Favorite Sci-Fi system/setting?

[Calico_Jack73]

Oops!!! Can't believe I left Cyberpunk 2020 and Shadowrun off of the list.

And then there is Mutant Chronicles and Battlelords of the 23rd Century.

Favorite Sci-Fi? Hmmmmm.... good question!

I love the Battletech universe (Inner Sphere/Clan War) so you could always locate a copy of Mechwarrior for that. It is easy to fall into the trap of focusing on the mech combat. Read a few of the novels to get an idea of what life is like in the universe outside of the battlefield.

Dark Heresy is great if you like the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Fantasy Flight games picked up the rights to produce roleplaying games for GW so the line WILL continue after Black Library puts out their last RPG book.

That is about it for me...

 

[Korgoth]

What you heathens all really want is Encounter Critical:

http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/encounter-critical.htm

Don't make me have to get out my Phasic Prismatic Sword. Or my Tommy Gun, for that matter.

 

[Crothian]

Paranoia is my favorite though it is a different brand of sci fi. For more traditional sci fi I'd go with Dawning Star.

 

[Treebore]

Nope. I don't own a copy of any of the versions of Traveller and I've never looked at any of the books. My strongest personal influences are Star Wars, Babylon 5, and Star and Frontiers with maybe a touch of that old classic cartoon Starblazers.

The ship system is a conversion of the D20 Future system with some optional rules added to make it more realistic, such as maneuverability and acceleration. Other tweaks were made to make the system more playable. The playtests went pretty smooth, considering that ship-to-ship combat is often a pain to run with most systems.

We covered the basics in terms of starships, but we are planning a book specifically devoted to more ships later on. The same is true for equipment and we're currently deciding whether we should combine that with the ships book or make it stand alone.

Well, I steal stuff from Star Frontiers all the time, so it sounds good. Plus I watched Starblazers too, back in the early 80's.

If the combined book would be at/under $40 in print, then combine it. If it would be more, split it even though the over all cost to me would be higher.

 

[Storm Raven]

Nope. I don't own a copy of any of the versions of Traveller and I've never looked at any of the books. My strongest personal influences are Star Wars, Babylon 5, and Star and Frontiers with maybe a touch of that old classic cartoon Starblazers.

The Traveller setting bears something of a resemblance to Babylon 5 and Starblazers in some respects. Its not a perfect fit, but it is clearly drawn from the same influences that produced those.

I like GURPS. I like Traveller. GURPS: Traveller is really good.

 

[blindrage]

Trinity by White Wolf Games. Mix of hard science, psionic, super powers, secret orders with world or such I say space way plans and aliens.

 

[Pbartender]

Star Thugs: The Roleplaying Game

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Classic Traveller.

Just be careful mustering out.

 

[Psion]

What, no one has mentioned Transhuman Space yet? It's probably the best hard SF setting out there, if not the best SF setting in general - despite having no aliens, no FTL drive, and no psychic powers.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

There are a couple of campaign themes I recommend in such cases:

- Bounty Hunters in Kenya.

- "Free traders" in South-East Asia with their own ship.

- Martian revolutionaries.