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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 7705725" data-attributes="member: 27252">The 'sci-fi RPGs aren't successful' meme seems to do it's rounds from time to time, but frankly Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Traveller are some of the best known brands in gaming so I've never understood why. All have relatively fresh recent editions that are out or due to come out (thank you, Modiphius RE Star Trek) and there are a kaleidoscope of other excellent, and successful sci-fi games of various levels of qualification (Shadowrun, anyone?) that make the genre very well represented, and I guess it would be remiss to not mention N.E.W.. I've no doubt that the fantasy genre overall sells more, but then again it does tend to have the 800lb gorilla that is D&D weighting it's success. What superhero RPG sells more than Star Wars, if you want to make a fair comparison?It's interesting what you say about Vampire: The Masquerade. For my money, it remains one of the major RPGs of all time, and I am on the radar having filled out my marketing survey from White Wolf recently. The only things I've heard about it is that they aim to make a slimmer volume than the 20th Anniversary style, and that they are trying to be a bit more international in it's appeal ("One World of Darkness"). I'm not sure that White Wolf will want to do a Kickstarter campaign - some titles are too big in my view, and if they have financial backing already then why bother with the stress? - but I don't rule it out. My feeling is that the game will have at least a couple more years of development before we see it anyway. The Onyx Path will probably get round to finishing the 20th Anniversary releases of Changeling and Wraith next year at least, which ought to tie in well with a brand new cycle of releases. I'm also looking forward to seeing Scion and the Trinity Continuum. Other than that, lets look forward to a new edition of Conan, Chaosium's RuneQuest (and maybe Stormbringer if we are lucky), Deadlands 20th in print, Unknown Armies and Kult. Oh, and whatever actual brand new game we haven't predicted.</blockquote>

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