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Looking for Science Fiction RPG Web Sites

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 5:30am

I'm looking at doing a Knights of the Dinner Table column on blogs, wikis and other sites dedicated to science fiction role-playing games. Of course this is a bit self serving, as I'm currently running two science fiction games (Star Wars: Saga Edition and The Day After Ragnarok) but it's a niche that could use some attention. The sites don't need to be exclusively science fiction, but some significant portion of their content should deal with the genre.

Keep in mind that I've done columns on Rogue Trader, Star Wars: Saga Edition, Gamma World, and Star Frontiers in the last year so I'm less likely to write about sites that deal with those games.

Here's what I have so far.

Gary Allen (not verified) said,

Mon, 11/29/2010 - 4:14am

Hi Kenneth

Sorry for the shameless plug, but I'd like to invite you to drop by www.rebornthegame.com. It is a play-by-post sci-fi rpg set in an original universe.

A small group of players awake aboard a crippled courier with no memory of their past or identities. Staying alive may be the least of their problems.

1 to 5 players can play cooperatively via a feature rich interface.

The game is illustrated by the very talented Pat Turner.

Because of the contents and themes you must be aged over 15.

It's free to play for the first 3 months.

Kind regards

Gary

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geekgazette said,

Wed, 10/06/2010 - 1:14am

I'm not a huge sc-fi rpg fan. I pretty much just stick with d6 Star Wars, Starblazer Adventures and my d20 Modern Sci-fi games, but I do have a few links and suggestions that may prove useful. If not then I'll dig around my stuff at home and see if I come up with anything else.

I think there are a couple on this list a that may not be directly related to rpgs, but are for sci-fi fans.

http://starfrontiersman.com/
http://starfrontiers.homelinux.net/
http://www.f4fbbs.com/StarFrontiers/
http://starfrontiers.us/
http://starfrontiers.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

I seem to remember that there were a few good sites for the Thousand Suns RPG, Babylon 5, Stargate RPGs, as well as the Starblazer Adventures RPG sites.

There are quite a few sites related to WEG Star Wars or just Star Wars in general.
http://mama.indstate.edu/rpg/games/weg/starwars/
http://homepages.peakpeak.com/~fedifensor/games/old-sw.htm
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/West_End_Games
http://www.wegfansite.com/forum/

http://starwars.com/
http://www.swrpgnetwork.com/
http://www.pathguy.com/starwars.htm

http://www.errantdreams.com/static/sg1_world_tables
http://www.atlantisrevolutions.com/

Some stuff for buck rogers
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~leirbakk/rpg/buckrogers/buckrogers_index_e.html
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1000743
http://mikesrpgcenter.com/buckrogers/maps.html
http://weirdscifi.ratiosemper.com/buckrogers/xxvc.html
http://www.buck-rogers.com/tsr/

others
http://webspace.webring.com/people/pu/um_321/

http://www.sfsite.com/

http://www.trekpassions.com/

http://www.d20resources.com/

Hope at least some of these were helpful.

http://www.iscifi.tv/

http://starfighters.com/lsf/

I think there is also a sci-fi rpg called Omega Syndrome. don't know anything about it, but I've heard it mentioned on a few boards.

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Kenneth Newquist said,

Wed, 10/06/2010 - 4:36am

No worries about the triple post; I went back and killed out the duplicates.

Thanks for these link suggestions -- I've seen a few before (mostly Star Frontiers and some of the d6 stuff) but most of it's new to me. They look like they'll make great column fodder.

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GameDaddy (not verified) said,

Tue, 10/05/2010 - 11:56pm

GameDaddy's Scifi Bookmarks
In no particular order...


  • Starship Combat News, The latest info on space games and miniatures

    • Starship Combat News - The latest info on space games and miniatures.url

  • Traveller PDF Maps based on your Universal World Profile list

    • Alex Schroeder 2009-09-11 Traveller Map Based on UWP.url

  • The Wolf Shipyards for Battelstar Galactica

    • Battlestar Galactica.url

  • Bear McCreary's Blog for the New Battlestar Galactica

    • Bear’s Battlestar Blog.url

  • Bell Flower, a Serenity Fansite!

    • Bellflower • Index page.url

  • Bill Ward, Genre writer & Reviewer

    • Bill Ward — science fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviews and news.url

  • Science Fiction Chronicles Forum, Help me answer this question!

    • Can you help me find a fantasy series - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles forums.url

  • The Website of Christopher Weuve

    • ChrisW's Home Page.url

  • The Official Traveller Forums

    • Citizens of the Imperium - Powered by vBulletin.url

  • Concept Ships Blog -- Great Artwork of Scifi Ships!

