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BSG RPG Announced

Started by RPGPundit, December 24, 2006, 02:00:34 PM

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RPGPundit

December 24, 2006, 02:00:34 PM
So, Margaret Weis Productions has announced that they are doing a Battlestar Galactica RPG, using the same system they used for the Serenity RPG.

All I can say is, thank god that the game system I find useless is being used for the Television series I despise, and not the real, original, Galactica.

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#1
December 24, 2006, 03:47:04 PM
Galactica never was original, especially the old one.
 

RedFox

#2
December 24, 2006, 04:18:58 PM
Oh good lord.  How did that place get another license?
 

Erik Boielle

#3
December 24, 2006, 04:28:59 PM
Quote from: RedFoxOh good lord.  How did that place get another license?

Come now - as near as anyoe can tell the serenity game sold realy well.

And it could be worse:-

http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=2092&page=1#Item_0

QuoteIt's essentially a zombie movie. Night of the Living Dead, Lost, BSG, Firefly = a group of people, isolated, dealing with each other as the main focus but also under pressure from external, hostile forces. Get a good zombie game that deals with interactions within a small community, throw in a spaceship, and you've got a Firefly RPG. However, most zombie games I've seen are all about killing the zombie menace, not about conflict between characters.
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#4
December 24, 2006, 04:38:07 PM
Lots of crap sells well, but that doesn't mean it's not crap.

And yeah, it could'a been worse.  It could've been published by White Wolf.
 

ColonelHardisson

#5
December 24, 2006, 04:48:14 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditSo, Margaret Weis Productions has announced that they are doing a Battlestar Galactica RPG, using the same system they used for the Serenity RPG.

All I can say is, thank god that the game system I find useless is being used for the Television series I despise, and not the real, original, Galactica.

The new Galactica series is damned good. I'm kinda disappointed about this RPG being done with a game system I don't find interesting, but oh well. There is already a very well-done, very detailed d20 fan version that was done on the Wizards boards.
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#6
December 24, 2006, 04:50:57 PM
Quote from: RedFoxAnd yeah, it could'a been worse.

QuoteCommunity-focused RPGs need a GM like a I need a third leg. Just sayin'. If what's important is the community, the way the group of players creates and solves problems should reflect that. Problems come from within the community (and within the group of players), not from outside. We're all in this together.

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#7
December 24, 2006, 09:21:53 PM
Serenity did well because the Firefly fans are the most unbelievably fanatical obsessive fans I've ever seen. They put trekkies to utter shame by comparison.

I very much doubt that BSG will have nearly as fanatical a fanbase, so I suspect a BSG game will sell comparatively poorly, especially with a poor system.  
Its scary to think how successful Firefly might have been as an RPG with a good system.

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#8
December 24, 2006, 09:45:16 PM
I've had a soft spot in my heart for the Soveriegn stone system going back to... well... soveriegn stone.  Serenity, as a system, wasn't bad. It just wasn't too your taste, with a few editing problems.

Hopefull they'll have learned from teh criticisms of the Serenity game (the unclear/non-existant initiative rules, the lack of index or characters sheet... other less important bits) and this will be a tighter product. Not a concern to me, I don't watch BSG, and I doubt that there will be any  meaningful differences to the ruleset. I mean, one SFRPG with SS is gonna be about the same as another, right?
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December 25, 2006, 02:33:58 AM
Quote from: RPGPunditSerenity did well because the Firefly fans are the most unbelievably fanatical obsessive fans I've ever seen. They put trekkies to utter shame by comparison.

I very much doubt that BSG will have nearly as fanatical a fanbase, so I suspect a BSG game will sell comparatively poorly, especially with a poor system.  
Its scary to think how successful Firefly might have been as an RPG with a good system.

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#10
December 25, 2006, 04:23:08 AM
Not good news.  BSG deserves better.  Hell, I'd sooner see a Palladium-powered version.

Sosthenes

#11
December 25, 2006, 09:15:07 AM
BSG doesn't deserve a game at all. There's nothing in there you couldn't do with a generic sci-fi game and 15 minutes of preparation...
(The same can be said 'bout Serenity)
 

ColonelHardisson

#12
December 25, 2006, 01:12:02 PM
Quote from: SosthenesBSG doesn't deserve a game at all. There's nothing in there you couldn't do with a generic sci-fi game and 15 minutes of preparation...
(The same can be said 'bout Serenity)

I agree, to an extent, but the same could be said for many, many other TV shows, movies, and books, of any genre. I wouldn't mind seeing a BSG RPG simply to see a nice, pretty book or books for it, filled with good pictures and background info not that easy to gleen from the TV show. But, you're right, when it comes down to it. It would be nice if more games would go the GURPS route and publish sourcebooks for a license, rather than reinventing the wheel everytime. Again, though, as I said upthread, a d20 version has already been done that is likely as well-thought-out as any "official" version, just not as pretty.
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Settembrini

#13
December 25, 2006, 02:06:13 PM
QuoteIts scary to think how successful Firefly might have been as an RPG with a good system.

Master, it´s called Traveller.

Apart from that, all that a licensed RPG really is, is another excuse for the fatbeardish fanboiz to wallow in the background and escape from reality. itßs not about being a game, but about being the third place.
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Sosthenes

#14
December 25, 2006, 04:54:41 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonI agree, to an extent, but the same could be said for many, many other TV shows, movies, and books, of any genre. I wouldn't mind seeing a BSG RPG simply to see a nice, pretty book or books for it, filled with good pictures and background info not that easy to gleen from the TV show.
I'd probably buy it if the creators were involved and offer to dissect some of the mechanisms and background, i.e. gamemastering advice from the writers.

For pictures, some kind of "the art of" book or just enough screenshots would do nicely. Most licensed SF books were pretty awful in that way. Star Wars 2nd edition and the Farscape D20 book come to mind.
 
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