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Science Fiction of the Day Android App
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:19:59 +0000
If you have been really keen, you may have spotted our SciFi of the Day app on Google Play. This app lets you read the short stories that are associated with Cyno's Role-Play universe. It download a new short story everyday.
For a long time, we've been incorporate wonderful scifi worlds into our gaming universe. It allows gives new life memorable worlds and allows you to carry these romanticized fantasies into your role-playing games. But it hasn't been easy to find all the scifi short stories. With this Android app, you'll read them all in one place.
In addition, you will also see science fiction short stories through this app that hasn't been incorporated into the Cyno's Role-Play universe. So it's a great way to get a glimpse of what's to come for the future of Cyno's Role-Play.
Be sure to download the app today and venture into a world beyond ours. Or visit our online version.
Category: Stories
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Vision for Cyno's Role-Play Android App
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:42:15 +0000
For years, I have a vague vision of carrying all of the Cyno's Role-Play material anywhere. Whether you carry them out for gaming, for reading pleasure on the train, or for your own particular reason. I remember the good old days of carrying ten D&D, or Robotech, game books, just so everyone can have a good time. On second thought, those time aren't so good.
But now, we have better technology. We have the Internet We have super SmartPhones that we can carry in our pocket. We have the means to go anywhere with our iPad or Android tablet. Why can't we carry all of our game books or story books anywhere?
Cyno's Role-Play has taken the leap many years ago to publish all game book materials online. Anyone can get to these materials from anywhere free of charge, using a computer and an Internet connection. Now we have the technology to take it a step further.
The vision is an Android app (possibly an iOS app). This app would let you pull up any of the Cyno's Role-Play game books from anywhere. It remembers the "page" you were on when you last launched it. It has access to all of the stories that are associated with Cyno's Role-Play universe for your reading pleasure. And it has quick and easy access to the forums.
Now, wouldn't that be grand? Look for it in the near future.
Category: Tools
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Timeless SciFi Classics
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:12:39 +0000
It was funny to read science fiction of the future humanity when such a futuristic society is dated 1972. I read such a scifi story recently using Gutenberg eReader on my Android phone. And one of the first thing that came to my mind was that the story would have been just as relevant if it had been dated 2072 or even 2172.
It occurred to me that many books and stories in the Cyno's Role-Play series has explicit dates as well. For example, one of its supplement is titled, "Earth 2143 A.D.".
Although dates on the Cyno's Role-Play series are dated far in advance, pass our lifetimes, eventually they will fall as victims into the same trap. With today's technology improving at the current rate in all industries, it wouldn't be shocking if someone is to announce that any of us would live past 2143.
Therefore, after much thought, I have decided to eliminate all specific dates from the Cyno's Role-Play series. Instead, a vague notion of date will be used. For example, "Earth 2143 A.D." could be renamed to "Future Earth". And a passage like, "In 2143", could be replaced with "A long time from now".
This turn of event reduces the stress level of keeping the dates straight in gaming and in reading our stories for entertainment purposes. For ages to come, everyone will enjoy reading stories within the Cyno's Role-Play universe without the specific dates ruining the story element.
Category: Stories
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TrackMania
Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:51:12 +0000
Category: Games
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New "Collector's Item" Short Story
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:02:05 +0000
"Collector's Item", written by Evelyn E. Smith, is a fun, funny, and exciting short story that involves a group of stranded scientists on planet Zia and several alien telepathic zoologists. This lighthearted story has deception, betrayal, and conspiracy to make you wonder who will ultimately win to the very end.
"Collector's Item" has so many elements that are similar to the scifi world created for Cyno's Role-Play that we tied it to the Arkedine Solar System from the Space Worlds supplement. Planet Zia is an excellent backdrop for one of the old Ferriton home worlds. Thus, the short story serves as a prequel to the Slavery of Earth scenario.
Category: Stories
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Make Your Own Adventures
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:36:31 +0000
Remember the "Choose Your Own Adventure" paperback books where you get to choose the path of the story?
We do too. Those stories area lot of fun to read and play. So we are bringing online versions of these stories to this web site for you to play and enjoy. In fact, we are going one step further. Instead of only allowing you to choose a different path every time, you can also create your own paths.
Give it a try with our first online SciFi adventure: Warrior Race. It's a complete story, where you can choose the path or make your own.
Category: Games
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New Power Suits
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:30:41 +0000
We have just added these new Battle Armros to the U.N.F. and APA in our Earth 2143 A.D. and Space World supplements. These Battle Armors keeps infantries alive on the battlefield and other hazardous environments. Be sure to take a look at these game books and check them out.
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