Space 1889
Space 1999 (if you remember the TV show)
I don't think there's any game just called 'Space'.
There is a www.spacerpg.net you might want to take a look at.
What would be a good Sci-Fi RPG Title
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Space 1889
Space 1999 (if you remember the TV show)
I don't think there's any game just called 'Space'.
There is a www.spacerpg.net you might want to take a look at.
far-trader
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"Space: Above and Beyond" was a TV show a few years back, might have been a RPG, think I heard it suggested at least. Had a slightly different name on the continent, "Space 2???" I forget the exact date.
chshrkt
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How about something simple?
Interstellar Empires
It evokes the fact that there are several empires (that makes for conflict that the PCs can get mired... erm, involved in), and the setting is Interstellar in scale.
[edit]Though that title does have the unfortunate initials of "IE"[/edit]
Interstellar Empires
It evokes the fact that there are several empires (that makes for conflict that the PCs can get mired... erm, involved in), and the setting is Interstellar in scale.
[edit]Though that title does have the unfortunate initials of "IE"[/edit]
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Space Opera (FGU)
Space 1889 (GDW/Heliograph)
GURPS: Space (SJG)
Cold Space (Better Mousetrap Games)
Space by itself, no...
To be honest, Interstellar Empires is the best title I have heard yet on this thread, probably because it does capture the essence and style of sci-fi gaming that I enjoy the most.
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Flynn
Andrew Boulton
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It's a bit of a mouthful.
To me it sounds more like a strategy game of intersteller conquest, not an RPG.
Aside from my own suggestion, I like Infinite Frontiers and Galaxy.
Maybe it is time for a poll?
Keklas Rekobah
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Take the titles from a few of the common phrases in Traveller:
"Behind the Claw" -- Life on the remote frontier between border skirmishes.
"Coreward Expedition" -- It isn't only the Zhodani Consulate that wants to know what's out there.
"Sword World" -- A few Solies try to make a go of it in a feudal and ritualistic society.
"Imperial Capitol" -- High Society on a High-Tech world requires mercenaries to do their dirty work.
"FGMP" -- Life in an Imperial Marine cadre.
"Behind the Claw" -- Life on the remote frontier between border skirmishes.
"Coreward Expedition" -- It isn't only the Zhodani Consulate that wants to know what's out there.
"Sword World" -- A few Solies try to make a go of it in a feudal and ritualistic society.
"Imperial Capitol" -- High Society on a High-Tech world requires mercenaries to do their dirty work.
"FGMP" -- Life in an Imperial Marine cadre.
How about "Infinite Expanses" instead?
Keklas Rekobah
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Traveller or non-Traveller; the principle is the same.
Take any common phrase, and develop a one-line description in a science-fiction context. Here are four off the top of my head:
"Pay the Piper" - John Piper, interstellar mercenary / free-lance troubleshooter, takes on any task for a fee.
"I Pledge Allegiance" - "Amerika" meets "Alienation." This time, we lost.
"Reach of Children" - What happens when Terran civilization suddenly makes such a giant leap in technology that the average person can barely handle it.
"Past Due" - They're back, and they've come to collect ... and build more pyramids.
Take any common phrase, and develop a one-line description in a science-fiction context. Here are four off the top of my head:
"Pay the Piper" - John Piper, interstellar mercenary / free-lance troubleshooter, takes on any task for a fee.
"I Pledge Allegiance" - "Amerika" meets "Alienation." This time, we lost.
"Reach of Children" - What happens when Terran civilization suddenly makes such a giant leap in technology that the average person can barely handle it.
"Past Due" - They're back, and they've come to collect ... and build more pyramids.
Arthur Denger
SOC-12
It may indeed be the case that "there is nothing new under the sun," or suns, if one wants the galactic perspective, as a great multitude of futuristic-sounding titles have already been used in science fiction since before the early days of the pulps. I have to give its creators credit, as the word Traveller itself was a daring choice, back in the era of Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar:Galactica, Gamma World, Space Opera, Star Frontiers et cetera, et cetera ad nauseum: in other words, a prevalence of two word titles using one word to define genre and one for product differentiation. In its heyday, Traveller was bold in that it sought to be fundamentally different, right down to the name and the little black box. The Beowulf paragraph was the hook!
Whew! That said, maybe a different approach is called for. What is to be the main focus or foci of this space opera? A specific region of the Universe? A theme? An RPG playing style? Go for daring, don't be an also-ran.
I would implore Hunter to avoid any acronyms that sound even remotely like a variety of trail mix, however! :devil:
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Keklas Rekobah
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I'm more inclined to use SF30 or greater, due to being fair-skinned.
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
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Arthur Denger
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or just Continuum
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or just Continuum
Trajectory Optimal
Unsafe At Any Vee: A Tramp Freighter's Guide to the Starlanes er, um... that title may already be taken.
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