domingojs23
Banded Mongoose
Dear Friends,
Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I'd like to discuss using video games as tools for Traveller Campaigns, particularly solo ones. It's a shame that Traveller AR folded, as it was a great solution. So, we need to find alternatives. For example, one could set up a naval-oriented campaign as usual, but use space combat games like Homeworld, Gratuitous Space Battles, etc for ship combat resolution, for boarding / in-ship combat something like Alien Assault, for planetary warfare the likes of Megamek. 4x games could be an overall framework, like Master of Orion. The challenge is in finding games that are readily modifiable to incorporate the Traveller or one's homebrew settings.
Star Command, the forthcoming bridge crew-oriented game, looks particularly promising.
Or, an alternative approach would be "putting the cart before the horse" in adding a Traveller RPG element to existing games. Not quite sure about this yet, but something like having episodal gaming sessions concerning the bridge crew of a given ship in a space combat video game campaign.
Cheers,
Gary
Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I'd like to discuss using video games as tools for Traveller Campaigns, particularly solo ones. It's a shame that Traveller AR folded, as it was a great solution. So, we need to find alternatives. For example, one could set up a naval-oriented campaign as usual, but use space combat games like Homeworld, Gratuitous Space Battles, etc for ship combat resolution, for boarding / in-ship combat something like Alien Assault, for planetary warfare the likes of Megamek. 4x games could be an overall framework, like Master of Orion. The challenge is in finding games that are readily modifiable to incorporate the Traveller or one's homebrew settings.
Star Command, the forthcoming bridge crew-oriented game, looks particularly promising.
Or, an alternative approach would be "putting the cart before the horse" in adding a Traveller RPG element to existing games. Not quite sure about this yet, but something like having episodal gaming sessions concerning the bridge crew of a given ship in a space combat video game campaign.
Cheers,
Gary
- well, I'm slowly trying to get my 6 year old daughter into RPGing, but fantasy and not sci-fi is her thing ! Although if I could convert Aslan into Hello Kitty types I may get somewhere.....
