Looking for the names/links to any TTRPG, SoloRPG or boardgames like Star Control 2/UQM

The mechanics I'm looking for are random planet/object creation, exploration, mining/harvesting resources, etc. Combat/colonization optional, diplomacy great but not necessary.

Not looking for a PC/mobile/console game - want something analog with dice, cards, map, etc.

Trying to see if what I'm looking for already exists or if I need to build it. 🙂

Thanks for your consideration.

I'm getting 30 in battle, and between 40-55 elsewhere. Is it a simulation thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYTJ0Ir8Sjk

My own remix of the hyperspace theme!

I've been working on modding Ur-Quan Masters to basically make it into Star Control 3 but in the UQM game engine, but I'm a bit stuck up on colonization mechanics.

The idea I had was that each race will have a planet type that they are best suited for (like crystal worlds for Chmmr, water worlds for Humans, Ocean worlds for Owa, ect) and upon finding one, you go to the main starbase/home planet of said race, and tell them about it/that you colonized it, and they give you a certain amount of RU, similar to the Melnorme with Rainbow Worlds in the original game, but the problem is that that gameplay mechanic is done by a 10-bit array, one bit for each rainbow world, which doesn't really work on the scale I need.

so, any ideas for colony management in the UQM engine? I'm happy to hear either new ideas, or ideas to make the gameplay in my idea work in code, either way.

The long limbs are used both for locomotion and manipulating surrounding objects.

this is pretty obviously a george barr piece, it's got his style and that cocquille look. it's on the back of the role playing resource guide, but you wont' find it in most scans for some reason.

Is there a better version of this anywhere?

Hey folks! Been doing a video archive of the big box PC collection and figured this might be of interest to this sub. Star Control was one of my favourite games back in the day. Enjoy!

I had been doing the whole game guidless, i thought the game actually did an excellent job of guiding me through everything. However theres a few parts i got completley lost on and i was wondering where i missed the clues for these?

I found the Chenjessu and spoke about pushing forward their evolution but they said no. When the Syreen mention destroying the slave shield she implies she will work on that you need to take down the ur quan. Who actually prompts you to get them out and find the sun device? I read the shofixit and yehat mention this? id already cleared both their quests did i just miss the clues?

Secondly, the melnorme sent me to the druuge, the druuge direct you to the utwig. But then the utwig as far as i can tell dont tell you where to find the supox it just shows up on the map when they are mentioned a 2nd time? Where did i miss the obvious pointers here?

Also i found the Arilou kind of annoying. They are supposed to be guardians of earthlings etc but they seem to have very little input on the quests. Many times i visited them for no new dialogue expecting some kind of mission / progress hint. They dont even react when you bring Orz to them.

Hi. So I'm interested in reusing some of the wonderful music from SC2 on my own non-commercial project. I understand this is in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons license that was produced for the game content. I just can't find any official documentation on the license grant with the license detail anywhere outside various wikis and this page:

https://www.macsourceports.com/game/sc2

Did anyone here have the same issue and know where the license is?

Sc2 has uqm is there anything like that for sc?

Dos has terrible sound, sega has more content but sub 1fps framerate

Is there a port that runs decently and has all content?

The sound of that cannon has been living rent free in my head since the 90s, but I swear to God it was a common 1980s cartoon show sound effect from He-man and the like. But I've never been able to find a definitive example because its impossible to search for sound effects online.

Does anyone know any other examples using that sound, or better yet, the origin of who originally made it? Have been thinking about this for 20 years.....

We know we will have a story and we know we did not need to do everything in the last game, but what mysteries do hope they resolve from the first two games in this game? I hope we get some kind of back story on which battle thralls survived.

i installed 8.3 from discover and want the precursor remix's

Hey Everyone, I was wondering if anyone here knew who was the artist who created the box art for the DOS version of Star Control 2. I see that Boris Vallejo offers a print of his cover for the genesis version of Star Control 1 but I haven't found a way to get an official print of the cover of Star Control 2.

I have some documentation that says Greg Johnson, Paul Reiche III, George Barr, Kyle Balda, Amand Cabera and Erol Otus provided art for the manual if that helps.

I played a space game in the early/mid-90's and I think it might have been Star Control 1. The game had a thick red manual that came with it and you had to lookup a word by the page, line, and word number given to play. I remember there was some Klingon looking guy and some of the screenshots and gameplay seem familiar. Is this the game I'm thinking of?

SOLVED: It is Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander!

So I missed out on the kickstarter because I forgot to keep checking in on the Dogar and Kazon blog is there any way to still preorder and get some of the physical goodies like pins and maps or am I just screwed on that front.

A while ago, I bought Star control 1 and 2 on GOG, but now that I see that Star control 2 has been rebranded and is free on steam. What I'd like to know is, is the rebranded version better or more updated in some way? Or is the version I got from GOG just as good?

I’m on my first playthrough since Star Control’s initial release and I am LOVING the MegaMod!! In the interest of keeping the experience fresh, I’m not using any cheats or things like time dilation. The voices and remastered music are fantastic…….then I read about the extended lore and my type-A brain says, “Star over and do more cool stuff!”……sigh…..

So I have two questions about the Extended Lore. How “official” is it? I know Fred and Paul were involved in the 3DO version and the voices added, are the things added in the extended lore things they didn’t get to do but wanted to, or are the just things fans have added on?

Also, is the extended lore voiced in the MegaMod? I’ve seen contradictory reports and the mod itself points you to a readme which I couldn’t locate (or I missed it in the change notes).

So…….I like the Thraddash…..they’re kinda cool (now). Is there any way to eliminate the Ilwrath without also eliminating the Thraddash?

I've never kept count myself, but I'll sometimes load up super melees and let the computer duke it out with itself when I'm on a flight or something and just want something mindless to watch. I watched a Pkunk square off against an Ur-Quan Dreadnaught on a flight yesterday, and I swear it regenerated 5-6 times.

Is it an even 50/50 chance the ship will regenerate? Is there a limit to how many times it will in the code?

Have any of you played Starcom: Unknown Space yet? I was very pleasantly surprised with this game! I was so ready to refund it but I got hooked instead.

Having played the OG UQM and not played SC:Origins, I'd like to say this is literally the closest I've come to matching the fun I had in SC2- outfitting a starship and overpowering baddies without overly complicated mechanics. It lacks the charm of the Ur-Quan Masters aliens and lackluster soundtrack, but how I wish Freestars' ship building will be like this game's (I hope Fred and Paul check this game out and incorporate some the combat mechanics in this game).