Eclipse Phase

hackbarth · 08-12-2009, 12:29 PM

Announced in GenCon, this seems compatible with TS.

http://www.eclipsephase.com/

It could be a 'future' for the TS setting. I see so few divergences from TS that could be used practically 'as is' in any campaign. Only with some terminology changed (and in a TS setting, terminology should keep changing anyway).

MrTim · 08-12-2009, 12:39 PM

It seems a bit more cinematic and a bit more fantastic. For one thing, it apparently includes psionic powers as part of the setting.

They're offering a few preview copies at GenCon, so I'd hope that means the PDF should be available in the next couple of weeks.

vicky_molokh · 08-13-2009, 06:37 AM

Psi? That would certainly shake up the 'stable' world of THS . . .

Flyndaran · 08-13-2009, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Molokh

Psi? That would certainly shake up the 'stable' world of THS . . .

Same as FTL or time travel. Not very THS style.

SCAR · 08-13-2009, 07:37 AM

TS also has no technological singularity.

sir_pudding · 08-13-2009, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SCAR

TS also has no technological singularity.

This Eclipse Phase does? How do you possibly play a post-singularity RPG (unless the PCs are outside the singularity as in Illium/Olympos, Stone Canal/Cassini Division , or Marooned in Realtime; which does not seem to be the case here)? "Your characters are beings who you cannot possibly understand doing things that you could not possibly describe. What do you do?"

SCAR · 08-13-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by sir_pudding

This Eclipse Phase does? How do you possibly play a post-singularity RPG (unless the PCs are outside the singularity as in Illium/Olympos, Stone Canal/Cassini Division , or Marooned in Realtime; which does not seem to be the case here)? "Your characters are beings who you cannot possibly understand doing things that you could not possibly describe. What do you do?"

Second paragraph, 4th and 5th sentences, here. Specifically the TITANS!

sir_pudding · 08-13-2009, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SCAR

Second paragraph, 4th and 5th sentences, here. Specifically the TITANS!

Ah, so it is one of those singularity survivors sort of stories.

Mailanka · 08-13-2009, 09:17 AM

I think the game would be fantastic...

... if it would ever come out. Seriously, I've been waiting on the thing for well over a year now.

sir_pudding · 08-13-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Mailanka

I think the game would be fantastic...

... if it would ever come out. Seriously, I've been waiting on the thing for well over a year now.

Meh, the psi thing is kind of a deal-breaker for me.

08-12-2009, 12:29 PM	#1
hackbarth Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Brasilia, Brazil	Eclipse Phase Announced in GenCon, this seems compatible with TS. http://www.eclipsephase.com/ It could be a 'future' for the TS setting. I see so few divergences from TS that could be used practically 'as is' in any campaign. Only with some terminology changed (and in a TS setting, terminology should keep changing anyway). __________________ See my GCS Templates and GURPS Articles at my GURPS page.

08-12-2009, 12:39 PM	#2
MrTim Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM	Re: Eclipse Phase It seems a bit more cinematic and a bit more fantastic. For one thing, it apparently includes psionic powers as part of the setting. They're offering a few preview copies at GenCon, so I'd hope that means the PDF should be available in the next couple of weeks.

08-13-2009, 06:37 AM	#3
vicky_molokh GURPS FAQ Keeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kyïv, Ukraine	Re: Eclipse Phase Psi? That would certainly shake up the 'stable' world of THS . . . __________________ Vicky 'Molokh', GURPS FAQ and uFAQ Keeper

08-13-2009, 07:37 AM	#5
SCAR Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Yorkshire, UK	Re: Eclipse Phase TS also has no technological singularity.

08-13-2009, 09:17 AM	#9
Mailanka Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands	Re: Eclipse Phase I think the game would be fantastic... ... if it would ever come out. Seriously, I've been waiting on the thing for well over a year now.

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