neonbasschild
Spaceman
Hello all!
I have been lerking around the website for a bit and just not started on the forum. Been a huge fan of WC since I was but a weee little geek. Ok basically I have been wanting to play a WC Table Top RPG for a long time now. But all the system I have ever found online have been somewhat lacking (granted there great for open forum chat room rpg systems, but not really what I look for in a RPG)
Ok well during my current deployment to iraq I was looking around on the web and found the Battlestar Galactica RPG (just released) and I started thinking. The game universe does share some allot in common and it would be very simple for me to convert everything over (aka I need to make stats for ships, weapon types, small arms, aliens, and compile some universe information).
I chose the Battlestar System because of A. Its very close the WC universe B. To create a interesting game your going to have to have allot of crew interaction, something that was already in the games but was not the main point. You cant really do that in a RPG. Mission after mission with only a couple words with other crew mates would get really boring really quick. So why not keep the Space soap opera from battlestar to make it more interesting (everyone loves a good love triangle after all ). C. Battlestar covers civilians allot. Something that I think will end up being a major point in the game (because while everyone wants to be a fighter ace at first, later on there going to wonder "hey why not play a mechanic, doctor, Confed scientist, privateer caption, or a Kilrathi?").
Well while my deployment is winding down I am planning on spending more time compiling the information I need to start everything. That way when I get home I am going to setup a website for updates, publishing (aka DOWN IT HERE thingys), and community input. Then Ill start the actual conversion process in phases (or Eras/the different WC games if you will). I am going to start with all the basic conversion that are needed with the system (if any) and then start the first Era.
I plan on breaking down the different Eras like this. WC1, WC2, WC3 (I am lumping WC3 with WC4 because of the close proximity and use of the same fighters), and WC Prophecy. All the time have all the stuff from Privateer 1 and 2 lumped in where it is relevant in the time line.
I plan on going though each era and compiling all the ship, characters, small arms, aliens, ect.
My only problem with this is that the WC universe is very large and I honestly have not scene a book or played WC since one of my X girl friends hocked TONS of my stuff (including my WC book collection and all my copies of the games). AKA I am asking you guys and your wealth of knowledge about the game universe for some help. Just to start here are some basic information I need to compile.
-The relative dates of use of all ships (Privateer, Capital, fighters, and utility for all races) for each of the games, by this I mean all the ships that where around in the basic time line of each game, because while a ship was not in WC1 but was in WC2 doesn't mean that ship class didn't exist.
-Any information on the marines (I know little to nothing about them). While I am a grunt in real life I dont know much about the Confed version because there only really mention in bits and pieces.
By all means if this information is laying around somewhere just point me in the right direction I can do the rest from there.
Also just a note I don't want to do this by myself if I dont need to. If anyone else is interested in helping by all means drop me a line. I welcome any and all help that anyone wants to give.
But its not like I am going anywhere because I will probley be pestering you guys for awhile with all kinds of annoying junk (what are some of the better pictures for X ship, input on any fan fiction to be added (if any), ect..). That and I will HAVE to keep everyone here updated. But all and all I am looking at about 3 months of hard work (this is from when I get back in the US) before I have the base book (Base rules and WC1 Era) ready to go and from there Ill pump out the expansions as quick as I can (one expansion per Era).
Thanks,
Derrick
I have been lerking around the website for a bit and just not started on the forum. Been a huge fan of WC since I was but a weee little geek. Ok basically I have been wanting to play a WC Table Top RPG for a long time now. But all the system I have ever found online have been somewhat lacking (granted there great for open forum chat room rpg systems, but not really what I look for in a RPG)
Ok well during my current deployment to iraq I was looking around on the web and found the Battlestar Galactica RPG (just released) and I started thinking. The game universe does share some allot in common and it would be very simple for me to convert everything over (aka I need to make stats for ships, weapon types, small arms, aliens, and compile some universe information).
I chose the Battlestar System because of A. Its very close the WC universe B. To create a interesting game your going to have to have allot of crew interaction, something that was already in the games but was not the main point. You cant really do that in a RPG. Mission after mission with only a couple words with other crew mates would get really boring really quick. So why not keep the Space soap opera from battlestar to make it more interesting (everyone loves a good love triangle after all ). C. Battlestar covers civilians allot. Something that I think will end up being a major point in the game (because while everyone wants to be a fighter ace at first, later on there going to wonder "hey why not play a mechanic, doctor, Confed scientist, privateer caption, or a Kilrathi?").
Well while my deployment is winding down I am planning on spending more time compiling the information I need to start everything. That way when I get home I am going to setup a website for updates, publishing (aka DOWN IT HERE thingys), and community input. Then Ill start the actual conversion process in phases (or Eras/the different WC games if you will). I am going to start with all the basic conversion that are needed with the system (if any) and then start the first Era.
I plan on breaking down the different Eras like this. WC1, WC2, WC3 (I am lumping WC3 with WC4 because of the close proximity and use of the same fighters), and WC Prophecy. All the time have all the stuff from Privateer 1 and 2 lumped in where it is relevant in the time line.
I plan on going though each era and compiling all the ship, characters, small arms, aliens, ect.
My only problem with this is that the WC universe is very large and I honestly have not scene a book or played WC since one of my X girl friends hocked TONS of my stuff (including my WC book collection and all my copies of the games). AKA I am asking you guys and your wealth of knowledge about the game universe for some help. Just to start here are some basic information I need to compile.
-The relative dates of use of all ships (Privateer, Capital, fighters, and utility for all races) for each of the games, by this I mean all the ships that where around in the basic time line of each game, because while a ship was not in WC1 but was in WC2 doesn't mean that ship class didn't exist.
-Any information on the marines (I know little to nothing about them). While I am a grunt in real life I dont know much about the Confed version because there only really mention in bits and pieces.
By all means if this information is laying around somewhere just point me in the right direction I can do the rest from there.
Also just a note I don't want to do this by myself if I dont need to. If anyone else is interested in helping by all means drop me a line. I welcome any and all help that anyone wants to give.
But its not like I am going anywhere because I will probley be pestering you guys for awhile with all kinds of annoying junk (what are some of the better pictures for X ship, input on any fan fiction to be added (if any), ect..). That and I will HAVE to keep everyone here updated. But all and all I am looking at about 3 months of hard work (this is from when I get back in the US) before I have the base book (Base rules and WC1 Era) ready to go and from there Ill pump out the expansions as quick as I can (one expansion per Era).
Thanks,
Derrick