In the post where we're listing all the Sci-Fi games we could come up with, there's a distinct lack of PBTA games. And I get it... there's probably too many to list.
But even if I have my Sci-Fi needs fulfilled (perhaps for the moment, and for the most part) there are a few games that I'd still like to play some day. This is one of them.
Why? Because it's straight and to the point. I tell myself that one of these days, when I think of a plot for a Star ~~Wars~~ Worlds one-shot adventure, I can grab this and get rolling in 5 minutes.
A lot of people dislike PBTA, but I actually find it valuable. I think PBTA is particularly good at short adventures and one-shots. For longer campaigns? Not so sure. One of my favourite (non-scifi) games, Kult (!kult@ttrpg.network), uses PBTA in its newest version. They did try to think ahead to advancement for longer campaigns, but would it be enough for a regular multi-year group? I don't know.
Just from this small post, there's so much I'd like to ask anyone reading: Do you have a PBTA game you love and/or play? Have you tried this one? Do you know another overlooked Star Wars game (such as Never Tell Me the Odds)? Do you love/hate PBTA? Have you used PBTA for long campaigns?
Anyway, Streets of Mos Eisley can be downloaded from here: https://sentientgames.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/star-worlds/
My favorite genre is high fantasy set in a post apocalyptic world that the inhabitants may not know they are in post apocalypse. I partly attribute this to reading the Shannara series at a very young age.
I have run a few Paladium Fantasy games in this setting. The most recent one was post apocalypse Robotech. The last half or so of the campaign took place within the crashed shell of the SDF-1. The players realized where they were in the final adventure as they stumbled upon a hanger of destroids whose protoculture came to life as the party got close. The initial plan was to start a new campaign where they were Veritech pilots fighting off Zentradi who had made pacts with demons. But we ended up playing TMNT in the Wild West instead.
I have also done post apocalypse in WEG Star Wars, either starting the group in a world with no space travel, and they eventually build something, or find some way off planet. Or they crash out are otherwise stranded on a ruined world.