Quote from: S'mon;972570Yeah, I think it's true for RPGs in general - players need something to hold on to, somewhere to care about, and if they're like me they need some kind of relatively safe location to take a breather & de-stress - a 'town' as well as a 'dungeon'. I think it also helps a lot to have recurring NPCs the players can get to know. So, some kind of base - it could be an organisation (BTW my GURPS Infinite Worlds has STILL not arrived!), or just a base town.

I've had some successful D&D games where characters travel from place to place and have no firm home-base.  But I think the difference is that at least in those games the PCs have a sense that they might come back to those places later, and that the things they do in those places could have consequences in later periods even if they go in other places.

But in a 'dimension hopping' campaign, the PCs have the sense that they'll never see this place they're in again, and what they do there won't matter in the next place they go to.

The Strange does dimension-hopping pretty well. The one thing that makes it different from some of the others out there is that when you translate to another recursion (dimension), your character changes a bit. Your character will get a new "focus" or set of powers when you go to a new recursion for the first time. Your stats and class stay the same, but your secondary powers change to be something that is compatible with the new recursion.

Quote from: GoOrange;973277The Strange does dimension-hopping pretty well. The one thing that makes it different from some of the others out there is that when you translate to another recursion (dimension), your character changes a bit. Your character will get a new "focus" or set of powers when you go to a new recursion for the first time. Your stats and class stay the same, but your secondary powers change to be something that is compatible with the new recursion.

One of the interesting and useful aspects of The Strange is that its Recursions are (mostly) derived from humanity's fiction and imagination so they're practically boundless, not limited by ostensible logic, plus the more practical benefit: the GM can freely toss in other settings, unused ideas even modules and similar material from other games.

Shameless plug for Mythras's 'Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels'.

We also have an awesome campaign book, 'Parallel Lines', that includes alternative Earths taking in: the Salem Witch Trials; Mad Max (crossed with Hawkmoon); dystopian versions of London and Edinburgh (the latter with some distinct Iain M Banks and James Bond references); a colonial Europe stuck in the 1930s (with grand journeys by the Trans Siberian Express, and a luxurious zeppelin); an undersea arcology; and 1970s British TV children's' programmes.

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Quote from: Loz;973379Shameless plug for Mythras's 'Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels'.

We also have an awesome campaign book, 'Parallel Lines', that includes alternative Earths taking in: the Salem Witch Trials; Mad Max (crossed with Hawkmoon); dystopian versions of London and Edinburgh (the latter with some distinct Iain M Banks and James Bond references); a colonial Europe stuck in the 1930s (with grand journeys by the Trans Siberian Express, and a luxurious zeppelin); an undersea arcology; and 1970s British TV children's' programmes.

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Cheers - I was wondering about this one - what's the rules system like? Is there enough setting info to get value out of it if I wanted to use a different system? Is it modular; could I use bits of it (eg the parrallel worlds) in a current fantasy or sf campaign?

Also wondering how good the comics are; I get the impression Arkwright is inspired by Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius?

QuoteCheers - I was wondering about this one - what's the rules system like? Is there enough setting info to get value out of it if I wanted to use a different system? Is it modular; could I use bits of it (eg the parrallel worlds) in a current fantasy or sf campaign?

The rules system is Mythras, which is a branch of BRP. You can get a very good taster with our free Mythras Imperative rules (thedesignmechanism.com/downloads which, with the Arkwright main book, should be enough for play). It's reasonably modular, and as with most BRP games, you can pick and choose the parts you like without breaking the whole.

QuoteAlso wondering how good the comics are; I get the impression Arkwright is inspired by Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius?

The comics are great - sophisticated storytelling in a very distinctive style. Arkwright is inspired by Cornelius, and Moorcock himself has written some very complimentary things about Luther Arkwright and Bryan Talbot's work in general.

