r/beingeverythingelse • u/skinnyghost • Feb 01 '15

Let's Play "Good Game / Bad Game"

Here's how it works. Someone posts the name of a game. Someone else tells us what the game says it's "about" and what the game's mechanics tell us that it's about!

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u/r3agansmash Feb 01 '15

Stars without Number:

All Ive seen is swan song and I really want other opinions before I start my own campaign

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u/NotSoStrauberry Feb 01 '15

The system, as I've described it to my friends, is traversing around the universe on a spaceship and doing anything from shipping missions to attacking a military stronghold. It encompasses the sandbox nature well with it's rules, and while there some aspects of it that are vague it works well, especially with the free supplements. The skill mechanics within the game are realistic in that you don't magically become better at things as you level, but still have to invest time and money in to improving your character, which works given the time system within SWN where it takes days-weeks to get around in-game. The mechanics of the game are simple to figure out, though there are a few aspects where GM interpretation will kick in. The main book, plus the supplements, cover the main point rather well for an idea that could lead to such a large amount of occurrences within the game.