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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Giorgicus" data-source="post: 7118010" data-attributes="member: 6781796">Alternity ModulesRevised: 5/30/2017 On the topic of modular rules designs for the new <a href="http://www.sasquatchgamestudio.com/products/alternity/" target="_blank">Sasquatch Game Studio Alternity</a> game, given the information below, what additional modules would you like to see considered for development? What other SF setting examples would you describe as (Core Module + Additional modules) that would provide GMs with the tools needed to run that type of game?--------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References v2:<a href="http://www.sasquatchgamestudio.com/products/alternity/" target="_blank">Sasquatch Game Studio Alternity</a><a href="http://www.sasquatchgamestudio.com/alternity-design-blog-7-modular-design" target="_blank"> Alternity Design Blog #7: Modular Design</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SasquatchGameStudio/" target="_blank">SGS Facebook page</a> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sasquatchgamestudio/alternity-2017-a-science-fiction-roleplaying-game/comments" target="_blank">Kickstarter Comments tab</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/67jurj/ama_we_are_sasquatch_game_studios_richard_baker/?st=j2xiyenj&sh=0f18ec60" target="_blank">Reddit AMA</a><a href="https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/qa-richard-baker-stephen-schubert-alternity/" target="_blank">GMshoe Q&A</a>  <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_campaign_settings" target="_blank"> RPG campaign settings list </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SasquatchGameStudio/?rc=p" target="_blank">Sasquatch Game Studio</a> The core book would have everything you need to run a game, but there are some aspects of the original Player's Handbook that might wait until a new module to expand upon. For example, while we'll touch on things like cyberpunk style hacking, mutants, or psionics, we'll save in-depth expansion of those rules to later modules or settings where they are appropriate. And some stuff gets its own book -- like ship design, which gets the Shipyard book, and alien/adversary design, which will be in the Xenologist's Guide. · <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SasquatchGameStudio" target="_blank">Reply</a> · <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SasquatchGameStudio/posts/1312486192133460?comment_id=1313164915398921&reply_comment_id=1313181548730591&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R0%22%7D" target="_blank">May 3 at 4:19pm</a> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/811345514" target="_blank">Richard Baker</a> Collaborator <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sasquatchgamestudio/alternity-2017-a-science-fiction-roleplaying-game/comments?cursor=16395644#comment-16395643" target="_blank">on April 5</a>@ Thomas -- I think we need to support some amount of psionics/mindwalking/ESP in the core game, just because so many great sci-fi stories feature characters or aliens with mental powers. (Heck, we put a psychic alien in our Quickstart Guide adventure.) Diving into an extensive treatment of all things psionic is probably something that we'd save for a supplemental sourcebook. That's one of those modular elements of the system: It's suitable for some games but not all. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/811345514" target="_blank">Richard Baker</a> Collaborator <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sasquatchgamestudio/alternity-2017-a-science-fiction-roleplaying-game/comments?cursor=16456428#comment-16456427" target="_blank">on April 12</a> @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6276" target="_blank">Lee</a> -- I think that a serious transhuman focus probably demands some dedicated source material (it's a rules module, like a big esper or mindwalking focus would be). But I think we want to provide enough building blocks that people interested in that sort of setting could use the Core Rulebook to explore post-Singularity adventure. At some point we'll have to prioritize, of course -- but we hope to engage with our backers as the campaign concludes to find out what priorities you all would like us to set.[19:49] <+xyphoid> so the tagline is ‘modular’ – how does that work[19:52] <+xyphoid> like, SF is one of the hardest areas to do generic games in because a ruleset that works well to support your Culture game is going to be pretty rough for your Greg Egan game[19:53] <+SasquatchRich> RE: Modular . . . we think that one of the powerful uses of the Alternity game engine is to model a wide variety of SF genres and stories . . .[19:54] <+SasquatchRich> So we’re building a game that invites the GM to use or set aside rules sub-systems to get just the flavor of SF he’s shooting for . . .