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Favorite sci-fi RPG settings? (ttrpg.network)
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What are your favorites to play on? Anything valid, be it a published RPG setting, an adaptation you did of other media (book, game, movie), a mashup you or someone else create, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I really keep trying to shoehorn sci fi into D&D 5e but it never really works, much to my annoyance. Particularly, trying to get people to learn additional systems is hard, so I keep trying and failing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Have you heard about SW5E?

https://www.sw5e.com/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, it's too space wizard for me :/ want something more like The Expanse but with 5e rules.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Traveller, or better yet 2300AD or Hostile for better fit on the setting with the same classic 2d6 rules. Cy_Borg or Stars Without Number for OSR.

Diaspora, Mindjammer, or Nova Praxis if you’re willing to try a more modern system (Fate), but the setting should be pretty close on them, depending on where in the story you want it to be. Diaspora should be a good fit if you want to explore different systems throughout a network of spheres.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Google threw this at me... haven't read it, but at least it costs $0 to check it out:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/220027/esper-genesis-basic-rules