Sequel game systems?

[coyote6]

Deadlands, Deadlands: Hell on Earth, and Deadlands: Lost Colony might fit the bill.

Sooner or later, you'll be able to start with Deadlands: Dark Ages.

If you're playing the same characters, either everyone's Harrowed by the second setting, or there's some shenanigans going on (suspended animation? Stasis bubble?).

 

[Deset Gled]

The Last Unicorn versions of Star Trek games were published as being specific to the different series. There's an Original Series game, a Next Generation Game, and Deep Space Nine game.

I suspect there's other licensed games that follow this same pattern. OTOH, Star Wars games are generally designed to play any era, but really don't feel like that in practice.

 

[Umbran]

Sooner or later, you'll be able to start with Deadlands: Dark Ages.

If you're playing the same characters, either everyone's Harrowed by the second setting, or there's some shenanigans going on (suspended animation? Stasis bubble?).

The Lost Colony game includes an explanation for characters from earlier settings to show up in later games.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Speaking of White Wolf: what about Orpheus? Weren't the 4 (6?) volumes supposed to be played in order? I owned the first 5 but never read them, eventually sold them unread.

Also, not sure if this exactly fits your definition, but aren't some of the editions of Shadowrun moves into the future in the setting? In particular from 1e to 2e? So that not only do the rules update; but the meta-plot does too? (Like Dunkelzan becomes president or something)

 

[coyote6]

Every edition* of Shadowrun takes place in a later year than the previous one. They do try to explain some rule changes as being due to changes over time, but that's not really followed through on (the prices of things, for example; tech has gotten cheaper over time, historically, then inflation - yet 5¥ still buys much the same stuff in 2080 that it did in 2050).

SR 1e: 2050
SR 2e: 2053
SR 3e: 2060
SR 4e: 2070
SR 5e: 2075
SR 6e: 2080

*not counting Shadowrun Anarchy

 

[sevenbastard]

Traveler 2300 is a sequel to Twighlight 2000.

2300 AD - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The one that sprung first to mind for me was Scion series of RPGs.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Mekton, Mekton II (1987-88?) then came Mekton Zeta (1993-94). There were a bunch of supplements between them but yeah...

 

[Gradine]

I do believe that Shadowrun's editions have also advanced the timeline forward at times.

I also think the same is true of Paranoia

 

[Alzrius]

I suppose you might consider Starfinder a "sequel" to Pathfinder, especially with Starfinder 2E using the same system as Pathfinder 2E Remastered.