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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 4486036" data-attributes="member: 49613">I also suggest Traveller. But I would avoid like the plague anything published by Mongoose.Classic Traveller is still in print. And, going against the grain here... the original 3 books (called the &quot;3 LBBs&quot; or 3 Little Black Books) are nice because they predate all of this stuff about the Imperium and the enormous body of canonical setting material that has come about.In the original 3 books of Traveller (also published as The Traveller Book in a single volume, or Starter Traveller as a boxed set) posit a sci-fi setting where laser weapons require backpack power sources, where the largest possible ship is 5000 displacement tons and the setting is whatever you want it to be.It has a feeling in sci-fi not unlike the feeling of Original D&amp;D in fantasy: generic, but quirky. Which is what I like.Also, shotguns in space.I'm actually in the middle of preparing a Traveller one-shot for some folks. The tone is mostly drawn from Outland, but includes elements of Alien and 2001:ASO.In space, everyone can hear you pump the 12-gauge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 4486036, member: 49613"] I also suggest Traveller. But I would avoid like the plague anything published by Mongoose. Classic Traveller is still in print. And, going against the grain here... the original 3 books (called the "3 LBBs" or 3 Little Black Books) are nice because they predate all of this stuff about the Imperium and the enormous body of canonical setting material that has come about. In the original 3 books of Traveller (also published as The Traveller Book in a single volume, or Starter Traveller as a boxed set) posit a sci-fi setting where laser weapons require backpack power sources, where the largest possible ship is 5000 displacement tons and the setting is whatever you want it to be. It has a feeling in sci-fi not unlike the feeling of Original D&D in fantasy: generic, but quirky. Which is what I like. Also, shotguns in space. I'm actually in the middle of preparing a Traveller one-shot for some folks. The tone is mostly drawn from Outland, but includes elements of Alien and 2001:ASO. In space, everyone can hear you pump the 12-gauge. [/QUOTE]

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