You want to relax in a belt an watch valuable rocks flying by? Then Uranium Fever (UF) is the wrong expansion for you. Why? Sit down and listen... eh read ;)

Sorry if my english is bad. I hope it is good enough to understand ;) I'm new to Pen&Paper RPGs. I started with Cepheus Engine (CE) because the SRD is for free but I like it so much, that I bought a few expansions. Also I'm playing solo. In other games I always liked it to mining ressources. So why not doing that in CE? That's why I'm playing UF. Generally UF is a very nice addition to CE and easy to understand. I found a typo and one table in the rulebook was not clear to me. I wrote a comment at the UF page and Omer from Stellagama Publishing responded very fast to my questions. They will resolve the typo in the next version and the table is now clear to me. All thumbs up for good customer service of Stellagama Publishing. But how is UF playing? I will write down my experiences for you:

First I setup a character for Belting in my own universe. The goal of this character is to become a rich man with a large fleet of ships mining the only belt in this system. So I created a small ship for belting, hired a crew and TADA I'm in the belt and start trying to get rich. Oh i waited 1 year until my ship was finished... In the belt I tried to find some valuable rocks. Damn that takes so much time. But first shot and I found an alien artifact. So much luck, I was motivated and sell it for a good price. First expenses were assured and my life was easier. I used the money to improve my ship and started a second run into the belt. I searched very long for something valuable. Finally I found something very small of not that much worth. I continued my search and it takes a lot of time again. Then I had luck again. I found a small rock of about 200 diameters. I scanned it properly and it was a very strange rock. I will sell this information to the same person I sold the artifact before. But it's risky. The leader of my homeworld is a dictator and Government is strict. So nobody knows if I will be able to sell it without getting arrested ore worse... What my character doesn't know at this point ist that the rock he found is an egg of a Solardragon. One of this kind has triggered a large breakdown ages ago. Nobody remember that today but a small secret society...

Belting isn't boring because it is hard work. The chance to find something very unusual seems quite high. I haven't searched for adventure but I found it. Now I'm into it with characters who are not able to fight. If I ever get into a fight it will get worse. But who knows what will happen? I like that and UF guided me into it. That's the best point of UF.

I recommend you to use UF for getting into adventure. There are plenty of chances to get involved. Random encounters, special finding while Belting, trying to sell special finds at a planet with strict government, etc. Like always playing such games as CE: It is up to you making something exciting out of it. UF is supporting you with a very nice framework of getting into it ;)

Good work Stellagama Publishing!