Recent content by payn

Sort of. I think another poster pointed out it’s limits in anything not pulpy or hard sc-fi. Without force it’s very heroic space opera snd with its very fantasy feeling. Though you can do a lot inside that box with it.

No, I dont. Instead, I lean on genre conventions such as hard sci-fi, fantasy sci-fi, space opera etc... If I leaned on a particular setting, I dont think it would be generic or universal any longer. Some examples, if its intended to be space opera, then I think the PCs ought to be a bit...

Skidding is/was a nightmare. /inhale You had to have the modifer table out, and if you failed you had to calculate how far you moved beforehand to see how far you skid. Lord help you if a mech or vee was in the path of your skid and had to figure out an unintentional charge, Then, pray to jeebus...

I am swamped with work from having last week off. I still need to clean the house because im hosting tomorrow for RPG night! Id totally rather be making materials for the game.

Yeah, I dont see it that way. Though, SWADE has never truly been setting universal for me. It usually lacks the specifics to really do an IP. Thats not a bad thing on its own, but if I want a Star Wars game I want a Star Wars game, and not one that kinda sort can do it game.

Yeah, I wouldnt do that personally because then the system would be Star Wars and not Sci-Fi generic. My milieu would be more space opera, or hard sci-fi, or fantasy sci-fi that isnt specifically identifiable.

I struggle with this concept. Part of that is I dont like universal systems because there isnt one that does heroic, Star Trek, and Cthulhu in one go. There simply isnt. Though if we examine the list given to us, we see one of these things is not like the other, one of them just dont belong...

Greetings, Have not done a follow-up in some time. I was pretty busy getting ready for Adepticon. We got a lot of big news from a posted wrap up on the playtest to Podcasts with marketing and rules devs. So, lets dive in. Core rules book is due to drop at Gencon. Ive heard it probably wont...

Space stations, probably in the belt are more likely than Mars.

I know its 4/1, but im pretty sure that poster aint foolin.