This could take weeks or even months before I am ready to GM it. It would likely happen twice a month on Friday night, although that is subject to change. I have been developing a list of FUDGE Skills. Attributes, Items and house rules for a Science fiction game based heavily on Traveller and Diaspora. You might ask "Why not just play one or the other?" . The truth is I can't resist trying to take things I like better from one system and translating it to another. I am very intrigued by the Diaspora Starship combat, but I prefer the Old school Stats. I like the feel of Traveller, but I like my own universe. I can't help but fiddle. I have one hard and fast rule: No alien races. In all sci-fi, aliens just end up being anthropomorphised, borrowing ideas from various human cultures and mashing them together to make an alien. We are humans - we empathize with human needs and desires. Let's just say we have not found an alien civilization yet and concentrate on being human.... I was thinking we could start with a cluster creation a la Diaspora. This could be done VoIP or via a Forum. As we create a cluster, we should also keep in mind the overarching structure of the universe. Do we want to play in a Firelyfly style verse with a single (and sometimes oppressive) government? . Do we want to play in a Bujold/Webber style verse with competing political entities that could erupt into war? Are we in a time of open rebellion? There are lots of questions about the political and economic structure of the game that I think it would be good to solve co-cooperatively. Once this is done, then character creation would be done. That is when we develop some story ideas, and I turn them into adventures. I may even keep some of the ideas to myself as a surprise... Other people have plotted they way before me, FUDGE - ing Traveller, and I am borrowing shamelessly from them whenever I can find stuff they have written on the interwebs. SO - IS there interest? Should I continue? should I put my effort elsewhere - like into a Star Wars game? (I'm a bit burned out on traditional Fantasy at the moment) reply here and let me know what you think...
