So last night I got the privilege to look over the starship design sequence for Spacemaster, and I was not impressed.
Not that it's a bad system, relatively speaking. Its starship worksheet is very well designed, and all the pieces are there. It flows, though like most systems, you really need a spreadsheet to use it. It just disappointed me because it's too similar to the Traveller systems to bring anything new to the table. It shows many signs of borrowing from MegaTraveller, in fact. SpaceMaster in general borrowed from Traveller in many areas, and for the way they use it, they did well by it.
And in that respect, it's uninspired. I want to be inspired.
What are your experiences with other ship design systems?
Not that it's a bad system, relatively speaking. Its starship worksheet is very well designed, and all the pieces are there. It flows, though like most systems, you really need a spreadsheet to use it. It just disappointed me because it's too similar to the Traveller systems to bring anything new to the table. It shows many signs of borrowing from MegaTraveller, in fact. SpaceMaster in general borrowed from Traveller in many areas, and for the way they use it, they did well by it.
And in that respect, it's uninspired. I want to be inspired.
What are your experiences with other ship design systems?