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I mentioned it - but 2300AD is my first choice of that sort of near future projective sci-fi. Eclipse Phase is just after it.

My personal list of Top 10 Science Fiction RPGs (evaaar) is: 1) Traveller - Classic, then Mongoose Traveller (2nd edition). 2) Paranoia - Primarily 2nd Edition or XP - totally different type of science fiction, but nevertheless a classic in it's own right. 3) Star Wars - Primarily the WEG D6...

Lists of Top Science Fiction RPGs that don’t include Traveller are not good lists.

Well, I backed the Kickstarter where the core rules book and the starter set were included at the same level, so I’m getting them both. Honestly, the Starter set seemed to have more maps and stuff that I am interested in, with the core rules just being the reference book. They work in quite a...

De Profundis?

Ahem....they do have UK (and EU) branches of Renegade Studios: Power Rangers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook Pre-Order Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook Pre-Order Although you’d still not be able to order them anywhere else in the world......unless you work out a sneaky arrangement...

Also, weren’t the Nephilim the same thing as the Giants in the Bible?

I think I’ve only ever seen one attempt at making The Bible a D&D setting, sometime when the D20 System was all the range. It seems interesting enough though. Why not?

That is anticipation for you....

Matt Sprange communicated it on RPGPub. Quote: "You will be able to play without ever touching a card”. The communication as it stands is that the game will be a revision of rules rather than a reboot, so the system will remain compatible for the most part. However, it looks like provisions...

Well, yes, but in my case, the respective campaign types are already covered by Traveller and Cyberpunk respectively. Others may prefer GURPS or whatever, but for me that isn’t specific enough. What the happy medium is probably boils down to the individual. I know two things about the upcoming...

I’m thinking the same really, although I thought the same thing with Alien too in a way. I like the brands, the company and like the system, but I have other broader based games (Cyberpunk and Traveller, respectively) that can do the same thing around my table. A new edition of Paranoia holds...

We’ll find out soon enough! However, Kickstarter success doesn’t always translate directly to these charts.

Well, that is your assumption, and frankly I’ve already stated my disagreement with that assumption, based on how we define ‘generic’. ‘Generic' simply means that something isn’t specific. D&D doesn’t have a specific setting you can play in - it offers several published ones - but draws from...

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Pendragon 6th stands a long way ahead of everything else on my list. Paranoia, if it is indeed a Perfect Edition gets an interest and I already have Everway as a Kickstarter backer, but I’m looking forward to seeing new gamers gaze their eyes upon it for the first time. Honorably, Werewolf...

Well, you are welcome to disagree, and Merry Christmas! However, I think it rather boils down to how to choose to define ‘generic’. As I have said, just because a game has mechanical conventions, it doesn’t mean it cannot be generic. The D&D system, via ‘5E’ has been converted to so many...

I don’t think of the mechanical conventions as disqualifying any ‘generic’ quality in the game’s application. Runequest, in its original and current iteration is specific to Glorantha and is intended just for that setting. D&D is generic, by comparison, because it isn’t tied to a specific...

I think in the case of Magic World, there wasn’t really enough time to establish it with a significant fanbase. It probably should be noted that Magic World was effectively the replacement for Stormbringer/Elric! when Chaosium lost that license - the system was identical with all the references...

I think the stated objection from Chaosium against having BRP used as a generic system, and by extension the critique of Magic World, was that they were bland. I do note that there was more positive responses when it came to trying to win back the Stormbringer/Eternal Champion licenses from...