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Message: <blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 9887442" data-attributes="member: 17913">The makers of Esper Genesis also got to come full circle and make the Phantasy Star RPG using a 5E basis, but it seems like what little discussion surrounds it is pretty muted.I was hoping it would go for a streamlined 5E, but it doesn't sound like it went that route -- I can't really seem to find an in-between on the Shadowdark to full 5E scale, except maybe Pugmire...? There's at least 2 or 3 sci-fi variants of Shadowdark that came out recently, but I've heard little about either of them, as well. Anywho...Back to the question: my favorite 5E-based sci-fi is currently Death In Space. Yeah, it's nominally more of a hack/mash-up of Knave and Mork Borg, but it's got the 5E-isms of advantage/disadvantage and such. I think it's broad compatibility with OSR games makes it easy to reskin and mash-up with a gazillion other releases, but the streamlined 5E-at-its-core mechanics makes it a cinch to get players to grok it at the table. Matter of fact, I used it as my system for Traveller, since I only needed to come up with about a page of house rules for ships and jump travel. I honestly think that does Traveller better than a huge 4-book release possibly could, unless you're a game system mechanic gearhead, I suppose.</blockquote>