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Robots!, Starships!!, PLEASE?? Gimme some Psionic armored troopers looking for venge

Started by Koltar, October 02, 2007, 01:34:47 PM

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Koltar

October 02, 2007, 01:34:47 PM
There are too many "FANTASY" threads around here. Too much Sword & Sorcery. Its like I'm drowning in Elves, dwarves, Orcs, Swords, Medieval titles and wizards..../ARRRRGGHH!!!

 Could we maybe have a fw more discussion about games that use Starships??


 Robots??


Psionic powers?

Armored High-tech Troopers??


 Anyone ever do a RPG scenario loosely based on the HALO franchise?? We just got those HALO-Clix boosters in the store and they look so darn close to TRAVELLER ground troops.


 How about some Time Travel RPGs?

 A REAL Roleplaying game called "My Life With the Doctor"?


How about rebels on Mars fighting for their rights against an oppressive Earth-run government?


- Ed Charlton
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...

joewolz

#1
October 02, 2007, 01:40:53 PM
I'm not playing an scifi games right now :(
-JFC Wolz
Co-host of 2 Gms, 1 Mic

Settembrini

#3
October 02, 2007, 01:48:45 PM
I am DMing 2300 tomorrow.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Greentongue

#4
October 02, 2007, 01:50:37 PM
Metamorphosis Alpha baby!!!
:D

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beeber

#5
October 02, 2007, 01:50:58 PM
next week i'll be starting a MT adventure set at the start of the fifth frontier war.  the players will all be imperial navy, the crew of a 400 ton gunned escort.  10 crew, half of which will be player characters.  i'll start them right off with a mysterious sensor result, leading to an upgunned freighter and some anti-imperial revolutionaries.  we'll see if they go privateer or plain ol' pirate once the war kicks in.

flyingmice

#6
October 02, 2007, 01:53:15 PM
I'm working on Commonwealth Space & Glorianna as I type, both SF games.

I'm running a StarCluster 2 game based on hunting down space pirates. The players have designed a Q-ship for the purpose, looking like an old battered freighter.

I much prefer SF to fantasy, actually. I always have.

-clash
clash bowley * Flying Mice Games - an Imprint of Better Mousetrap Games
Flying Mice home page: http://jalan.flyingmice.com/flyingmice.html
Currently Designing: StarCluster 4 - Wavefront Empire
Last Releases: SC4 - Dark Orbital, SC4 - Out of the Ruins,  SC4 - Sabre & World
Blog: I FLY BY NIGHT

Koltar

#7
October 02, 2007, 01:55:53 PM
Quote from: beebernext week i'll be starting a MT adventure set at the start of the fifth frontier war.  the players will all be imperial navy, the crew of a 400 ton gunned escort.  10 crew, half of which will be player characters.  i'll start them right off with a mysterious sensor result, leading to an upgunned freighter and some anti-imperial revolutionaries.  we'll see if they go privateer or plain ol' pirate once the war kicks in.


 You mean you're running "classic TRAVELLER" setting using the MegaTraveller rules?

Reason I ask is that MegaTraveller's timeline starting point I thought was at least a decade after the Fifth Frontier War had ended.

 Are you running the Fifth Frontier War happen mostly as it did ? Or are you leting what the players do influence the outcome through various ripples of chain-reaction events?


- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...

Settembrini

#8
October 02, 2007, 01:57:30 PM
Oh, for my 2300, i also use the MegaTraveller rules.
Best damage system to be published.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

beeber

#9
October 02, 2007, 02:01:32 PM
Quote from: KoltarYou mean you're running "classic TRAVELLER" setting using the MegaTraveller rules?

Reason I ask is that MegaTraveller's timeline starting point I thought was at least a decade after the Fifth Frontier War had ended.

 Are you running the Fifth Frontier War happen mostly as it did ? Or are you leting what the players do influence the outcome through various ripples of chain-reaction events?

we usually play in the CT period (indifferent to the rebellion thing) but use the MT rules, yes.  

i have some timeline resources that show the way FFW plays out.  apparently there are some odd communication issues and errors.  so i'm going to follow the framework and wing the results.  if the players somehow manage to "change events" then we'll see how that goes.

beeber

#10
October 02, 2007, 02:04:04 PM
Quote from: SettembriniOh, for my 2300, i also use the MegaTraveller rules.
Best damage system to be published.

always wanted to play in that setting.  love the pentapods, but don't really care for the kafers.  all the guns were pretty cool too.  killer starmap as well.

Pierce Inverarity

#11
October 02, 2007, 02:06:45 PM
Quote from: beeberalways wanted to play in that setting.  love the pentapods, but don't really care for the kafers.  all the guns were pretty cool too.  killer starmap as well.

I endorse all of the above statements. Luckily, we played a pentapod campaign over the summer.
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Settembrini

#12
October 02, 2007, 02:08:18 PM
Settembrini´s little secret:

No Kafer.
And my kick-ass idiosyncratic idea for a campaign setup! I´m so happy I found something in Sci Fi that has not been done to death leads me to savour and cherish it without telling anybody...my preshusss!

EDIT: And the players are exploring it right now. I feel so creatively-groovy.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

flyingmice

#13
October 02, 2007, 02:09:22 PM
I'm sorry, Koltar! By SF did you mean Traveller? If so, I'll not post here and disrupt things.

-clash
clash bowley * Flying Mice Games - an Imprint of Better Mousetrap Games
Flying Mice home page: http://jalan.flyingmice.com/flyingmice.html
Currently Designing: StarCluster 4 - Wavefront Empire
Last Releases: SC4 - Dark Orbital, SC4 - Out of the Ruins,  SC4 - Sabre & World
Blog: I FLY BY NIGHT

Mcrow

#14
October 02, 2007, 02:09:22 PM
Koltar, Nebuleon has all of that sort of stuff in it , you should check it out. :)

Also, the new Metamorphosis Alpha didn't seem all that great to me. Just sort of came off as a big "Blah".
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