Savage Worlds missing genres

jan paparazzi · December 11, 2014, 03:50:22 PM

Which genre is missing and could really use a good SW setting?

I personally miss a good space opera like Dawning Star or Fading Suns. I also miss an urban fantasy/horror setting that could replace the world of darkness for me. Fantasy settings plenty.

misterguignol · December 11, 2014, 04:48:21 PM

Quote from: jan paparazzi;803896I personally miss a good space opera like Dawning Star or Fading Suns.

I don't know much about the various sci-fi games out there, but isn't that what Last Parsec is supposed to be?

jan paparazzi · December 11, 2014, 07:38:31 PM

Quote from: misterguignol;803906I don't know much about the various sci-fi games out there, but isn't that what Last Parsec is supposed to be?

Cool. Didn't know that. I only know Slipstream which is more Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon SF.

cranebump · December 11, 2014, 09:33:37 PM

Swords and Saucer-y. Aliens invade fantasy Earth.:-)

Crabbyapples · December 11, 2014, 11:07:06 PM

Quote from: cranebump;804016Swords and Saucer-y. Aliens invade fantasy Earth.:-)

We already have aliens invading a high-fantasy world in Evernight.

Quote from: jan paparazzi;803896I also miss an urban fantasy/horror setting that could replace the world of darkness for me.

Have you had a chance to look at Deadlands Noir? 1920s urban fantasy/horror noir.

Simlasa · December 12, 2014, 12:28:09 AM

Magical sparkle pony adventures?

cranebump · December 12, 2014, 10:36:10 AM

Quote from: Crabbyapples;804037We already have aliens invading a high-fantasy world in Evernight.

Have you had a chance to look at Deadlands Noir? 1920s urban fantasy/horror noir.

I did not know that was what Evernight was about. But I STILL want "Swords and Saucer-y!" :-)

Crabbyapples · December 12, 2014, 10:57:41 AM

Quote from: cranebump;804113I did not know that was what Evernight was about. But I STILL want "Swords and Saucer-y!" :-)

I shit you not, the game is supposed to be played for a few sessions like a straight fantasy game. Suddenly, the aliens invade.

jan paparazzi · December 12, 2014, 02:25:11 PM

Quote from: Crabbyapples;804037Have you had a chance to look at Deadlands Noir? 1920s urban fantasy/horror noir.

Yes, this is a good idea. Noir has dark magic and supernatural monsters running around and it is a city game just like the wod games. I already know the New Orleans map from Noir and used it's layout design for my wod game. It's much clearer and simpler than anything in wod city books.

urbwar · December 12, 2014, 03:48:23 PM

Isn't Marchland supposed to be Urban Fantasy?

Grymbok · December 12, 2014, 04:14:44 PM

Quote from: Crabbyapples;804117I shit you not, the game is supposed to be played for a few sessions like a straight fantasy game. Suddenly, the aliens invade.

Yeah, but they're fantasy aliens. The whole campaign is essentially a rework of a D&D game that Shane ran with Mind Flayers as the invaders.

The twist is actually well handled, IMO. To be honest the beginning is the strongest part of the campaign.

Grymbok · December 12, 2014, 04:16:17 PM

Quote from: urbwar;804180Isn't Marchland supposed to be Urban Fantasy?

It is, but it's a very specific setting with its own feel, rather than a kitchen sink setting in the style of Dresden Files or WoD. There's only two types of supernaturals in the setting - fairies and half-dead, IIRC - although they do give notes on how to make fairies that are kind of like vampires.

RunningLaser · December 12, 2014, 04:34:16 PM

Don't mean to interrupt the thread, but does SW have any historical supplements? Like ancients or modern but without any "fantastical" elements? Or would that just be the core rules?

The Butcher · December 12, 2014, 05:00:07 PM

I can't think of anything. I feel that, the available settings for SW cover pretty much everything SW does well, plus a few things I'm still not convinced SW will do well.

I'd be delighted to be proven wrong, though.

Quote from: RunningLaser;804187Don't mean to interrupt the thread, but does SW have any historical supplements? Like ancients or modern but without any "fantastical" elements? Or would that just be the core rules?

Nope, not really. Neither would I call the core rules "historical" actually.

The closest to historical I remember are the frankly fantastic/horrific Weird War settings (Vietnam, WWII and more recently Rome) in which PCs are soldiers encountering supernatural horrors out there on the battlefields. Which are supposed to play out exactly like our own history, only with monsters lurking in the dark corners of the world.

3rik · December 12, 2014, 05:58:15 PM

Quote from: RunningLaser;804187Don't mean to interrupt the thread, but does SW have any historical supplements? Like ancients or modern but without any "fantastical" elements? Or would that just be the core rules?

Actually, Mystical Throne Entertainment does historical supplements for Savage Worlds: Ultimate Mongol Empire Guide, Ultimate Pirates, Privateers & Plunder Guide, Ultimate Roman Legions Guide and Ultimate Three Kingdoms Guide. All of these are available in pdf and print on demand and there are also versions for the Legend RPG. I'm not sure to what extent they can be considered full setting books, though.