I would be very pleased to see a good adaption of C. J. Cherryh's Compact Space / Company Wars / Faded Sun setting.
Not only do the books brilliantly present fantastic stories (particularly Pride of Chanur, Downbelow Station, and Merchanter's Luck). But collectively, they describe an extremely rich and diverse setting which caters well to an RPG:
Several fundamentally different cultures are examined in depth from insider and outsider points of view, including several wholly alien ones.
Most of the necessary technology is described sufficiently to "use"; including space travel & combat, and enhanced combat suits.
There are a wide range of settings and roles, several of which are explored, including merchants, scoundrels, diplomats, scientists, explorers, ship's crew, and soldiers.
I believe it is particularly well-suited to several versions of Traveller, including Mongoose Traveller.
I would rather see an adaption made to one of these than see Steve Jackson Games publish it as a GURPS supplement.
(This is not an attack on GURPS; merely an observation that SJ Games has published a lot off adaptions of novels to the GURPS RPG. And while I personally think they publish outstanding supplements, the GURPS rules do not in my opinion support many of the settings well; please do not flame me about the merits of GURPS.)
I would heartily encourage Mongoose, FarFuture, Avenger/Comstar, etc. to secure the rights and publish such a supplement.
Back in the early 80's when I briefly corresponded with Ms. Cherryh, she said Game-lords had the RPG rights, but I don't believe they ever published anything.
Not only do the books brilliantly present fantastic stories (particularly Pride of Chanur, Downbelow Station, and Merchanter's Luck). But collectively, they describe an extremely rich and diverse setting which caters well to an RPG:
Several fundamentally different cultures are examined in depth from insider and outsider points of view, including several wholly alien ones.
Most of the necessary technology is described sufficiently to "use"; including space travel & combat, and enhanced combat suits.
There are a wide range of settings and roles, several of which are explored, including merchants, scoundrels, diplomats, scientists, explorers, ship's crew, and soldiers.
I believe it is particularly well-suited to several versions of Traveller, including Mongoose Traveller.
I would rather see an adaption made to one of these than see Steve Jackson Games publish it as a GURPS supplement.
(This is not an attack on GURPS; merely an observation that SJ Games has published a lot off adaptions of novels to the GURPS RPG. And while I personally think they publish outstanding supplements, the GURPS rules do not in my opinion support many of the settings well; please do not flame me about the merits of GURPS.)
I would heartily encourage Mongoose, FarFuture, Avenger/Comstar, etc. to secure the rights and publish such a supplement.
Back in the early 80's when I briefly corresponded with Ms. Cherryh, she said Game-lords had the RPG rights, but I don't believe they ever published anything.
