RexMundi Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Out of idle curiosity (as well as potential fodder for an article I am writing for a few other folks), if you had to Choose, ONE, and only one published setting (any format, TV, Comics, Novels, Movies, Radio etc), to run Star Hero in, what would you pick? Remember, you only get one. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Probably something set post-singularity. Maybe Accelerando by Stross? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? The future history of Mike Resnick: in particular the Widowmaker and Santiago stories. No, I wasn't terribly impressed with the books, but when I was reading them, I kept thinking "Wow, this could make one hell of an RPG!" Don't look at me, Xavier Onassiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Jack Chalker's Well World would be my Go-To in this situation. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Star Fleet Battles' Omega Sector has a great deal of what I'd be looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? The future history of Mike Resnick: in particular the Widowmaker and Santiago stories. No' date=' I wasn't terribly impressed with the books, but when I was reading them, I kept thinking "Wow, this could make one hell of an RPG!"[/quote'] Don't forget Resnick's Birthright: The Book of Man. That one has almost as much scope as Asimov's FOUNDATION trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? For me, Farscape would narrowly beat out Hero Games' own Terran Empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Don't forget Resnick's Birthright: The Book of Man. That one has almost as much scope as Asimov's FOUNDATION trilogy. I've got that one, too. Much as I enjoyed Birthright, I'd have a hard time getting it all into a single RPG. So I went with Resnick's 'bounty hunter' stories; can't go wrong with a bounty hunter RPG! IIRC, Widowmaker and Santiago were part of that same time-line, although I'm not sure exactly which period they took place in. Ivory also had some interesting story ideas, some of which took place at roughly the same time. (And some before, and some long after....) Don't look at me, Xavier Onassiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? It seems like everyone is avoiding he Star Wars universe. It may be overexposed, but (taken in toto) its as rich as they come. I personally like the universe of ALIEN LEGION! See my NEMESIS SQUADRON link below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Well, my own actually. But if I were to run a published setting, I would try to once again convert Star Frontiers. This time, I would try to stick closer to canon and tone down the blatant Space Opera epic elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnaskar Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? The answer that first pops into my head is something from the Stargate universe (the double meaning was accidental; life on Destiny isn't free enough to make a fun campaign). By now the Earth (sorry, Tau'ri) technology base has reached the point where a lot of different campaign styles are possible, and the rogues gallery has a lot of varied opponents both human and otherwise. There are a lot of close seconds, but Stargate wins out by a few millimeters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? The original Star Trek had the starship Enterprise visiting a new and different strange world with each episode. Roddenberry's pilot show Genesis II had our heroes using a large subway system to explore strange new city-states in a post-apocalyptic world. Stargate has our heroes exploring strange new worlds using the stargate. See the common thread here? All of these allow episodic adventures in fantastically different settings, only limited by the game master's imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? For a moment I read the thread title as "If you had to pick one setting to ruin..." Which could be fun in itself. I'd probably pick Star Wars, mainly because I always wanted to run a Star Wars game but never got around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? I would go with Farscape, followed by Star Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? It seems like everyone is avoiding he Star Wars universe. It may be overexposed, but (taken in toto) its as rich as they come. I personally like the universe of ALIEN LEGION! See my NEMESIS SQUADRON link below. Alien Legion is one I bring up to the Mongoose Publishing folk every time they ask me what I would like to see for a next project. BY FAR, it was one of my favorite comics back in the day and I miss it very much. I went with Well World though, because it allows me to do ANYTHING really. Still, Alien Legion, would be a very close second for me especially from a visual presentation, and the series sense of scale and balance and military T.O.E. is on the same level as anything you would see from David Drake or John Ringo. So, I will give Alien Legion some props and consideration. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? I'd go with Babylon 5. My second choice would be the original Star Trek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? I enjoy the act of world creation far too much to commit myself to any published setting, even as a starting point from which I would diverge rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenAge Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? I enjoy the act of world creation far too much to commit myself to any published setting' date=' even as a starting point from which I would diverge rapidly.[/quote'] Me too, that's why I love Alien Legion. It my perspective that most of the published settings above are so broad that they need be considered only as extremely loose guides and have unlimited potential for unique creative additions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? I enjoy the act of world creation far too much to commit myself to any published setting' date=' even as a starting point from which I would diverge rapidly.[/quote'] Me, too. Which is why I never got around to running a Star Wars game. Edit: Come to think of it, that's not entirely true. I did run a Star Trek game in high school, pre-Wrath of Khan. I never got the Doctor Who game together shortly thereafter. Of course one appeal of Doctor Who is that you can make up lots of essentially independent SF settings in one campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Again, one of the reasons I chose Well World. You HAVE to build. Hell the Well World itself, has over 1,560 Unique Alien Environments (half carbon based, half not), and Tech ranging from None, Steam, Magic, Uber Science, etc etc etc .....Other then, 6 races, you need to make the rest, and even those 6 can change and or have changed. Alien Legion (Got my fingers crossed for that new Series from Dark Horse 2010), is much the same way. You're not really, Playing in something someone else Made. ALL of us serious HERO folk, Love the build process. It's why we play HERO. All you are really doing, is using their Christmas Present wrapping, to provide some visual, Then, everything else is yours. Then you use the visual as bait, and POOF. Game on. Divergent point or not, Sci Fi, especially TRUE Sci Fi, has been around so long, that in the end (much like the comic books) What you THINK, is original, really isn't. It's all been done. However, you can always offer, a Unique APPROACH to that. That's where the building comes in. So simple even Jugger Grimrod can do it. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Actually I wasn't avoiding Star Wars; it definitely would be a candidate for me, as would the Star Trek, Stargate, and Babylon 5 settings. It's just that, on the balance, Farscape has more interesting features, especially the villains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? First Wave also makes a good campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawangaKid Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? The original Star Trek had the starship Enterprise visiting a new and different strange world with each episode. Roddenberry's pilot show Genesis II had our heroes using a large subway system to explore strange new city-states in a post-apocalyptic world. Stargate has our heroes exploring strange new worlds using the stargate. See the common thread here? All of these allow episodic adventures in fantastically different settings, only limited by the game master's imagination. Technically, Doctor Who's current series of stuff matches that description. The older stuff normally dealt a new 'mini-setting' every 6 episodes or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? I'd have to pick my own Kazei 5 setting, 'cause it has everything I want in it... (it should, it's based on most of my favorite anime-cyberpunk settings). If I had to pick someone else's setting... Firefly has a lot going for it, or for true over-the-top action, make the PCs a Special Circumstances Contact Team for the Culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: If you Had to Pick, ONE (already) Setting, to Run in, What is it? Technically' date=' Doctor Who's current series of stuff matches that description. The older stuff normally dealt a new 'mini-setting' every 6 episodes or so.[/quote'] Well, yes. Pretty much all episodic TV SF follows that description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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