Recent content by timtao

I read the news page a couple times a week, usually the the EN world, RPG and Community sections.

Now *that* got my attention! First off, I was a big fan of the original Gamma World (the silliness of it aside). Secondly, I've got a story hook involving strange radiation mutating the local flora and fauna. I have a feeling this will come in handy!

I guess it's hard to describe. "Space Opera" is sort of generic, and yeah, it means different things depending on who you're talking to. I want the high-flying adventure of Star Wars, but *not* the Star Wars setting. No Force, No Jedi, No Empire, No Ewoks. The original Traveller setting is...

Hmm... this looks interesting. I might have to add it to my growing reading list.

Thanks for the StarFrontiers links, Greylord!

I'm seeing a lot of love for Savage Worlds, Starblazer and Star Frontiers. I'll have to check those out - also, WEG's d6 space (which I am reading right now in the form of the 2nd Edition Star Wars rules). I was glad to find out the d6 space is available as a download, b/c otherwise I only...

Thanks for the link to "Star Wars without Jedis", Ferret! That cleaves pretty close to what I'm looking for. I definitely want "grim" over funny. I don't want any Ewoks or Jar-Jar freakin' Binks. Also, I need to gut the Empire from Star Wars. But, that's a setting issue I will be handling...

Thanks for the info folks! Some background info: I too am a fan of the old school Traveller. I still have my box set from 1980+something. I loved it then, but looking back I see nostalgia isn't what it used to be. I bought the Mongoose Traveller core rule book and the first adventure...

I'm trying to find an RPG rules system to run a home-brew space opera campaign. What rules set do you consider to be the best for sci-fi RPG and why?