A Technical Architecture

[pasuuli]

...for building vehicles, starships, and yes, even equipment, for every Mongoose Sci-Fi game.

A unified system, so the stuff you build can be exported to other Mongoose games.

A table-driven system, so I don't have to get out my spreadsheet.

A relatively simple system that thinks in terms of playability, so I don't have to think in megajoules or kilograms.

OK, maybe that's a pipe dream.

 

[Gentleman John]

That would be something akin to the Classic Traveller technical supplements (Book 3: Starships, High Guard, Striker, Book 8: Robots), the basic T4 technical rules or the T20 design system.

Seeing as T5 is coming, your wishes might just be granted.

 

[MarkNorfolk]

I'm at the two extremes on this. For games like D20 and RQ then I just throw some stats together and go with it. Sometimes my geeky spreadsheet self likes to wallow pointlesslt in the Guns! Guns! Guns! and VDS of BTRC.

Cheers
Mark

 

[AKAramis]

BTRC's EABA: Stuff! is simpler, and more capable, than VDS. Not quite as universal, but good enough an example.

T20 is likewise good. (And Mongoose Guys: Hunter is willing to talk to you about the design rules in T20.)

 

[pasuuli]

Yeah, I was thinking about EABA and HERO when I started the thread...