[19:55] <+SasquatchRich> Elements like cyber-tech, psionics, starfighter dogfighting rules . . . maybe you want ’em in your game, maybe you don’t. Use the modules you want, leave others for your next campaign.[19:55] <+xyphoid> for example, let’s say we’re doing a pure exploration and research game with no combat, is it going to support that well?[19:55] <+xyphoid> can i ignore classes, for example, if they don’t make sense?[19:56] <+SasquatchStephen> xyphoid – sure. you might have just survivor, expert, and leader PCs[19:58] <+SasquatchRich> Xyphoid, we agree. The challenge is building in “sockets” so that you can “plug in” psi rules (for example), without necessarily making exhaustive psi rules something everyone has to deal with.[20:05] <+SasquatchRich> Will: That’s where those “sockets” come into play. We want to make sure that the “stub” of systems like Psionics, Mutations, Cybertech, Alien Artifacts are covered in the Core Rules, so that you’ll see how they work together if they’re all in play.[20:07] <+Will> So the sockets are balanced such that if you have psi and mutations in play, it balances with a game with neither in play?[20:08] <+SasquatchRich> Will: A character who invests big in psi shouldn’t be better than a character who doesn’t; they’re spending the same amount of character-creation resources… [20:05] <+xyphoid> you talk about campaign design covering genres – what kind of SF genres are you covering?[20:07] <+SasquatchRich> RE: Genres . . . space opera, exploration, post-apocalypse, near-future espionage, alien horror, all that stuff should be pretty accessible with our Core Rule set…[20:09] <+SasquatchStephen> Xyphoid – we’re launching with Protostar, a medium future, hard SF setting[20:10] <+SasquatchStephen> and we’ve also already published Thunder Run with our Quickstart Rules, which is set in a Mad Max-style post apocalyptic world.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Alternity RPG Modules (Blog #7): Core (ground combat, basic tech interactions, simple interpersonal stuff)Starship [Capital Size; Enterprise]Starship [Smaller Size; Serenity]Vehicle  Addition Modules Ideas v2: Apocalyptic/Post-ApocalypticAugmentations (Biotech, Cybernetics, Nanotech, Psionic, Technomagic)BiotechCyberware/CyberneticsEconomic/TradeEspionageFantasyHigh Tech (PL 9+)HorrorLow Tech (PL1-5)MagicMartial ArtsMass WarfareMechaMental Power/PsionicsMilitary/MercenaryMutationMystery/InvestigationNanotechPower ArmorPulp Fiction/NoirRoboticsScience FantasySecret Societies/ConspiraciesSocial InteractionSpace OperaSpecial Ops/Black OpsSteampunkSuperhuman/SuperheroSupernatural/ParanormalTechnomagicTime TravelTranshumanVirtual Reality/CyberspaceXenobiology SF Settings Examples v2 (Core + X): 2300 AD9[SUP]th[/SUP] GenerationAfter the BombAftermathAlbedoBabylon 5: Starships + Social Interactions + Mystery/InvestigationBattlelords of the 23[SUP]rd[/SUP] CenturyBlackwatchBlue PlanetBubblegum CrisisBuck Rogers XXVCCentauri KnightsConspiracy XContinuumCthulhu TechCybergenerationCyberpunk 2020CyberspaceDark*MatterDarwin’s WorldDawning StarDeadlandsDiasporaDoctor Who (various)Dragonstar: Starships + Fantasy + Magic Eclipse PhaseEngelEtherscopeEx MachinaFading SunsFaithFallout/Wasteland: Post-Apocalyptic + Vehicles + MutationsFringeworthyFTL 2248Gamma WorldGear KriegGURPS Infinite WorldsGURPS Planet of AdventureGURPS TerradyneGURPS Transhuman SpaceHalcyonHALOHeavy Gear: Starships + MechaIncursionJeremiahJoruneJovian ChroniclesJudge DreedKromosone: Biotech + Espionage + Transhuman + Economic/TradeLegionnaireLiving SteelMach The First ColonyMacross IIMass Effect: Starships + Mental Powers+ Social InteractionsMechwarrior: Starships + Post-Apocalyptic + MechaMektonMetamorphosis AlphaMultiverserMutantMutant ChroniclesMutazoidsNeuroshimaParanoiaPax DraconisPhoenix CommandPrime DirectiveReich StarRiftsRifts Chaos EarthRingworldRobotechSecond DawnSerenity: Starships + Low TechShadowrun: Fantasy + Magic + Espionage + Cyberware + Virtual Reality/CyberspaceShatterzoneShock Social Science FictionSkyrealms of JoruneSLA IndustriesSpace 1889Space InfantrySpace MasterSpace OperaSpaceship ZeroSplicersStarfinderStar FrontiersStar HeroStar Trek (various)Star Wars (various): Starships + Mental Powers + Robotics + Military/Mercenary Star*DriveStargate SG-1Starship Troopers: Starships + Power Armor + BiotechStarships & SpacemenSystems FailureTales from the Floating VagabondThe Confederate RangersThe Mechanoid InvasionThe MetabaronsThe Morrow ProjectThe Robotic AgeTime LordTokyo NOVATranshuman SpaceTravellerTraveller 2300Tribe 8TrinityTwilight 2000Uncharted WorldsUndergroundUniverseWarhammer 40K/General: Starships + Horror + MagicWarhammer 40K/ Black CrusadeWarhammer 40K/ Dark HeresyWarhammer 40K/ DeathwatchWarhammer 40K/ Only WarWarhammer 40K/ Rogue TraderWorlds of RageWraeththuXCOM: Special Ops</blockquote>

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