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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azgulor" data-source="post: 5658095" data-attributes="member: 14291">Yep, I have that sci-fi itch that I'm looking to scratch yet again. I've asked before, to limited success, but it's another year, so here goes...Ever notice how there’s ton of visual media for the sci-fi genre that scratches your average RPGer’s itch?Ever notice how few novels/series do so? Most are one-trick-ponies (1 exaggerated tech/theme) or still stuck in the Sci-fi-as-morality-play mode.So what are good sources of “RPGer Sci-Fi”?Examples of the types of sci-fi I’m seeking in novel/series form include:Firefly/Serenity Mass Effect 1 & 2 Dead Space 1 & 2 HALO Star Trek (recent movie - ala more focus on characters & action rather than morality-lesson-of-the-week TV style) Battlestar Galactica (yeah, it could be preachy, too, but it was well done and presented a fairly consistent universe with lots of action) Battle: Los Angeles Alien / AliensBabylon 5Honorable Mention Sci-Fi films (fall into trap of 1-trick-pony more than others): Predator Terminator films I, Robot (film) Minority ReportAlso, what novels make for good gamer sci-fi but are classified as adventure, mystery, or some other genre?Film examples of one-foot-in-the-sci-fi-genre: Adventure = Indiana Jones – Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Adventure/Thriller = EagleEye, Source Code Espionage Thriller = Mission Impossible films (tech), Bond series Superhero = Batman (recent films), Captain America, Iron ManHere's the simpler criteria: What sci-fi novels/series that, while reading or upon finishing the book, you could envision the setting & themes of the book sustaining a sci-fi RPG campaign? And yes, this means action, tension, combat, intrigue b/c I've yet to see the successful "Hard Sci-Fi - the cerebral role-playing game of moral allegory" appeal to a group of RPGers that typically plays FRPGs.</blockquote>

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