Scallops

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[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I like this very much.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You’re pinning for a system that prevents fascism, but it doesn’t exist. You prevent it through other sociological structures. The method for selecting power can’t do what you want it to do.

But by all means, keep trying to bait people online, I’m sure that helps you somehow.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, definitely don’t get caught doing that.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 days ago

You wrote psychopath wrong.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 days ago

The thing about a cult is that it doesn’t need you in particular. It needs people. Ideally, idiots. So it doesn’t matter that a lot of people are leaving/will leave Twitter. The idiots will remain, and the platform will serve its purpose.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think a good sci-fi campaign can always benefit from a Heist. Like a train heist or something.

The flip side, which is also fun, the convoy escort role. The crew is part of a convoy and must defend it from marauders.

And the Seven Samurai is a classic stationary version of the above that has been adapted time and again for sci-fi.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 days ago

Added, thank you.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Traveller, or better yet 2300AD or Hostile for better fit on the setting with the same classic 2d6 rules. Cy_Borg or Stars Without Number for OSR.

Diaspora, Mindjammer, or Nova Praxis if you’re willing to try a more modern system (Fate), but the setting should be pretty close on them, depending on where in the story you want it to be. Diaspora should be a good fit if you want to explore different systems throughout a network of spheres.

 

What are your favorites to play on? Anything valid, be it a published RPG setting, an adaptation you did of other media (book, game, movie), a mashup you or someone else create, etc.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All it needs is a name and you’ve got a ready adventure.

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 week ago

Don’t beat yourself over it. 👍

[–] Scallops@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago

Right, that uses the Fantasy Flight Games' Narrative Dice System (same as WH Fantasy).

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This is meant to be a non-exhaustive list, in stream-of-consciousness order.

Dedicated systems

  • Traveller (in its many incarnations throughout the past nearly 50 years and derivatives such as Cepheus, Hostile)
  • 2300 AD (now a setting for Traveller)
  • Cyberpunk (2013, 2020, V3.0, Red)
  • Paranoia
  • Eclipse Phase
  • Lancer
  • Star Wars roleplaying (different games by different publishers: WEG d6, d20, FFG NDS)
  • Warhammer 40K
  • 3:16: Carnage Amongst the Stars
  • Shadowrun
  • Apocalypse World
  • Coyote & Crow
  • SLA Industries

FATE based systems

  • Bulldogs!
  • Mindjammer
  • Nova Praxis
  • Diaspora
  • Atomic Robo

OSR/d20 based systems

  • Stars Without Number
  • Starfinder
  • Mothership
  • CY_BORG

Year Zero

  • Mutant: Year Zero
  • Alien: The RPG
  • Blade Runner: The RPG
  • Coriolis – The Third Horizon

GURPS

A host of modules and supplements named after the subgenre, GURPS-style. GURPS Transhuman Space, Cyberpunk, etc.

Other systems

  • Star Trek Adventures (Modiphius 2d20)
  • Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (Modiphius 2d20)
  • Rifts (Palladium)
  • Robotech (Palladium)
  • Scum and Villainy (FitD/PbtA)

Solo friendly

  • Stoneburner
  • Ironsworn: Starforged (PbtA)
  • Hostile (Cepheus/Traveller)

Out of print/No longer developed

  • Firefly RPG (Cortex Plus)
  • Serenity RPG (Cortex Classic)
  • Battlestar Galactica RPG (Cortex Classic)
  • Gamma World (D&D)
  • Space Opera
  • Other Suns
  • Albedo
  • Space Master
  • HARP SF
  • Blue Planet
  • Ringworld
  • Living Steel
  • High Colonies
  • Jovian Chronicles
  • Heavy Gear
  • Justifiers
  • Star Frontiers
  • Universe
  • CORPS

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