    • concept ships.url

  • Homepage of the Delta Green RPG

    • Delta-Green.com.url

  • 15mm Sci-Fi Tabletop Gaming

    • DROPSHIP HORIZON.url

  • Publishing at the edges of fantasy and reality

    • Elastic Press - Publishing at the edges of reality and fantasy.url

  • Official Traveller Home Page

    • FFE- Main Far Future Page.url

  • The Future Shadows RPG

    • Future Shadows Sci-Fi RPG Official Home Page.url

  • Galactica Station, home of The Ragnar Anchorage

    • Galactica Station & Ragnar Anchorage.url

  • Gamma World Fan Site

    • GAMMA RITES.url

  • Ground Zero Games Sci-fi Convention

    • GZG ECC -- Ground Zero Games, East Coast Convention - News.url

  • Great Sci-fi Artwork, by a contemporary artist!

    • http--starbrightillustrations.com-blog-.url

  • The Archive of Science Fiction Magazine Covers

    • http--www.sfcovers.net-Magazines-ASF-ASF_0525.jpg.url

  • IO9, the largest Sci-Fi Fan Web Page

    • io9. We come from the future..url

  • Liaden Universe

    • Korval.com, a service of SRM Publisher Ltd..url

  • Locus Online, the website of the magazine of science fiction and fantasy

    • Locus Online The Website of The Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field.url

  • 8:05 PM, Games and other amusement Blog

    • Love the game, hate the setting 805 p.m..url

  • The Post-Apocalyptic Forge

    • Master Index - The Post-Apocalyptic Forge.url

  • Vehicles for GURPS, Mattblackgod's World - Vehicles

    • Mattblackgod's World - Vehicles.url

  • The Mech RPG Generator

    • Mech RPG Generator.url

  • Metamorphosis Alpha Home Page

    • Metamorphosis Alpha - Science Fiction RPG.url

  • The Original Artwork for SJG's game OGRE

    • Ogre Cybertank Artwork.url

  • The Battlestar Wiki, complete BSG Resource

    • Pegasus (RDM) - Battlestar Wiki.url

  • Planet Algol Blog

    • PLANET ALGOL.url

  • Planetarion Portal

    • Planetarion Portal.url

  • Red Dwarf, A Warhammer 40k Fansite

    • Red Dwarf.url

  • Peter Watt's Home Page

    • Rifters.com.url

  • Saberhagen's World of Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • SABERHAGEN'S WORLDS of SF and FANTASY.url

  • The Timeline of Science Fiction Inventions

    • Science Fiction Timeline of Inventions (Listed by Publication Date).url

  • The List of Free Roleplaying Games

    • Scifi 411 - List of Free Roleplaying Games.url

  • SciRPG Rich Kurbis's Website

    • scirpg Enjoy the Studio Blog.url

  • Scrapyard Armory, A Battletech Web Blog

    • ScrapYard Armory.url

  • The Colonial Fleet Quorom

    • Season 4 Video - New Battlestars (Mercury Class) - Colonial Fleet Quorum.url

  • Sending a Wave, the UK Based Firefly-Serenity Podcast

    • Sending a Wave – The UK based Firefly-Serenity Podcast.url

  • SF Signal, a Science Fiction Blog

    • SF Signal - A Science Fiction Blog.url

  • SF RPG Boards, a science fiction fan forum

    • SFRPG • Index page.url

  • Ships of the Colonial Fleet, a BSG resource

    • Ships of the Colonial Fleet.url

  • The Cortex RPG System home forum

    • Ships of the Fleet & Space Combat.url

  • Signal GK, Online Traveller Resources

    • signalgk Online Traveller Resource.url

  • Space 1970, where to find the forgotten Sci-fi Movies of the days of old!

    • space1970.url

  • Star Trek Dimension, Star Trek Cartography resources

    • Star Trek Dimension - Star Trek Cartography.url

  • The Star Wars Saga Edition Online

    • Star Wars RPG Saga Edition Online Index.url

  • Steampunk Crescendo

    • SteamPunk Crescendo.url

  • The Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers

    • The Society of Fantasy & Science Fiction Wargamers - SFSFW.url

  • The Starlost, a Star Trek Parody available on Youtube

    • The Starlost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.url

  • The Zhodani Base, A Traveller Fansite

    • The Zhodani Base » Blog Archive » Make your own pdf-maps at Traveller Map.url

  • The Warhammer 40k Starmap

    • WH40K Starmap.url

  • Orion's Arm Universe Project

    • Orions Arm Universe Project

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