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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 2809421" data-attributes="member: 13892">I doubt that the OGC will come in very handy for me. I tend to shy away from using d20 for any kind of sci-fi gaming other than Star Wars, as I think that the system support for the genre (space-faring sci-fi, in particular) is miserable. To be fair, even the Star Wars line took one hell of a long time to get around to proper starship rules. I think it is kind of a shame, really... I can't think of single d20/OGL sci-fi game that has remained popular for any lengthy period of time. There have been licensed games, of which, only Star Wars had any kind of a noticable, long standing, impact - and even then, it didn't generate enough cash for WotC to keep it alive (it had, apparently, been on life support for the last two years of its life). There have been only two original sci-fi games that I can think of, the most popular of which was pretty heavily infused with D&amp;D fantasy elements. And there have been disappointing revival attempts of OOP games. I'd kill for a d20 space opera RPG that has some market staying power and mass appeal - and when somebody finally figures out the secret to designing such a game and publishes it, I'll be the first person to pick it up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 2809421, member: 13892"] I doubt that the OGC will come in very handy for me. I tend to shy away from using d20 for any kind of sci-fi gaming other than Star Wars, as I think that the system support for the genre (space-faring sci-fi, in particular) is miserable. To be fair, even the Star Wars line took one hell of a long time to get around to proper starship rules. I think it is kind of a shame, really... I can't think of single d20/OGL sci-fi game that has remained popular for any lengthy period of time. There have been licensed games, of which, only Star Wars had any kind of a noticable, long standing, impact - and even then, it didn't generate enough cash for WotC to keep it alive (it had, apparently, been on life support for the last two years of its life). There have been only two original sci-fi games that I can think of, the most popular of which was pretty heavily infused with D&D fantasy elements. And there have been disappointing revival attempts of OOP games. I'd [i]kill[/i] for a d20 space opera RPG that has some market staying power and mass appeal - and when somebody finally figures out the secret to designing such a game and publishes it, I'll be the first person to pick it up. [/QUOTE]

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