Quote from: Antiquation!;993269Frankly, Dumarest, this is insulting to real old school gaming. The range should be 1-100 so as to make the guessing much more difficult.

You got me. I didn't start until 1981 when they dumbed it down for kids.

Quote from: Dumarest;989254Didn't they buy the name Chill and make a game that isn't really Chill at all? This will probably be the same thing.

Like I said, pretty sure it'll be just the name and nothing else.

Now I'm trying to think who I'd like to see do a new Star Frontiers.

FFG maybe, their full colour books are gorgeous and I don't hate the funky dice system. It might work for Star Frontiers although I would prefer something mechanically lighter.

Cubicle 7's Vortex system would be adaptable. SF always gave me a bit of the same vibe that Rocket Age has, no anti-gravity, etc.

I don't think Fate or d20/5e would be a good fit for SF.

Quote from: DavetheLost;993302Now I'm trying to think who I'd like to see do a new Star Frontiers.

FFG maybe, their full colour books are gorgeous and I don't hate the funky dice system. It might work for Star Frontiers although I would prefer something mechanically lighter.

Cubicle 7's Vortex system would be adaptable. SF always gave me a bit of the same vibe that Rocket Age has, no anti-gravity, etc.

That's an interesting thought. I've ran some DWAITAS adventures and that system is amazingly easy to run.

Quote from: DavetheLost;993302I don't think Fate or d20/5e would be a good fit for SF.

I'm doubting the Fate version will have anything I'd want to use unless there is a good amount of well written fluff about the setting. As for the latter, the races from Star Frontiers appeared in 2e Spelljammer, as well as d20 Future. If WoTC puts out Spelljammer material, likely in the form of Unearthed Arcana, there's a chance those races will appear. This Article is kind of neat. High levels of technology exist in D&D ala The Barrier Peaks, Temple of the Frog, City of the Gods etc. The only thing keeping you from running Star Frontiers like games canonically in D&D is the fact that solar systems exist in crystal spheres floating in phlogiston. Of course with d20 Future, you don't have that problem. I think it would work fine with 5e, but I've run a lot of high tech games using various iterations of D&D.

Quote from: Omega;992996Selling it? That would be a violation of the agreement between the SF site and WOTC.

I believe the materials are available for reprint at cost similar to BFRPG and the creators of the remastered edition own DWD but do not profit from it.  Sorry for the confusion.  

I was just wondering how the legal ownership of the TM would affect existing fan contributions that are readily available for print or all of the past material available for download for free.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;991483Citation needed.

"Gamma World" D20.

Quote from: RPGPundit;994486"Gamma World" D20.

And the readers shuddered in collective horror. :eek:

DwD Studios' FrontierSpace Player's Handbook is out in pdf!

FrontierSpace Player's Handbook - DwD Studios | DriveThruRPG.com

Quote from: RPGPundit;994486"Gamma World" D20.

Oh, the Modern D20 game.  Honestly, I'm not sure I can accept that, but I can see your point.  For that one game.

But for the most part, heartbreakers are going to happen, I guess.

Quote from: 3rik;996386DwD Studios' FrontierSpace Player's Handbook is out in pdf!

FrontierSpace Player's Handbook - DwD Studios | DriveThruRPG.com

Can you tell us more about this? How does it relate to Star Frontiers?  I looked at teh preview and like most DriveThru previews it is kind of short on the meat and potatos.  Give me the elevator pitch.

Quote from: DavetheLost;996449Can you tell us more about this? How does it relate to Star Frontiers?  I looked at teh preview and like most DriveThru previews it is kind of short on the meat and potatos.  Give me the elevator pitch.

It's a story game:

QuoteAmong the stars in a distant galaxy there exists a region of densely populated habitable worlds. It is here your story begins, a place commonly called "the frontier" where people dwell and tales unfold.

Among the stars in a distant galaxy there exists a region of densely populated habitable worlds. It is here your story begins, a place commonly called "the frontier" where people dwell and tales unfold.

Sounds like the intro for the first season of the original Twilight Zone:

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.

Quote from: Biscuitician;996452It's a story game:

This? This is wrong. Google the game and you'll find out that it's not and it would take you less than a minute to realise that. It's a system that evolved out of Star Frontiers and is a fairly light percentile system and is very much a traditional RPG. Maybe take a look into Barebones Fantasy and Covert Ops too if you want to get a better idea of the system. It seems to have changed somewhat since those two came out but it's only a revision of the same rule set.

If simply having some marketing spiel with the word "story" in is enough to make something a story game then there is no meaningful distinction between "story game" and "roleplaying game" anymore.

Quote from: DavetheLost;996449Can you tell us more about this? How does it relate to Star Frontiers?  I looked at teh preview and like most DriveThru previews it is kind of short on the meat and potatos.  Give me the elevator pitch.

FrontierSpace was inspired by Star Frontiers. We were on the playtest. I'd say the game is "pretty crunchy" but is straightforward to understand. Think Traveller level, with a very different skill system. They split the game into a Player's Handbook and a GM's Guide, since it was getting something around 500 pages.

Any specific questions?

Quote from: Tod13;996482Any specific questions?

Can you tell us how much crunchier the rules are than in Covert Ops? In the previews it didn't look much crunchier than that.