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<blockquote data-quote="milotha" data-source="post: 1489397" data-attributes="member: 17122">I love science fiction, but the problem that I've found with it is the science part.&nbsp; I've gamed with a lot of science majors, from physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, psychology, computers, geology, etc...&nbsp; The one problem is that, the GM cannot be an expert in all of these areas.&nbsp; They cannot know all of the minutia of scientific details that the expert can.&nbsp; I've seen so many games descend into scientific jargon, disputes, and eventual handwaving by the GM and frustration on the expert's part.&nbsp; It's just not fun.&nbsp; Yes, we all know the GMs always right&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> but the same drive that causes someone to want to understand their discipline and teach others, can often drive them to this behavior at the table.&nbsp; This is especially true when the GM begins making claims like &quot;This will be the most realistic game ever.&quot;So, what I've seen work best is science fantasy.&nbsp; Pulp science fiction.&nbsp; Something where you admit beforehand that it isn't going to be a reality simulation.&nbsp; And you know what.&nbsp; The same is true of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Let's face it.&nbsp; It's pulp fantasy.&nbsp; You can't spend days walking around in full plate mail swinging a two handed sword. No one went out adventuring in the coutry side to slay monsters.So, give me space opera.&nbsp; Don't try to explain everything.&nbsp; Just say, pretend it's the movies and ignore the plot holes.&nbsp; Give me space ships with artificial gravity.&nbsp; Give me explosions in space with sound.&nbsp; Give me surviving without a space suit for a few seconds.&nbsp; Let me eat food from another planet.&nbsp; Give me aliens that a somewhat humanoind.&nbsp; I don't care.&nbsp; I want to have fun.&nbsp; Don't try to explain why.&nbsp; Just say it works, period.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="milotha, post: 1489397, member: 17122"] I love science fiction, but the problem that I've found with it is the science part. I've gamed with a lot of science majors, from physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, psychology, computers, geology, etc... The one problem is that, the GM cannot be an expert in all of these areas. They cannot know all of the minutia of scientific details that the expert can. I've seen so many games descend into scientific jargon, disputes, and eventual handwaving by the GM and frustration on the expert's part. It's just not fun. Yes, we all know the GMs always right :) but the same drive that causes someone to want to understand their discipline and teach others, can often drive them to this behavior at the table. This is especially true when the GM begins making claims like "This will be the most realistic game ever." So, what I've seen work best is science fantasy. Pulp science fiction. Something where you admit beforehand that it isn't going to be a reality simulation. And you know what. The same is true of D&D. Let's face it. It's pulp fantasy. You can't spend days walking around in full plate mail swinging a two handed sword. No one went out adventuring in the coutry side to slay monsters. So, give me space opera. Don't try to explain everything. Just say, pretend it's the movies and ignore the plot holes. Give me space ships with artificial gravity. Give me explosions in space with sound. Give me surviving without a space suit for a few seconds. Let me eat food from another planet. Give me aliens that a somewhat humanoind. I don't care. I want to have fun. Don't try to explain why. Just say it works, period. [/QUOTE]

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