REVIEWS
RPGnet Index Please rate/review 3:16
CWC review
"I would strongly suggest that if you like science fiction role-play or are just looking for something new to try to add 3:16 to your collection now." - Cinfully Wicked Critiques
snikle's review (4 stars)
"Aliens. Space Marines (sort of). Guns. Death. What could be better?" - snikle
RPG.net (5/5, Excellent!/Excellent!)
"Fantastically fun sci-fi gaming that should be tried by everybody at least once." - Jez Gray
RPG.net (4/4, Classy & Well Done/Meaty)
"In short, buy it. I think you’ll like it." - Jimmie Bise, Jr
RPG.net (4/4, Classy & Well Done/Meaty)
"A simple and well designed space war RPG. Delivers lots of entertainment with a simple, intuitive system ...terrific tool to role play combat and war stories." - Mike Fischer
RPGnow (4 stars)
"The key to any good RPG is clear rules for characters and a good system for conflict resolution. 3:16 has both."
IPR
"It's Starship Troopers, Aliens and Three Kings rolled up in a big shiny ball and kicked straight in the back of net."
Total Party Kill #4
"If you are looking for an inexpensive game that can be as shoot/kill or roleplay as you like ... then look no further: 3:16 is for you, troop"
German/Deutsch (DnD-Gate.de)
"3:16 ist toll. Es nimmt ein bestimmtes Thema und strickt darum ein passendes, zugängliches und erstaunlich stimmungsvolles System."
French/En français
"Le livret à l'italienne est très bien réalisé, que ce soit par sa mise en page ou son unité graphique. L'écriture est simple, claire et directe."
Spanish/En español (photo review)
"Es simple, es fácil, está bien escrito, se aprende en un momentillo y se disfruta de lo lindo."
Spanish/En español (rolero.net)
"un juego que da lo que promete. Bien escrito. Sencillo. Ideal como para llenar huecos o pasar unas horas de diversión con los niveles de testosterona al máximo."
FlamesRising.com
"The writing is top-notch, the rules are easy to learn/easy to teach and the art is perfect for setting the mood of the game. All-in-all, this game is a blast and you should definitely check it out."
Wizard's Dispatch
"The game really manages to both be a satire AND a homage to the military scifi genre... Definitely a game I will run again, both online and in a tabletop format."
Omegar
"The examples of play made a lot of sense, and clarified the rules very nicely... I wish more RPGs were this well written."
GoodReads.com (please rate it)
QUOTES
"This is Starship Troopers moral territory, and we’re not talking Heinlein troopers, we’re talking Verhoeven. If anything, the setting out-Verhoevens Verhoeven. ... Gregor’s done a great job of appealingly packaging his setting and selling you on the fun you can expect to have if you play his game." - Robin D. Laws, Feng Shui, Gumshoe
"3:16 is one helluva kick-ass game" - Joe J. Prince, Contenders
"Fantastic, gorgeous design" - Ron Edwards, Sorcerer
"...it's bloody brilliant ...the kind of post-Agon dark space shooty game that I've been in the mood for recently. Also, the art and flavor text is perfect. Dark, inky, and grim, with just enough self-consciousness to know that this is all a bit ridiculous." - Jonathan Walton
"Wow. People who got the free one online: if you liked that one, this is going to blow you away." - Ken Atherton
"I absolutely adore the focused nature of the game and mechanics... Most of all, though, it's a story-telling game about war stories that looks fun, and damnit, not enough games are fun anymore." - Alexander Williams
"The whole thing's superbly executed and just f'ing works so damn well ...reminded me a lot of Nemesis the Warlock, where we're playing the humans on their crusade to kill every motherf'er in the universe. Great stuff." - Rich Stokes
"It's the ultimate space marine game I have wanted for some time now. The tone of the text, the art, the system... all fantastic. I really can't get over how you manage to satirize and respect the source material at the same time." - John Harper, Agon
"I think this game totally targets a (story)gamer sweet spot with both prep, subject matter, character development, weapons, playing time, campaign style, the works." - Per Fischer
"Quick, dirty, and gratifying. I recommend." - Jack Graham [link]
"It’s smart, it’s entertaining, it’s focused." - Joonas Laakso [link]
"I still maintain that even despite being an 'indie' game, '3:16' makes for a very good introductory system." - Soylent Green at theRPGsite [link]
"Ontem provamos o jogo, a sessão foi proveitosa e saí com uma boa impressão do jogo." - Itiro (in Portuguese) [link]
Why is it called 3:16? Answer here.
Thread searches: RPGnet : StoryGames.
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3:16 CARNAGE AMONGST THE STARS
PDF: $10 IPR and DTRPG/RPGNow
Print: $20 from IPR
Print+PDF: $25 from IPR
96 pages digest-sized (landscape)
Also available from regular game shops, etc. via Cubicle 7 from October 2009
Awarded Greywulf's Game of the Year (2008) [Link]
"OK, I’ll admit it; I can’t think of a damned thing to add or take away from 3:16 that would make it a better game."
