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Like you I conceptually understand that critical hits are bad for the game, as they always favor the monsters over the PCs. But, while...

In my ongoing campaign, the PC's "hero ship" is based off a homebrew Suwantek Systems TL-2200 Medium Freighter itself based of the canon...

Star Wars D6 and d20 both had rules for upgrading ships . So did Spelljammer. They generally look for something better than a YT300...

That's why I sad maybe. Neither my experience or yours are absolute. I'm aware of it though.

Only if your ship is the Millenium Falcon or the Enterprise. You don't become emotionally invested in a garbage scow or a rotten tub...

All RPGs handwave it. There isn't any way to deal with a crew of hundreds that doesn't abstract it in any RPG. Abstraction works just...

Sure, easily. I played a fair bit of Star Trek RPG with a crew of over 400. They are just a stat that occasionally goes down during ship...

I've already mentioned this, but technology doesn't change the dynamics and in fact just makes it worse. A pinnace could have crew of...

I just wrapped a 4 month long pirate arc in my home campaign, and here's how I handled it: 1. The PCs were crew but it was obvious...

I had a goblin campaign that I kept trying to run in college where everyone was a goblin (or kobold). It never got past a couple of...

I think that's definitely one of the two ways to start the campaign. The other, is that you start for whatever reason as part of the...

That would probably be my 4th through 6th, so let's end up on the same island.

The One Ring Mongoose Traveller Pendragon

D&D 3e CoC 7e (or BRP generally) WEG Star Wars D6 (or D6 generally)

Pretty much a Tintin story (Red Rackham's Treasure). The thing about wooden ships is they are quite difficult to sink. But what you...