Future Retro-Clone That Never Was

[The Green Adam]

Cross Star Munchkin d20 with Labyrinth Lord.

Eureka! lol

That is sort of what I had in mind but I would prefer to treat the game from a serious fun angle as opposed to Star Munchkin. Though in many ways, OD&D has its moments of bringing on the funny.

Betote: Nothing is wrong with Mutant Future but why did they make it? Nothing was wrong with Labyrinth Lord. Its about creating a game that more accurately and intentionally reflects a genre and a time in the history of both gaming and Science Fiction. Just as Labyrinth Lord is(n't) D&D and Mutant Future is(n't) Gamma World this is(n't) Star Frontiers.

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Gwen DeMarco: "They're not ALL "historical documents." Surely, you don't think Gilligan's Island is a..."
Mathesar: "Those poor people."

 

[tsadkiel]

With the creation of Mutant Future, I was wondering what a Class/Level space adventure game based on OD&D or AD&D-ish rules would be like.

Would you check it out? Would you buy it? Why wasn't it ever done that way?

It was.

 

[The Green Adam]

It was.

I remember this now...I guess my question should have been why wasn't it ever done well? Oooh...teasing.

The specifics of the Buck Rogers game elude my memory at the moment but I recall being very unimpressed. The production values for the product were pretty amazing for the time though.

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"I avoided capture by using your Mak'tar stealth haze."

 

[thedungeondelver]

I would be...seeing as how I started the thread and said "I feel the uncontrollable erge to make this game".

Just kidding! I'd love to see someone take a crack at this idea. The key in my mind is that it should be 'generic' in the way D&D was...all the basics are there, Aliens, Ray Gun/Blasters, Starships, Exotic Creatures and Landscapes, etc. but presented in a 'use what you like, how you like' manner. I picture a Star Frontier meets Star Wars meets Star Trek (I give it 3 Stars right off the back) kinda atmosphere. Its Science Fiction but its less about Science and more about Adventure and Glory Across the Cosmos! If you need any artwork be sure to let me know.

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"Exiting the time knot now, sir."

Oh no...heh, no no. I wasn't thinking in terms of "let's make a project out of this", I was thinking in terms of "how quickly and easily could I bodge something together with the GAMMA WORLD crossover rules from the DUNGEON MASTERS GUIDE coupled with the stuff in S3 EXPEDITION TO THE BARRIER PEAKS sort of thing.