Featured on Ogre Cave's Christmas Gift List 2008
"War has never been simpler than in this little RPG with big tactical elements."
Designed by Gregor Hutton (Best Friends) 3:16 is a winner of a High Ronny Award for Games Design.
Featuring a stunning cover by Paul Bourne (a|state, Cold City, Hot War) and haunting interiors by Gregor Hutton 3:16 is a visual treat.
This high-octane Science-Fiction role-playing game for 2 or more players has your Space Troopers killing bugs all across the Cosmos. You’ll advance in rank, improve your weapons, slay civilization after civilization and find out who you are through an innovative “Flashback” mechanic.
Terra’s plan is to kill every living thing in the Universe to protect the home world. See where your tour of duty in the 3:16th Expeditionary Force takes you and your friends. Revel in the kill-happy machismo and enjoy a campaign of Carnage Amongst The Stars.
3:16 is a Science-Fiction role-playing game about Carnage Amongst The Stars.
- Take your squad of kill-happy Troopers and annihilate bugs!
- Low preparation, elegant game system.
- Delivers developing campaign play.
- Lavishly illustrated and designed book.
- Winner of a High Ronny Award for Games Design for the original version.
WALLPAPERS
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Promotional Art [images]
CAFE GAME EXCHANGE
3:16 is part of the Cafe Game Exchange in New York City
PRINTING CORRECTION
Owing to a printing error, in the first printing (only) of the book (sold in August 2008) two pieces of text are obscured by images/ink. Here are the pages as intended: p.27, p.69. Apologies for this error, thankfully they don't affect any rules text. Current printings (from August 2008 onwards) are all A-OK.
DOWNLOADS
Coming Soon: Play Summary Sheet
Sample Pages [5 pages, 866 kB]
Index [2 pages, 460 kB]
Range Map [1 page, 432 kB]
Range Map (cropped) [1 page, 113 kB]
GM Planet Sheets [2 pages, 108 kB]
Character Sheet [1 page, 459 kB]
Character Sheet (en español) [1 page, 298 kB]
High-Res Alternate Map by Ralf Schemmann [PNG format, 3 MB]
Indy Rich's play sheets - highly recommended for everyone. Thanks! [380 kB]
Dale Horstman's Character Sheet and Map [1.9 MB]
WWII Sheet and Range Map [2.2 MB]
WWII Weapons [1.8 MB]
FREE Supplement (1): Disposable Heroes in the Collective Endeavour Journal.
FREE Supplement (2): So Few in See Page XX from Pelgrane Press.
CONVENTIONS
See me and 3:16 at the following 2009 cons: Conflagration (Glasgow 21/22 Feb), Concrete Cow (Milton Keynes 14 Mar), Conpulsion (Edinburgh 28/29 Mar), UK Games Expo (Birmingham 5-7 Jun), GenCon (Indianapolis 13-16 Aug), IndieCon (Naish 12-16 Nov).
INSIGNIA
Coming soon... high-quality insignia/badges: see the templates (for Brigadier and Sergeant).
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Nominee for Best Cover Art
Thanks to Paul Bourne for his sensational cover image, it's humbling and pleasing to see 3:16 recognized by the Ennie Awards Jury. Many thanks.
ACTUAL PLAY THREADS
[3:16] No Time Like The Present PbP, OOC thread [RPGnet, May-Aug 09]
[3:16] Dakka-Dakka-Dakka (in Spanish) [Pulpo Miccion blog, July 09]
[3:16] Assault on Degas and here [Snikle, July 09]
3:16 Delivers the Goods YET AGAIN [Matt Wilson, May 09]
3:16 - Problematic Playtest [RPGnet, May 09]
[3:16] The Walking Eye MP3s [Kevin Weiser, Apr 09]
[3:16] First play and impressions [Adam Drew, Apr 09]
[3:16] My First Experiences see here too [Nathaniel Cole, Mar 09]
3:16 Carnificina nas estrelas, report, review and Underground: São Paulo (in Portuguese) [Brazil, Mar 09]
Our first story-game - 3:16 [RuneBR, Mar 09]
[3:16] Remember Trooper Wolverine [RPGnet, Mar 09]
Terra - F*ck Yeah! [Joe, Aug 2008] an old one (1 PC)
[3:16] "I Guess You Did OK" [Alex_P, Mar 2009]
[3:16] Demo for my gaming group and here [galaxyhitchhiker27, Feb 2009]
Going After Caravaggio [r_b_bergstrom, Feb 2009]
Left 4:16 Dead, dev blog and discussion [Pompey Crew, Feb 2009]
[3:16] Home is for the hating [Ron Edwards, Feb 2009] see also here and here.
