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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6427282" data-attributes="member: 50895"><p><strong>Traveler</strong> - I only played this back in the 1980's.</p><p></p><p><strong>Space Opera</strong> - I only played this in the 1980's as well. I really liked the starship guide, the specific star nations like the League and the Confederacy.</p><p></p><p><strong>Eclipse Phase</strong> - haven't played this one, but it was my most recent sci-fi game purchase - I wanted to see what new takes on Sci-Fi since the 1980's games I've played. I like the "Avatar" idea of placing your consciousness inside alien bodies concept.</p><p></p><p><strong>Santiago</strong> - I really like the alternate view on existing Pathfinder rules applied to sci-fi, though the AP itself doesn't really intrigue me, though I did pick them all up last week on the DTRPG pre-Halloween sale. I'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned, especially since this thread is on ENWorld (being an EN Publishing product). I'm seriously looking at making a homebrew setting using the Santiago Players Guide/Campaign Guide for reference though not the setting itself. I'm a bit disappointed that there were no rules for ship combat nor space travel.</p><p></p><p>Since I'm mostly a fantasy genre gamer, the above is about it for sci-fi games I've purchased or played, though I did also purchase Star Frontiers at some point, it really didn't "take" with me.</p><p></p><p>Because I enjoyed Serenity and Firefly, I've thought of picking up the RPG, but I really hate the Cortex system, so will probably not do that. Also while I am a fan of some of the Star Trek movies, and all the series (except maybe Voyager), something about Star Trek as an RPG doesn't attract me.</p><p></p><p>I've had passing interest with Shadowrun, but I prefer space travel and space combat in my sci-fi, and the Earthbound nature of Shadowrun has dissuaded me from purchasing/participating.</p><p></p><p>I did play Paranoia, back in the 1980's as well, but despite the futuristic nature of the setting, I don't really consider this "sci-fi". I also purchased H.O.L (Human Occupied Landfill) and though I have both books for it, have only played it once on a lark. Its more of a twisted super heroes adaptation and not really "sci-fi" in my book either. Both are hilarious games to play, but as stated neither fits my idea of sci-fi.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I also purchased Aftermath back in the 1980's as my one and only post-apocalypse styled game, but never actually played - if you thought other RPG games have over-complex rules, you'd have to look at Aftermath to compare as probably the most unwieldy RPG rules ever created. Imagine the 36 hit locations on a quadruped, like a dog...</p><p></p><p>Edit 2: actually, since completing a map commission for Brady Games having created all the 13 multi-player maps for the Activision Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare strategy guide, a couple months ago, I'm in the mood for a sci-fi RPG game again, and have even created some maps inspired by that commission job to give me some direction in my intentions. (I'm reposting a couple of those sci-fi-esque maps from my Gamerprinter's Map Emporeum thread on this board.)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]64971[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64972[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64973[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 6427282, member: 50895"] [B]Traveler[/B] - I only played this back in the 1980's. [B]Space Opera[/B] - I only played this in the 1980's as well. I really liked the starship guide, the specific star nations like the League and the Confederacy. [B]Eclipse Phase[/B] - haven't played this one, but it was my most recent sci-fi game purchase - I wanted to see what new takes on Sci-Fi since the 1980's games I've played. I like the "Avatar" idea of placing your consciousness inside alien bodies concept. [B]Santiago[/B] - I really like the alternate view on existing Pathfinder rules applied to sci-fi, though the AP itself doesn't really intrigue me, though I did pick them all up last week on the DTRPG pre-Halloween sale. I'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned, especially since this thread is on ENWorld (being an EN Publishing product). I'm seriously looking at making a homebrew setting using the Santiago Players Guide/Campaign Guide for reference though not the setting itself. I'm a bit disappointed that there were no rules for ship combat nor space travel. Since I'm mostly a fantasy genre gamer, the above is about it for sci-fi games I've purchased or played, though I did also purchase Star Frontiers at some point, it really didn't "take" with me. Because I enjoyed Serenity and Firefly, I've thought of picking up the RPG, but I really hate the Cortex system, so will probably not do that. Also while I am a fan of some of the Star Trek movies, and all the series (except maybe Voyager), something about Star Trek as an RPG doesn't attract me. I've had passing interest with Shadowrun, but I prefer space travel and space combat in my sci-fi, and the Earthbound nature of Shadowrun has dissuaded me from purchasing/participating. I did play Paranoia, back in the 1980's as well, but despite the futuristic nature of the setting, I don't really consider this "sci-fi". I also purchased H.O.L (Human Occupied Landfill) and though I have both books for it, have only played it once on a lark. Its more of a twisted super heroes adaptation and not really "sci-fi" in my book either. Both are hilarious games to play, but as stated neither fits my idea of sci-fi. Edit: I also purchased Aftermath back in the 1980's as my one and only post-apocalypse styled game, but never actually played - if you thought other RPG games have over-complex rules, you'd have to look at Aftermath to compare as probably the most unwieldy RPG rules ever created. Imagine the 36 hit locations on a quadruped, like a dog... Edit 2: actually, since completing a map commission for Brady Games having created all the 13 multi-player maps for the Activision Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare strategy guide, a couple months ago, I'm in the mood for a sci-fi RPG game again, and have even created some maps inspired by that commission job to give me some direction in my intentions. (I'm reposting a couple of those sci-fi-esque maps from my Gamerprinter's Map Emporeum thread on this board.) [ATTACH=CONFIG]64971._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]64972._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]64973._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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