the NPC card additions, but that's okay. I have something cooking for that. More news later.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Now back to work getting this project fulfilled for you guys. Expecting to have everything finalized by the end of November and shipping!

Be sure to join the Scout Base Blue Sun newsletter for more Cepheus Engine / Traveller-esque content. And if you have an idea for something that should be in the newsletter, Submit it!



-- Paul

Less than 48 Hours! $31 to reach our next Stretch
10 days ago – Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 03:46:41 PM

Hey Spacers,

We're less than 48 hours to closing this little funding campaign up and I want to thank everyone that's backed us so far. It really means a lot to see the support within the indie community for this game.

If you can, please SHARE on your socials that you backed the project, maybe why you backed it, and let's see if we can push through this second stretch goal, get these decks into their own boxes, and maybe even reach that NPC card stretch goal ($700 to go!).

Thanks again. The Baroness is a little less peeved today. Let's see if we can turn her green!
 


4 days to go and We're Really Close!
11 days ago – Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 09:06:33 AM

Spacers and Spacettes,

We are about $81 from getting nice tuckboxes for our two Cepheus Engine card decks and about $700 from getting 24 NPC cards with sweet art by Victor Merino and JE Shields.

This campaign ends on Thursday at 3pm Central US time. Can you get the word out? Find those folks that you know need something to help their campaign. It's the final stretch! 

Do it! Or risk the wrath of the Baroness!

36 Patrons: Newsletter! And a Correction!
13 days ago – Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at 06:01:38 AM

Hey Space Travellers,

I made a mistake yesterday in crediting the artist for the stretch goal NPC cards. The artist was Victor J. Merino who has some great art and gaming stuff over on Itch.to. Apologies for getting your last name wrong Victor!



Newsletter

We have an open incentive to get folks to sign up to the monthly newsletter. I was futzing around and using my Mystic Bull Wix site as a base for that, but I've decided to use a different service. With that in mind, please take a look at Scout Base Blue Sun -- my Traveller/Cepheus Engine/Science Fiction newsletter site.



I've got a piece of goofy fiction there and a map currently, but this is the Plan (t): 

  • USEFUL Sci-Fi Game Content -- mostly for Traveller/Cepheus Engine, but also some generic content useable in other sci-fi games. 
  • Fiction -- I love game fiction, so I'll be soliciting for a regular monthly fiction column. 
  • News -- One of the great things about this game is that there's an *ancient* and very supportive community. I'd like to highlight that community every month. 
  • Other fun stuff -- I'm always nooding with this and other games, so I figure I can drop that random stuff in here. 

The idea is that it's not your standard bloviating Substack newsletter. It's something you can skim over your morning coffee, some gameable content you can actually use, and some genuine community news.

So, apologies if you've already signed up over at Mystic Bull -- you don't have to sign up a second time. But, if you haven't signed up, please consider hopping over to bluesun.mysticbull.com and joining the fun! 

Space Traveller Adventure Decks: New Stretch Goal!
14 days ago – Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 12:15:12 PM

Greetings Space Siblings, 

We are about a week away from being done with this crowdfunder and $381 from crossing the 2nd stretch goal. So, I'm announcing a third stretch goal. See below. 

Space Treasure

The Salvage Deck has 18 2-sided Discovery cards...essentially space treasure. I think I've finalized a design for those cards. Let me know what you think:




New Stretch Goal ($3200): 48 NPCS!

If we can cross that magical number, I'm creating 24 NPCs for each card deck (12 2-sided cards). These are the current mockups, but I think they're pretty close to final. Art is by the awesome Victor J. Merino. 

So, if you want 48 more ready-made NPCs for your game, go tell your friends, trick your enemies, gloat to your frenemies...help us get past that next stretch goal before October 22nd!





Progress

I've sent off the newly designed cards for a test print. I updated colors, settled on (what I think) is a final point-crawl map/diagram format, and generally made some improvements. Hoping to see these back before the campaign ends on the 22nd. 

The manuscript for both decks is completed in a draft! I'm still editing/rewording/reducing, but I should be very close to being at a final manuscript by the time this Backerkit closes. All the cards are templated up, so it's just matter of throwing in the words, doing a final final edit, and it's off to the printer for a final test print.