Penny Dreadful reminds me of what I used to do with Call of Cthulhu. I think it would make a great world for an RPG.

Orphan Black would be interesting, but extremely heavy on the metaplot.

Quote from: Patrick;964655It's on FX I believe, but you would have to watch them on demand if you have that available.  
On topic, I think SyFy's Dark Matter could be fun if it doesn't take itself too seriously (much like the show itself).  It has sassy AI's, space samurai, cyborgs, androids, and evil corporations (in spaaaace).

In that vein I'd suggest Killjoys instead of Dark Matter, not because Killjoys is a better show (not sure that it is) but because it have a better hook for roleplaying games, namely bounty hunting.

Bounting hunting and roleplaying were made for each other, I even wrote a game about that.

Samurai Jack. Yes, Jack's the Big Hero. But you've got lots of room for other people the be heroes, saving people, fighting Aku's minions, inspiring hope. You've got a whole planet to work with, after all.

Quote from: jeff37923;964623The Expanse, but it used to be an online Traveller campaign before it became a series of novels and a TV series.

Seriously? Is that confirmed?

Quote from: RPGPundit;965446Seriously? Is that confirmed?

Well, it was d20 Modern, but yes, confirmed.

Ty Franck is a gamer who designs The Expanse as an RPG setting.
He writes the novels with a collaborator, Daniel Abraham.
Daniel Abraham also collaborates with George R.R. Martin.
Martin's a long-time gamer.

Wonder if Martin ever sat down and played in The Expanse?

Expanse  Duh

Dark Matter  Yah. This one is growing on me.

Person of Interest - a very gamable premise that has gotten some traction on a couple of boards.

Reign - if you want to use Hillfolk or some Social Cortex version.

Quote from: DavetheLost;965073Orphan Black would be interesting, but extremely heavy on the metaplot.

I think some of the appeal woud be lost as to playing the clones (same player, different player, how to get things set).   Still Evil Genetics Company doing strange things... a nice plot for some other game.

Not exactly what the op wants, but Blame! the Japanese manga (and recently released Netflix movie) would be an awesome RPG setting.

Quote from: flyingmice;965639Well, it was d20 Modern, but yes, confirmed.

Huh. Cool. I quite like the show.

Into the Badlands would be a great setting for a game.

If I had to pick just one I'd have to say "The Magicians." Secret magical society who has secret influence the world with outcasts learning magic on the fringes, whole other fantasic worlds full of magical creatures. The magic while powerful has significant limits (its powered by emotional stress, can't really solve the big problems, takes long enough to cast that combat magic takes a lot of training to even be as good a gun, you risk burning out if you channel too much too fast, etc.) so that planning and creativity are needed to overcome obstacles rather than just blasting stuff.

That said, what I'd really like to do is mash it up with concepts from "Being Human", "Bitten", "Winnona Earp" and maybe even "Vampire Diaries/Originals" and "Supernatural" to create a more contemporary version of the World of Darkness.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell has an interesting alt history setting and approach to magic.

Quote from: Itachi;966042Not exactly what the op wants, but Blame! the Japanese manga (and recently released Netflix movie) would be an awesome RPG setting.

You really think so? I haven't read much of it but from what I remember it's mostly the main character lost in a endless maze of technology and monsters. I liked it, but it seems it would be frustrating from a PC's viewpoint.
I'm guessing I've got that wrong though... are there more characters? More chances for non-combat interaction?

Quote from: RPGPundit;966241Huh. Cool. I quite like the show.

I've hear that Miller was actually a player who joined the game late. The GM ran a solo investigative session that lead to him ending up at the same place as the rest of the group.

Quote from: Simlasa;966342You really think so? I haven't read much of it but from what I remember it's mostly the main character lost in a endless maze of technology and monsters. I liked it, but it seems it would be frustrating from a PC's viewpoint.
I'm guessing I've got that wrong though... are there more characters? More chances for non-combat interaction?

Take a look at the Netflix animated film. It gives a spin on the original story by taking the POV of one of those tribal communities the protagonist meets in the manga and their struggle for survival. This new angle would make an interesting premise for a game, I think, specially as the "electro-fishers", the tribe's power suit-wearing scavengers who go out there in the city to find food, tech, new shelters, etc. while avoiding the city Safeguard system, Silicoid creatures, other tribes, etc. A cyberpunk dungeon crawl, basically.