Making More Out Of SEIV

Erax · #1 October 23rd, 2003, 07:06 PM

Hey, I'll write the Space Empires Roleplaying Game, with tie-ins to the boardgame and the SE novels. Be a Fazrah starfighter pilot or a Xiati techie. Visit the Phong's Head Cantina. Fight the invading Ukra-Tal. Meet Admiral Sakazawa or Detective Othaglot from the SE stories. If there was something like this out there, I know I'd buy it.

PvK · #2 October 23rd, 2003, 08:28 PM

GURPS Space Empires? It could be a pretty simple set of details to add to GURPS Space, except the work of developing the alien species details.

There were already fan-made T-shirts ("Space Vikings - Beer planets are the best!" etc - vanished?) and Shrapnel has offered mouse mats, posters (and maybe mugs? or am I making that up?). The mouse mats are still on sale at http://www.gamersfront.com/cgi-bin/s...?Category=9800

PvK

Renegade · #3 October 23rd, 2003, 08:44 PM

I for one would love a model kid based upon SEIV races. Hell I would even love a model kit based off of some of the ships sets made for SEIV by others. (Troop, Atrociites, Andres, Rambi)

gregebowman · #4 October 23rd, 2003, 09:46 PM

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Originally posted by PvK:
GURPS Space Empires? It could be a pretty simple set of details to add to GURPS Space, except the work of developing the alien species details.

PvK

GURPS? Did someone say GURPS? I loved that game, but could never find anyone to play it. I'd buy the book if it ever came out. As a matter of fact, I recently saw a GURPS book that converted Star Fleet Battles over to the GURPS system. I'm still tempted to buy it. But all of my role-playing stuff is in storage, and I still have no one to play with. Although Steve Jackson Games is supposed to be doing a GURPS on-line game, but it's still in development Last time I checked.

PvK · #5 October 24th, 2003, 01:41 AM

Yes, I've run and played in several GURPS games over the years. A great system, especially if you have a very strong GM. Perhaps more than other, more rigid, RPGs, it can have problems with GMs or players who don't really know the rules, and the rules are actually quite complex and sophisticated, if you really study them. However, some of the most fun and insteresting game battles I've played have been in GURPS. The low-tech tactical combat on a hex map can be really spiffy.

PvK

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 October 24th, 2003, 02:42 AM

well, why not start up a GURPS game on the forum?

PvK · #7 October 24th, 2003, 04:28 AM

No available time, and it takes a lot of work to run a manual campaign game, and via forum is rather slow. I am already running a Combat Mission campaign which is rather satisfying my need to spend more time than I should playing Game Master. ;-)

PvK