Why not just take your favorite gaming system (for something remotely like you are thinking of gameplay, so a if your dimension hoppers are from the future, probably a sci-fi game, or fantasy if from the past), and then grab all the different games you have on your bookshelf, and use the settings from each of them as different worlds/dimensions to visit? So Ex. you use Traveller rules, but have your travelers visit Glorantha one week, the starship Warden from Metamorphosis Alpha the next week, and a weird alternate modern earth where werewolves live in cities and are ecowarriors the next week?

Quote from: Willie the Duck;973508Why not just take your favorite gaming system (for something remotely like you are thinking of gameplay, so a if your dimension hoppers are from the future, probably a sci-fi game, or fantasy if from the past), and then grab all the different games you have on your bookshelf, and use the settings from each of them as different worlds/dimensions to visit? So Ex. you use Traveller rules, but have your travelers visit Glorantha one week, the starship Warden from Metamorphosis Alpha the next week, and a weird alternate modern earth where werewolves live in cities and are ecowarriors the next week?

Yes, this is my preferred approach - I'm much more likely to send my D&D (or maybe White Star) PCs into alternate universes, than to run a campaign based on PCs being dimensional agents I think. Although motivations to do so & things they want to do there are very useful, never again do I want to run something like Rogue Mistress where the PCs are railroaded by a Summon PC spell and forced to do X Y & Z.

GURPS Infinite Worlds finally emerged from its dimensional Sargasso and arrived today, reading it now. :cool:

Quote from: Loz;973379Shameless plug for Mythras's 'Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels'.

We also have an awesome campaign book, 'Parallel Lines', that includes alternative Earths taking in: the Salem Witch Trials; Mad Max (crossed with Hawkmoon); dystopian versions of London and Edinburgh (the latter with some distinct Iain M Banks and James Bond references); a colonial Europe stuck in the 1930s (with grand journeys by the Trans Siberian Express, and a luxurious zeppelin); an undersea arcology; and 1970s British TV children's' programmes.

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No idea about your product, but a hugely influential comic in many ways. I could see it being great as a setting.

The premise of DayTrippers is that, 100 years in the future, an opensource genius releases his plans for a "Slip Capacitor," and this launches a wave of dimension-hopping and multiverse charting that cannot be contained by any government.  A journey through "SlipSpace" may take you to an alternate earth, a past or future earth, a remote planet in this universe or some other, or to "pocket universes" with their own laws of physics and "Dream Worlds" where the division between objective and subjective reality may be unstable.

One limitation on such trips is that you cannot stay away for more than 24 hours of time on Home-Earth; doing so will result in "missing your window" and erasing your existence from this timeline.  Thus, the colloquialism, and the name "DayTrippers."

The DayTrippers GameMasters Guide includes about 60 pages of random generators for every kind of dimensional setting, as well as big-ass random tables for Missions, Star Systems, Planets, Lifeforms, Locations, Societies, Characters and Dramatic Twists.  While the GM's Guide is intended for "auteur GMs" who like doing their own prep, a handful of premade adventure modules are also available, as well as the massive book "Golden Age Adventures" (reviewed by Pundit here) which includes 16 adventures based on stories by classic SF writers of the 30s-50s.

Want more info? See the website and media kit.

Daytrippers is pretty nuts, but its Golden Age Adventures book at least has the benefit of having in-book fiction that's worth reading.

Quote from: RPGPundit;974999Daytrippers is pretty nuts, but its Golden Age Adventures book at least has the benefit of having in-book fiction that's worth reading.

I really adore the Daytrippers GM guide, especially the discussions about surrealism in gaming. That Golden Age Adventures book is a great resource - I like the opening commentary, the included fiction (real, actual, published scifi) and the adventure materials / resources presented with each are definitely a wealth of stuff to play with.

Quote from: RPGPundit;974999Daytrippers is pretty nuts

Acknowledged and accepted, Sirrah.

BTW, if you have Golden Age Adventures, be sure to grab a copy of the Map Pack so you don't have to mess around with making copies just to play the scenarios.  It's PWYW, and located here:

http://www.drivethru.com/product/178250/Golden-Age-Adventures--Map-Pack
http://www.rpgnow.com/product/178250/Golden-Age-Adventures--Map-Pack

Infinite Worlds setting from GURPS 4E