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<blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 4478785" data-attributes="member: 14403">We'll have to agree to disagree there.&nbsp; True, it was a wargame first but the setting is so rich that it almost screamed for a roleplaying element.&nbsp; In a lot of ways role-playing in the Battletech setting is very much like playing in a setting based on Dune.&nbsp; 1) In both cases you have the great noble houses that plot and scheme against each other.&nbsp; 2) You have a supposed &quot;Neutral&quot; that wields power that the Houses do not have.&nbsp; In Dune it was the Guild, in Battletech it is ComStar.&nbsp; The Guild controls FTL space travel, ComStar controls FTL communication.3) The houses fight against each other for some precious commodity.&nbsp; In Dune it was the Spice.&nbsp; In Battletech it is Mech factories since in the original release the ability build mechs was for the most part lost.&nbsp; The older Star League mechs were superior in technology to the newer mechs built by the houses.Now I am sure most of us could come up with some good adventures based in the Dune universe.&nbsp; Those stories don't involve mechs but there is no reason that the story couldn't be ported over to Battletech.&nbsp; I played many games of Mechwarrior (the Battletech RPG) where mech combat never entered the picture.&nbsp; As a system it bore a lot in common with Shadowrun and I never had a problem with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Calico_Jack73, post: 4478785, member: 14403"] We'll have to agree to disagree there. True, it was a wargame first but the setting is so rich that it almost screamed for a roleplaying element. In a lot of ways role-playing in the Battletech setting is very much like playing in a setting based on Dune. 1) In both cases you have the great noble houses that plot and scheme against each other. 2) You have a supposed "Neutral" that wields power that the Houses do not have. In Dune it was the Guild, in Battletech it is ComStar. The Guild controls FTL space travel, ComStar controls FTL communication. 3) The houses fight against each other for some precious commodity. In Dune it was the Spice. In Battletech it is Mech factories since in the original release the ability build mechs was for the most part lost. The older Star League mechs were superior in technology to the newer mechs built by the houses. Now I am sure most of us could come up with some good adventures based in the Dune universe. Those stories don't involve mechs but there is no reason that the story couldn't be ported over to Battletech. I played many games of Mechwarrior (the Battletech RPG) where mech combat never entered the picture. As a system it bore a lot in common with Shadowrun and I never had a problem with it. [/QUOTE]

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