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Good "shooter" sci-Fi RPG

Started by Piestrio, March 14, 2015, 11:51:51 AM

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Piestrio

March 14, 2015, 11:51:51 AM
There's certain ascetic in sci-Fi that's emerged over the past decade driven by video games that I quite enjoy.

Think of things like Halo, Mass effect, etc...

Sort of space opera/mil-sci-Fi blend. Lots of space marines, AI, alien, etc...

Protagonists are usually military and in charge.

Any good games along these lines?
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Ladybird

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March 14, 2015, 11:59:19 AM
Deathwatch? A Duty & Honour hack?

I know Kiero's done stuff on Mass Effect using WoD.
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March 14, 2015, 12:24:06 PM
Traveller Book 4: Mercenary?

3:16 Carnage Amongst The Stars?

Amazing Engine Bug Hunters?  (PC Replicants  verses Aliens verses Terminators)

Traveller: Hammer's Slammers?

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March 14, 2015, 02:06:39 PM
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March 14, 2015, 04:48:18 PM
Quote from: David Johansen;820049Traveller: Hammer's Slammers

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March 14, 2015, 04:51:34 PM
The old TSR Amazing Engine system had a setting (Bughunters) that was pretty much all about space marines shooting insectoid aliens dead.

In print, though, 3:16 and Deathwatch are the only ones I know of, that are actually focused on squad-level milSF roleplaying.

Of course, most SF games can be used for milSF. My old Rifts European campaign more or less begun as a NGR special ops squad fighting the encroaching monster empires.

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March 14, 2015, 06:21:24 PM
Quote from: Ronin;820065I'm gonna give this two thumbs up and a hell yeah. But I do love me some Hammer's Slammers.:)

I never had more than a passing interest in playing Traveller, until I learned this supplement existed.  Now it is an athlete's foot-like burning itch.  I loved those stories.  Playing that stuff would be incredible.

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March 14, 2015, 06:39:02 PM
Quote from: Ladybird;820045I know Kiero's done stuff on Mass Effect using WoD.

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March 14, 2015, 09:43:55 PM
Star Frontiers.

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March 14, 2015, 11:39:42 PM
Quote from: IggytheBorg;820072I never had more than a passing interest in playing Traveller, until I learned this supplement existed.  Now it is an athlete's foot-like burning itch.  I loved those stories.  Playing that stuff would be incredible.

Mongoose Traveler is more of a game engine that game setting books are written for.

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March 15, 2015, 12:40:58 AM
Quote from: IggytheBorg;820072I never had more than a passing interest in playing Traveller, until I learned this supplement existed.  Now it is an athlete's foot-like burning itch.  I loved those stories.  Playing that stuff would be incredible.

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/58279/Book-0-Introduction-to-Traveller?term=book+0



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#11
March 15, 2015, 05:44:03 AM
The RPGs all seem much more low-key than the videogames - they do ALIENS style squad level stuff, you can be Hicks but not not Shephard or Master Chief. I really don't think there *are* any high-power military space opera rpgs on the market? Even traditional Star Wars type space opera is pretty thin on the ground.

golan2072

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March 15, 2015, 07:43:06 AM
Classic Traveller.

Space Marines? CHECK! As a career in the most basic rules (book 1)!
Powered Armour? CHECK! Battledress.
Shotguns in SPAAACE? CHECK! And they hit HARD!
Big plasma guns? CHECK! With Book 4: Mercenary.
Alien beasts to shoot at? CHECK! In Book 3.
Alien Bugs ala Starship Troopers? CHECK! In the "Chamax" adventure.
Aliens ala the Alien(s) film(s)? CHECK! The "Reticulan Parasite" in an early JTAS magazine!

Even "civilian" PCs tend to be ex-military with serious combat skills.

The only thing missing are vehicle rules, unless you want to use the Striker wargame rules (which are a bit complicated) and then you get ALL THE TANKS YOU WANT!

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March 15, 2015, 08:01:52 AM
Quote from: golan2072;820237Classic Traveller.

Space Marines? CHECK! As a career in the most basic rules (book 1)!
Powered Armour? CHECK! Battledress.
Shotguns in SPAAACE? CHECK! And they hit HARD!
Big plasma guns? CHECK! With Book 4: Mercenary.
Alien beasts to shoot at? CHECK! In Book 3.
Alien Bugs ala Starship Troopers? CHECK! In the "Chamax" adventure.
Aliens ala the Alien(s) film(s)? CHECK! The "Reticulan Parasite" in an early JTAS magazine!

Even "civilian" PCs tend to be ex-military with serious combat skills.

The only thing missing are vehicle rules, unless you want to use the Striker wargame rules (which are a bit complicated) and then you get ALL THE TANKS YOU WANT!

In space everyone can hear you pump your 12-gauge!

All of the above, except for the Chamax and the Reticulan Parasite, are in the Mongoose Traveller Core Rulebook.
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