[3:16] one player play [Marshall Burns, Feb 2009]
[3:16] Actual Play [Nathanael Cole, Feb 2009]
[3:16] Virgins on a Wet Planet and on The Forge [James Mullen, Feb 2009]
[3:16] Recreation on Kandinsky (aka what happened to Jose) [Sophie Melchior, Jan 2009]
[3:16] One campaign, one day, all awesome [Stephen Bretall, Dec 2008]
[3:16] the betrayal of planet Girlfriend [Paul Czege, Dec 2008] a "flat" game and very good discussion
[3:16] Semi-Captain, Lt.-Captain, almost-Captain on deck, sir! [Ron Edwards, Nov/Dec 2008]
[3:16] On the South Coast... (at IndieCon) [Gregor Hutton, November 2008] Worth Reading (Related to this.)
[3:16] Way Too Easy Or Just Got the Rules Wrong? [gsoylent, November 2008] Worth Reading (Related to this.)
[3:16] Carnage Amongst The Stars [Rain242, November 2008]
[3:16] Planet Bosch: Stop Picking At It [Greg Stolze, November 2008] and here too
Gaming From Iraq [Lance Allen, October 2008]
[3:16] First Session review [Don Corcoran, October 2008]
[3:16] ORK, Norwegian campaign [Tomas HVM, October 2008, 10-hour game session!]
[3:16] My First Times Playing, and Some Rules Questions [Willow, October 2008]
[3:16] Primer Planeta Matisse [Dogui (Buenos Aires, Argentina), September 2008]
[3:16] Planet Designation - Bosch [Play-By-Post, September 2008]
[3:16] The Hellworld Chronicles Live Recordings
5+ episodes [SquidLord, 27 July 2008 ongoing]
3:16 Makes Me Sick [Lance Allen, 31 August 2008]
[3:16] Troopers of the "Big Iron" [Steve Segedy, 28 August 2008]
[3:16] SGBoston Shoots Some Bugs [Jonathan Walton, 28 August 2008]
[3:16 @ GenCon] 4 Days, 6 Games [John Harper, 26 August 2008]
[3:16] Actual Play/Review [Mike Sands, August 2008]
[3:16] Gelatinous Cubes on Cezanne [Darren Hill, 7 Aug 2008]
[3:16] Spades and Chalk on Planet Dürer and here [6 August 2008]
[3:16] Squad 42 Echo - Killer Starfish and the Smart Bomb [John Harper, 31 July 2008]
[3:16] Terra 1 - Aliens 0 [Gethyn, 30 July 2008]
Short note on two 3:16 Games [Mini-GPNW, 30 July 2008]
[3:16] Wangtabulous. Best Sci-fi eva [Joe Prince, 20 July 2008]
[3:16] Another damned Bambi! Shoot it, shoot it! AK-K-K-K-K! [Ron Edwards, 9 July 2008]
USEFUL THREADS
An Interview with Gregor Hutton (Mostly Geek, May 2009)
Podcast Interview with Gregor Hutton (The Wandering Eye Podcast, May 2009)
Weaknesses Valamir's 4-point checklist *Recommended*
[3:16] Some questions from a First Timer [Mar 09]
[3:16] Help me run this in World War 2!! (need to be logged in) [Caesar_X, Feb 09]
[3:16] Am I missing something? [related: one-shots]
How Would You Resolve These? Sirens... (Mar 09)
Naming Starships and on Yahoo! (Feb/Mar 09)
Re-Using Strengths and Weaknesses (Feb 09)
NPC generator (names/REPs) by Lance Allen (Jan/Feb 09)
Low-Prep/No-Prep Play a discussion that cames out of an AP thread (Jan 09)
Kicking Off! How I start the first session (Dec 08)
[3:16] How serious? Tone/Content (Dec 08)
Military Heirarchy
[Lance Allen details a Brigade's scale and units]
FAQs updated
Sell me on 3:16 (Nov 08)
3:16 this weekend... (Nov 08)
Questions on reading 3:16 CATS (Nov 08)
Disposable Heroes Supplement in Collective Endeavour Journal (Nov 08)
Advice for one-shots?
[3:16] Carnage on the Rhine - Alternate settings
Map Tools (by renatoram)
Wiki Site (unofficial)
Yahoo! Group (fan run)
Mission Ideas
[3:16] Hatred of Home question [October 2008]
3:16 Questions About Discipline
Using the system for other genres
NFA actions in combat
What I don't like about 3:16 (interesting discussion)
[3:16] PCs too successful?
One/Two Player Gaming Notes
Summary of changes from the 24-Hour Version
Rules Questions [now see FAQs above]
Psi Stuff?
More PSI stuff and Space Combat?
Using Lego figures by Neil Ford
Alternate Character Sheet, Planet Sheet by Darren Hill
Dale Horstman's play sheets thread
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