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Over the last 25 years I have played a lot of role playing games including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Champions, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy Hero, Scion, ShadowRun, Traveler and Vampire the Masquerade. Having said that I am at best an intermediate level game master (GM) and only have real experience running Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, Hero System 5th Edition and just recently Magic World. The only other thing to know if that I generally prefer non-narrative games.
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I do strategic planning for companies. I am married to a beautiful and awesome wife and have the world's smartest 6 years old daughter.
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Wow! I had know idea these were available for Fate. Deeper down the rabbit hole I go....
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A slight tangent but... after I started reading this thread, i wondered if civilians could own a tank and I found this... Note, given the driver is driving on the left side of the road, this is probably in th UK somewhere. I haven't ever seen a vehicle like this, but some Googling makes me think it might be a varient of the UK Scorpion? I bet that thing uses a lot of diesel! I also found a place in Uvalde, TX that advertises that customers may drive and shoot tanks including WWII, and cold war tanks (notably both Russian and German). See here -> https://www.drivetanks.com/tanks-tracks/
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I haven't vetted any of these, but if you go to the download section of this site, then on the right click science fiction and then other you should get a page like this -> https://basicroleplaying.org/files/category/55-other/. I see partial conversions for 40K, Gamma World, Traveller and other science fiction games that might include futuristic weapons (I verified Colin's 40K conversion and "By Skull"'s Gamma World conversion have some). There used to be a conversion for GDW's 2300 AD by Udo Sabath on this site that was particularly well done and had ~40 future weapons, but I can't seem to find it now. I have also seen a fan document titled "Runequest 3 - Expansion Rules I High Tech" by Gordon Hardy that you might find interesting though I don't remember where I got it. PM me your email address if you want me to send it to you. * I forgot something... Though not a guide of futuristic weapons, Sixtystone Press' Investgator Weapons Volume 2 is 244 pages of modern weapon goodness for Call of Cthulhu / BRP. Unfortunately I don't think its still being offered but you might find it on Amazon or Ebay. ** Look what I found here on BRP Central->
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DG Scenario Database - Feels like I’m in a candy store
rsanford replied to rsanford's topic in Delta Green
Scenarios for one system can sometimes be run in the other system though it’s usually a little easier to run a CoC scenario in DG than visa-versa. -
QUASAR A science fiction space opera universe
rsanford replied to tooley1chris's topic in Basic Roleplaying
Frankly, I am not that creative, which is a terrible attribute to have if you are trying to write the occasional new world setting like me, however I have read a good bit of science fiction. You might have read Niven's book titled "The Mote in God's Eye". What if you took a page from Niven, and had the party stumble across a truly benovolent and friendly civilization with greatly superior technology that is, for some reason unknown to them, unable to leave their solar system... The aliens are friendly and willing to share technology with humanity that would reduce suffering and elliminate many of Humanities greatest challenges. All they want in return, is to understand why they have been unsucessful as leaving their solar system. Of course, at some point the party would discover some troublng aspect about the aliens that, should they gain the ability to expand outside their solar system, would greatly challenge humanity in the far future... -
I guess it depends on what country we are in! But in the US, where I am, its more likely the pat on the back!
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rsanford started following Anyone try doing space opera? , ORC products... and Dragonbane
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There you go again, making me spend all my money. But I’m glad to do it!
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Man, I do too. I have no clue if it would sell, but I, and most of my friends, would buy it.
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@Pao, is this https://endlessspace.fandom.com/wiki/Dust#:~:text=Overview-,Origin,computers%2C thus gaining virtual immortality the setting you are referring to? Looks interesting?
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Y’all got me thinking. There have been several recommendations for BRP implementations of specific genres but what if we have that backwards? A different way to think about it is to consider that base-BRP is a “simulationist” RPG and we might try to identify genres or specific implementations of genres that BRP is particularly suited for. And I’m not suggesting BRP only be used for super crunchy games, but clearly simulation-style mechanics is one area where it shines. I know Quasar just came out which seems to target space opera type games, but what about hard science games, maybe akin to Orbital 2100, or 2300AD (Mongoose version)? I could see games like those benefiting from simulation-style mechanics? Also are there genres that would benefit from BRP’s graduated success / failure mechanics or it’s ability to model conflicting forces minutely via the resistance table? … One other thought… I know it’s been done, but a lot of people consider D&D to be an “exception-based” game, and because of that prefer competing games, particularly those that don’t use “classes”. Is there a play for a BRP. fantasy game aimed at people that don’t care for “exception-bases” games?
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There is also Myrmidon / Before Iron / Age of Bronze for mythic Greece under development. It’s my understanding the manuscript was turned in before Chaosium took in the Nocturnal stuff. See http://igwilliams.blogspot.com/2012/08/age-of-bronze-more-like-before-iron.html?m=1
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QUASAR A science fiction space opera universe
rsanford replied to tooley1chris's topic in Basic Roleplaying
I like the Alien vibe too, but if you really want to make a statement, take a page from GDW’s 2300 AD setting and narrate an encounter with truly alien, aliens. I mean aliens who not only have different goals but whose way of thinking is conceptually different than humans or aliens whose sense of “self” is entirely different than ours. I’m not going to give spoilers but if you aren’t already familiar with them look at GDW’s treatment of the Kafer and Pentapod. I’m not a Twilight 2000 fan, but the 2300’s take on aliens sold me on the game!