A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Milk Run

Milk Run by Joseph Mohr is a role playing game supplement published by Old School Role Playing for use with Cepheus Engine. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts were considered to be Open Game Content as a result.

The supplement is available as a 14 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, three the front matter and three the Open Game License.

The opening paragraphs explain that the characters are approached by a professor at the Sonoran University – though not stated, the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space. The professor believes in the existence of a mythical alien species called the Kraacien, and farmers have recently made a discovery which the professor believes is a petrified Kraacien and wants the characters to recover it.

The Patron has details on the professor.

Complications are things that can go wrong or which aren’t known, one being that the Kraacien is in suspended animation, not petrified.

Nanilav has details in the system where the Kraacien was found.

Pirates has details on a pirate ship operating in the system.

The Kraacien has details on the alien.

Deciding the Kraacien’s Course of Action looks at determining what it will do.

Mission Completion Objectives is to bring the Kraacien back to the patron; alive, given that it is alive.

Milk Run in Review

The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation could be better. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the covers, there are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.

This is a fairly straightforward adventure, though there are plenty of chances for things to go wrong. The pirates, as is common in these supplements, have far too many stat blocks when only a couple or so would do; at least there are not reams of them. Milk Run is an okay adventure and it can be found by clicking here.