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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eyebeams" data-source="post: 3456449" data-attributes="member: 9225">I think about the only resemblance between it and Traveller is that there are some guys in a ship hauling cargo. In Traveller, the cargo and associated bean counting is important. In Firefly? It's fluff. One of the main differences between the series and any game is that the background stuff in Firefly is nakedly designed to create pseudo-Western situations. Outside of that, the economics mean very little. And of course, there are inbuilt limits that keep Browncoats from being rich, influential guys, skewing the whole capitalist-advancement thing in RPGs.This is confusing "is" and "ought." It's pretty clear in Firefly that if Malcolm Reynolds shoots you, you probably die. This does not mean that it's "all you need" in any way, shape or form. Power really lies with the player who takes the social pole position and sets the agenda when the GM constructs some kind of conflict. Cortex isn't great for encouraging this kind of team workflow  but then again, Firefly doesn't exactly feature well-coordinated teams.In Serenity, Walsh's death is a tragic blindside. In a narrative game, it means nothing at all. It's a totally arbitrary player decision. You are *supposed* to be "deprotagonized" by some things, and insisting that deprotagonization is bad is an infantile approach to story -- literally. The idea that stories are about dominating a narrative universe is probably the biggest thing one can do to make stories meaningless.For that reason alone, pseudo-narrative games are probably one of the worst choices. That, and tactical gaming, since a tactical focus damages the interpersonal focus.</blockquote>

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