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No one respects you more for using fowl language.Talislanta - still the red-headed ugly-duckling of Gaming. But it turns into the most beautiful goose if given a little love.
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No one respects you more for using fowl language.Talislanta - still the red-headed ugly-duckling of Gaming. But it turns into the most beautiful goose if given a little love.
AD ASTRA is a role-playing game designed to replicate old-fashioned space opera.
Is the game done?
If so, provide linkage!
If not, what's your timetable to a playtest draft?
Well, Masters of the Universe fits the bill to a tee. It’s the definition of sci-fantasy.
How does Star Wars not fit because of not enough fantasy but completely and totally non fantasy Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and John Carter do? The science in them is outdated and handwaved even for it's say, sure, but there's no magic or supernatural at all in and them.
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I got Castle Greyskull for Christmas in 1982 or ‘83. I loved this box artwork so much I cut the side from the box and kept it for awhile.
Earl was the artist of early 80s toys.
Well, there is that.I just file all "science fiction" as a subset of fantasy.
Now that's interesting. I hadn't considered B5 in terms of Science Fantasy, filing it more under Space Opera with Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Stargate, although as Dumarest alludes to they really shade into each other at the margins. The more I think about it, though, the more I can see the similarities with Star Wars, mostly in the Psi-Corps (Darth Bester . . . ) - but then I remember that "Where No Man Has Gone Before" alludes to standardized tests for ESP ability, and that Vulcans are at least as space-elfy as the Minbari . . .Eh, Stars Wars was never that big a deal either for my old group who preferred Bablyon 5
I have a vague feeling that I've heard of this setting before, but this is the first description that's made me the least bit interested.Thunderscape: The World of Aden: Campaign Setting- because more : in a title means more awesome in the setting. Cool over the top D20 fun but with fantasy railroads and trains to match. Now y'all might just scoff and place it in the same pile with Eberron (which is also a sci-fi fantasy btw, seriously the attitudes of all the characters are post enlightment c'mon...) but it is a game that has a to do with the infrastucuture and economics that having a working train system brings to a society which is a realism more consistent with science fiction then fantasy.
At least a couple of the books are in PDF on DriveThru, but I've been hesitant to buy them because of the reviews saying the scans are bad. Said reviews are quite old; anyone know if these have been updated?Stargate campaign setting - this existed for one brief and glorious moment only to be never reprinted or spoken of again. I had forgotten about it until I was dusting my book shelves one day and found it hiding against the wall it. Beautiful setting that isn't afraid to ask the big questions like who would win in a fight a modern soldier or a crazy space pharoah? Seriously go out and find this book or any of the legendary sourcebooks that came after it.
To be fair, for the longest time Fantasy was a subset of Science Fiction.I just file all "science fiction" as a subset of fantasy.
And yet there's a series of articles on Bloody Elbow of all sites that analyze what styles and physical conditioning methods the Dark Knight is using...Realism isn’t really meant to be more of an issue than it is in your average Captain America or Batman story.
I would point out that the article doesn't claim realistic, but rather plausible. That's different. People want internal consistency with a setting, you can't change key things without explaining them first.And yet there's a series of articles on Bloody Elbow of all sites that analyze what styles and physical conditioning methods the Dark Knight is using...
People that want realism will inject their fix even in an obviously made-up story. People who don't, will ignore it even in games that literally contain it in the rules.
How does Star Wars not fit because of not enough fantasy but completely and totally non fantasy Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and John Carter do? The science in them is outdated and handwaved even for it's say, sure, but there's no magic or supernatural at all in and them.
I vote "other," as you failed to list E.C. Tubb's Dumarest of Terra setting.
Actually Flash Gordon has 'magic', I believe it's called Mongomancy, so its sci-fantasy. I could see the argument that Buck Rogers and John Carter to be more sci-fi than space opera.How does Star Wars not fit because of not enough fantasy but completely and totally non fantasy Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and John Carter do? The science in them is outdated and handwaved even for it's day, sure, but there's no magic or supernatural at all in and them.
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Now that's interesting. I hadn't considered B5 in terms of Science Fantasy, filing it more under Space Opera with Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Stargate, although as Dumarest alludes to they really shade into each other at the margins. The more I think about it, though, the more I can see the similarities with Star Wars, mostly in the Psi-Corps (Darth Bester . . . ) - but then I remember that "Where No Man Has Gone Before" alludes to standardized tests for ESP ability, and that Vulcans are at least as space-elfy as the Minbari . . .
I love how nutty some of the images are. Its just raw imagination painted on canvas with reckless abandon.
That said, I'm also incredibly interested in the gonzo post-apoc of Gamma World, but I'm no big fan of old school D&D-ish systems. Are there any examples of Gamma World's ballyhoo (as opposed to Mutant: Year Zero's darkness and Deadlands: Hell on Earth's spaghetti western wasteland with zombies flair) not wedded to an old school and/or d20 based system?
A lot of media used to up until the mid 80’s, then there seemed to be a paradigm shift that tried to codify thing and make them more “believable”. Lots of heavy world-building started taking place and everything had to fit a certain “Verisimilitude” box. By then the seemed to get toned down and a lot of the gonzo faded away.Agreed. It's rare to get art that so wildly embraces fantasy, but with utter seriousness.
Quite a few games use a D20 that aren’t part of the D20 system. Talislanta comes to mind.Waste World uses a D20, but not the D20 system.
Agreed. It's rare to get art that so wildly embraces fantasy, but with utter seriousness.
Waste World uses a D20, but not the D20 system.
Waste World
From Designer Bill King Waste World Roleplaying Game System In the dark future of a dying earth five warrior civilizations prepare for the final conflict. In each mighty megacity, technology is an ideology that shapes the destiny of billions. The enigmatic Machine Gods of Prometheus grant...rpggeek.comReview of Waste World - RPGnet RPG Game Index
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It's written by Bill King from 40k...and unsurprisingly, its the best not-40k 40k RPG.
That said, I'm also incredibly interested in the gonzo post-apoc of Gamma World, but I'm no big fan of old school D&D-ish systems. Are there any examples of Gamma World's ballyhoo (as opposed to Mutant: Year Zero's darkness and Deadlands: Hell on Earth's spaghetti western wasteland with zombies flair) not wedded to an old school and/or d20 based system?