seneschal Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) Family members have told me they’d like to play a game that is sort of like Star Wars Meets Lord of the Rings. Sounds like I will need to choose a cinematic rules set, but what would such a genre-bending setting look like? So far, I’m thinking Sword and Planet, something like Burroughs’ Carson of Venus series, although Thundarr the Barbarian might fit the bill as well. Maybe with some alien steampunk tossed in. Any thoughts or suggestions? As far as system I am debating Hero System or Mini Six. My initial impulse was Classic Traveller, but it is far too lethal for Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon hijinks. BRP has lethality issues as well, and while Mutant Future might fit the tone its zero to hero character progression doesn’t. Sword and Planet protagonists are Big Darn Heroes from the get-go. Edited December 15, 2018 by seneschal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Treasure Planet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1d8+DB Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Have you read any of Vaughan and Staple's comic, 'Saga'? It's an epic space-fantasy cranked up to 11. As far as a rule-set, perhaps 'Fate'? 'HeroQuest'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Hero Point mechanics can really tone down the default-lethality of BRP, fwiw ... Swords of Cydoria? Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1d8+DB Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Going the 'cosmic superhero' (Guardians of the Galaxy/Green Lantern) route would be an option, and any superhero RPG would work for that purpose. All the powers would be the result of high tech gadgets, alien physiology, or esoteric mental disciplines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Kerberos Club? "Savage Worlds" ruleset or "Strange Fate" ruleset... Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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