Quote from: Krimson;1016770Oh yeah. I remember the part of the back you'd push to get the chopping action. I'll have to do some thinking to see if it can be hacked into a Star Wars RPG mechanic.

Oh seem now we're back on-topic - what 70's non-Star-Wars action-figure-based game mechanics would you rather use to run a Star Wars RPG?

I remember playing Star Wars light sabre battle with padded batons we called Bataccas (?) that I can't seem to Google up, as one friend's birthday party once. I had one kid intimidated but he just did a quick light tap thrust and I was dead because it was a light sabre. Game over for me.

We too did sort-of RPG-like play with the GI Joe and Big Jim dolls and their arsenals, even though they weren't quite the same scale. However the play was less like "the continuing adventures of our heroes" and more like playing war where you pick teams and then have a battle between them where almost everyone probably dies quite quickly.

Quote from: tenbones;1016786FASERIP
Savage Worlds

Easy picks

The most recent Science Fiction and updated Super Power Companions for Savage Worlds would be pretty useful for Savage Worlds, though I'm not sure I would use it. I'd certainly run a Savage Buck Rogers XXVc though.

Quote from: Skarg;1016788Oh seem now we're back on-topic - what 70's non-Star-Wars action-figure-based game mechanics would you rather use to run a Star Wars RPG?

I remember playing Star Wars light sabre battle with padded batons we called Bataccas (?) that I can't seem to Google up, as one friend's birthday party once. I had one kid intimidated but he just did a quick light tap thrust and I was dead because it was a light sabre. Game over for me.

We too did sort-of RPG-like play with the GI Joe and Big Jim dolls and their arsenals, even though they weren't quite the same scale. However the play was less like "the continuing adventures of our heroes" and more like playing war where you pick teams and then have a battle between them where almost everyone probably dies quite quickly.

Oh this is great, turning tangents back into topic. Somewhat related, here's a Facebook Group for using Lego in Dungeons and Dragons. Obviously, there is enough Star Wars material for this to be viable, even if it looks silly.

On the subject of children and movie ratings, it seems that these days parents will let their young children see anything short of rated R.  There was a three year-old boy sitting behind me in the movie theater for Pacific Rim (PG-13) a few years ago.  I told my sister that Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was not for young children (especially the director's cut), and she showed it to my four year-old nephew anyway.

On the actual subject at hand, I would recommend FrontierSpace as well.  Also, White Star.

Quote from: Celestial;1016795On the subject of children and movie ratings, it seems that these days parents will let their young children see anything short of rated R.  There was a three year-old boy sitting behind me in the movie theater for Pacific Rim (PG-13) a few years ago.  I told my sister that Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was not for young children (especially the director's cut), and she showed it to my four year-old nephew anyway.

On the actual subject at hand, I would recommend FrontierSpace as well.  Also, White Star.

The ratings are actually pretty watered down these days. PG-13 was supposed to be a bridge between PG and R, but there are older PG movies (pre-PG-13) that would probably get an R rating today.


Nothing new on letting kids see R rated movies, I saw a double feature of Black Christmas and It's Alive (both rated R) in the theater so I couldn't have been more than 9. One of my friends dad took us to see them, and his parents were far more uptight than mine were. My parents took me to see the Kentucky Fried Movie when I was about 10 (yay, boobies), my brother was 6. I saw Alien as a double feature with Moonraker (WTF?) by myself when I was 11 or 12. I never once had a problem getting into an R rated movie under 18.

I've had to go with my son and his friend to see a couple of R rated movies and they were 15-16 at the time, so it would appear the theaters are paying more attention to that now. Smaller town now vs city growing up which might be a factor as well.

Quote from: Krimson;1016789The most recent Science Fiction and updated Super Power Companions for Savage Worlds would be pretty useful for Savage Worlds, though I'm not sure I would use it. I'd certainly run a Savage Buck Rogers XXVc though.

It could handle the relative scale for Star Wars pretty easy. Interface Zero has a lot of extra stuff to mine for gear including capital ships etc. - And if you want to make it high-octane... you could go Savage Rifts.

I'd rather use FASERIP(MSH).

I wonder how WEG's other system MasterBook/ShatterZone would work for Star Wars. I don't remember if it had any powers that would stand in for the Force though.

Quote from: HappyDaze;1016809I wonder how WEG's other system MasterBook/ShatterZone would work for Star Wars. I don't remember if it had any powers that would stand in for the Force though.

I owned both and played a little of both.  Frankly, I tried to adapt TORG (1st edition) as a universal game system because of the changes made from TORG to MasterBook tended to tamp down the heroism and pulp feel.  I'm not familiar with the recent 2nd edition of TORG, so can't comment on that.  But if it were me, I'd use the TORG Edited and Revised sort-of second edition that came out in hardback or failing having that, use TORG 1st edition for Star Wars; there were some splatbooks dealing with psychic powers and magic plus there was a method of generating powers and spells and such, so I think it'd work for the Force.

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1015896Now that TLJ is out, probably an SJW rules system is best practice. The Force is Female card deck would have to be used, of course.

Funny, but not on-topic for the main forum.  


That goes for everyone else, too.