Now that Paizo is on the verge of releasing Starfinder, should WotC bring back Star Frontiers?

[VGmaster9]

Since Paizo is going to create a space opera equivalent to Pathfinder, would it be a good idea for Wizards to create a new version of Star Frontiers to compete with Starfinder? They would have both a high fantasy game and a space opera game to compliment each other.

 

[ccs]

I could see them throwing the old version up on Drivethrough or DMsG or whatever as a PDF/PoD.

But seriously, they only produce 3(?) D&D books a year as is. If they re-worked SF would you be happy with 1 or two, maybe no D&D while that happened?

 

[Sunseeker]

That's funnny, so no.

 

[Jhaelen]

Perhaps as an Unearthed Arcana article. But as a full-fledged setting? Not really. There are plenty of better sci-fi RPG's and settings out there, though. So, personally, I wouldn't be interested. (I'm also not interested in Starfinder for very much the same reason.)

 

[Morrus]

You don't bring out products just for the sake of competition. You generally look for an unfilled niche.

 

[fjw70]

Someone did a 5e conversion of Star Frontiers in the magazine Star Frontiersman.

I would love to see WotC (or somebody) produce a space opera version of 5e. Maybe a Star Wars-type thing with the official serial numbers filed off. I tweeted Rodney Thompson about this when 5e first came out.

 

[Morrus]

I tweeted Rodney Thompson about this when 5e first came out.

That story only works if there's an end to it...



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[fjw70]

That story only works if there's an end to it...



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This was the response.

We'll call it "War Stars" and it will sell millions.

 

[RedSiegfried]

No. Don't sully my fond memories of the 80s anymore that we already have.

On a related note, anyone ever notice how much Star Frontiers lifted from the Pip and Flinx books by Alan Dean Foster?

 

[ccs]

On a related note, anyone ever notice how much Star Frontiers lifted from the Pip and Flinx books by Alan Dean Foster?

No, but then I never read any of them. What'd they lift?