I thought that I would mention that there is a space opera version of Against the Darkmaster coming out. It’s called (somewhat unsurprisingly) Against the Starmaster.
A set of playtest rules, sample player characters, and an introductory scenario are available here.
Following a quick skim, I think that it looks rather cool! (But I'm not a huge fan of the font.) Annoyingly, I’m rather busy at the moment (I’m editing a couple of books, revising a paper, and getting ready to teach again after Labour Day). But once I have a chance to read over these materials, I’ll post some thoughts here.
May the Force … er, Aether be with you!
Have to admit, this leaves me cold. Absolutely no desire to play out Star Wars cliches with hacked ICE mechanics. Also, unlike Against the Darkmaster (which had the decency to change the name significantly from MERP for obvious reasons) they aren't even trying here. Spacemaster was and is the actual name of of ICE's scifi variant of Rolemaster, and just plain taking the name for your own ain't cool. I'll be a little surprised if there isn't a forced name change to avoid legal action.
ReplyDeleteIt’s “Starmaster” not “Spacemaster” — so, close but not identical.
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