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Dr. Beckenstein · 09-20-2017, 06:13 AM

Okay, just to add my 0.02 Euros ...

If you want to sell people a "Space Opera Box", you have to give them a "Space Opera Box". Since anybody sees space opera in a different way, you have to give them something very generic.

That means you have to ignore your favourite setting.

And that also means you have to give them something "ready to play", without any numbers-crunching.

So, for the kickstarter:

- 1 booklet of rules - Gurps lite, with space travel stuff and how the GM can build a frame for the game.
- 1 booklet of pre-gen characters - a mix of usual ones (cyborg bounty hunter) and weirdos (psionic walking trees).
- 1 booklet of pre-gen star ships - not a system to build one
- 1 booklet of gadgets - "ultra-light ultra-tech".
- 1 small space atlas, with lots of adventure hooks
- 1 short adventure
- Some markers for ship combat

Rules for ship and world building, paper miniatures for ships and characters could be stretch goals.

Comments?

09-20-2017, 06:13 AM	#66
Dr. Beckenstein Join Date: Sep 2013	Re: Spitballing a Space Opera Boxed Set Okay, just to add my 0.02 Euros ... If you want to sell people a "Space Opera Box", you have to give them a "Space Opera Box". Since anybody sees space opera in a different way, you have to give them something very generic. That means you have to ignore your favourite setting. And that also means you have to give them something "ready to play", without any numbers-crunching. So, for the kickstarter: - 1 booklet of rules - Gurps lite, with space travel stuff and how the GM can build a frame for the game. - 1 booklet of pre-gen characters - a mix of usual ones (cyborg bounty hunter) and weirdos (psionic walking trees). - 1 booklet of pre-gen star ships - not a system to build one - 1 booklet of gadgets - "ultra-light ultra-tech". - 1 small space atlas, with lots of adventure hooks - 1 short adventure - Some markers for ship combat Rules for ship and world building, paper miniatures for ships and characters could be stretch goals. Comments?