Scallops

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[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Traveller, or better yet 2300AD or Hostile for better fit on the setting with the same classic 2d6 rules. Cy_Borg or Stars Without Number for OSR.

Diaspora, Mindjammer, or Nova Praxis if you’re willing to try a more modern system (Fate), but the setting should be pretty close on them, depending on where in the story you want it to be. Diaspora should be a good fit if you want to explore different systems throughout a network of spheres.

 

What are your favorites to play on? Anything valid, be it a published RPG setting, an adaptation you did of other media (book, game, movie), a mashup you or someone else create, etc.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All it needs is a name and you’ve got a ready adventure.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 days ago

Don’t beat yourself over it. 👍

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 days ago

Right, that uses the Fantasy Flight Games' Narrative Dice System (same as WH Fantasy).

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Wow. I hadn't heard of a single item in your list except for SLA Industries. Not that surprising considering most are long out of print.

By Jupiter Chronicles do you mean Jovian Chronicles?

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 days ago

Sounds like you’d like Hostile by Zozer Games. They have a solo version too where you control a crew.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 days ago

Why is it worn out near the top?

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 days ago

Truncated d4 s deal less damage… as caltrops. Also look at that table 🤩

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That's right. Arguably the most famous?

Come to think of it, I don't think there ever was a Fate official Star Wars setting. I didn't find it, anyway.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

BattleTech! That's the one. Didn't know they made an RPG out of it.

Firefly is an out of print Cortex Plus game by Margaret Weis Productions. It's in the list as well as Serenity (the Cortex Classic game by WEP, isn't IP licensing fun?).

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Rifts is a classic, but also a very strange animal. And for some reason I thought Robotech was a minis game (must be confusing with something else).

Star Wars is already listed. I know those are technically different games, but I'm trying to keep the list as concise as possible (grouping the multiple versions of the same setting under one entry). I don't know much about the history of star wars RPG though. How would you summarize it? (WEG d6, d20, Fate)?

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago

Done and thank you!

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Scallops@ttrpg.network to c/scifi@ttrpg.network
 

This is meant to be a non-exhaustive list, in stream-of-consciousness order.

Dedicated systems

  • Traveller (in its many incarnations throughout the past nearly 50 years and derivatives such as Cepheus, Hostile)
  • 2300 AD (now a setting for Traveller)
  • Cyberpunk (2013, 2020, V3.0, Red)
  • Paranoia
  • Eclipse Phase
  • Lancer
  • Star Wars roleplaying (different games by different publishers: WEG d6, d20, FFG NDS)
  • Warhammer 40K
  • 3:16: Carnage Amongst the Stars
  • Shadowrun
  • Apocalypse World
  • Coyote & Crow
  • SLA Industries

FATE based systems

  • Bulldogs!
  • Mindjammer
  • Nova Praxis
  • Diaspora
  • Atomic Robo

OSR/d20 based systems

  • Stars Without Number
  • Starfinder
  • Mothership
  • CY_BORG

Year Zero

  • Mutant: Year Zero
  • Alien: The RPG
  • Blade Runner: The RPG
  • Coriolis – The Third Horizon

GURPS

A host of modules and supplements named after the subgenre, GURPS-style. GURPS Transhuman Space, Cyberpunk, etc.

Other systems

  • Star Trek Adventures (Modiphius 2d20)
  • Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (Modiphius 2d20)
  • Rifts (Palladium)
  • Robotech (Palladium)

Solo friendly

  • Stoneburner
  • Ironsworn: Starforged (PbtA)
  • Hostile (Cepheus/Traveller)

Out of print/No longer developed

  • Firefly RPG (Cortex Plus)
  • Serenity RPG (Cortex Classic)
  • Battlestar Galactica RPG (Cortex Classic)
  • Gamma World (D&D)
  • Space Opera
  • Other Suns
  • Albedo
  • Space Master
  • HARP SF
  • Blue Planet
  • Ringworld
  • Living Steel
  • High Colonies
  • Jovian Chronicles
  • Heavy Gear
  • Justifiers
  • Star Frontiers
  • Universe
  • CORPS

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