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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4853595" data-attributes="member: 80487">I picked up Phoenix Command, but never actually tried to use it (or the Living Steel rules set, although I found the scenario interesting). Merc personally disgusted me, which had nothing to do with the mechanics that I recall.Commando was a World War Two game mechanically similar to Traveller. My reaction was basically that war, treated at all realistically, is far from an &quot;adventure&quot;.Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes was a development of &quot;tunnels &amp; Thompsons&quot; experiments with Tunnels &amp; Trolls, pretty nifty if one happens to be on the T&amp;T wavelength.Twilight 2000 was pretty excellent; I've never owned it, but have enjoyed some play. War against the alien Kafer featured in the interstellar sequel 2300 AD (initially, and confusingly, titled Traveller 2300).Kevin Siembieda's Mechanoids trilogy (the first Palladium RPG, if memory serves) was notable both for the SF war theme and for its presentation in a &quot;plot-line&quot; campaign format.Simon Washbourne has produced at least a sketch of a game about British partisans in a hypothetical WW2 invasion and occupation by Germany.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 4853595, member: 80487"] I picked up Phoenix Command, but never actually tried to use it (or the Living Steel rules set, although I found the scenario interesting). Merc personally disgusted me, which had nothing to do with the mechanics that I recall. [B]Commando[/B] was a World War Two game mechanically similar to Traveller. My reaction was basically that war, treated at all realistically, is far from an "adventure". [B]Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes[/B] was a development of "tunnels & Thompsons" experiments with Tunnels & Trolls, pretty nifty if one happens to be on the T&T wavelength. [B]Twilight 2000[/B] was pretty excellent; I've never owned it, but have enjoyed some play. War against the alien Kafer featured in the interstellar sequel [B]2300 AD[/B] (initially, and confusingly, titled Traveller 2300). Kevin Siembieda's [b]Mechanoids[/b] trilogy (the first Palladium RPG, if memory serves) was notable both for the SF war theme and for its presentation in a "plot-line" campaign format. Simon Washbourne has produced at least a sketch of a game about British partisans in a hypothetical WW2 invasion and occupation by Germany. [/QUOTE]

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