EVE General Discussion

Played Elite way back in the day on a C-64. Loved that game. Never considered a pen and paper though. Interesting idea...

Back in the 80s there was a pen and paper (and D20 if my memory serves) game all about the ships of Star Trek. I never played it, but I knew the dorkiest of dorks in the school who did. I would be amazed by these guys who managed to memorize the stats of every ship, what they can do, etc, and the mechanics of the game.


It's like the opposite of EvE.


Yes, kids, before computers, or before they were so common, all of this stuff like damage, range, falloff, etc, would be in books, and on tables.

Even D&D. Heck once we saw this girl in some kind of costume armor and I said "looks like a THAC0 of 2" and EVERYBODY over 30 knew what I was talking about.

So, if this game existed in say, 1982, all of this would be on paper, and outcomes would be determined by dice of various shapes, not just your basic D6. Much of the math would be existing in tables, lest there be a lot of calculator fu (and those were still costing more and a couple of bucks in those days). I imagine that to say shoot someone with a rail gun, there would be a dice roll and at least 5 tables to look up.

In D&D, there were those early hand held computers, like a funky calculator, that replaced all of that. Those who possessed them were considered gods.

And then someone said "Hey, can't we put all this on a computer?".


We laughed.

And the sound attracted a tyrannosaurus rex and the poor bastard got eaten so it would be a little later before these games migrated to computers.


Hey, I just remembered I had the Star Frontiers box set. (edit: when it first came out).

There was one in development by White Wolf (Word of Darkness, Exalted, etc.) but I think it got cancelled... however, it can be done pretty easily, using the nWoD rules.

Spaceship rules can be found in Mirrors: Infinite Macabre.

Well folks this thread was fun until the trolls failed to blob it SO I'm out.

Actually I was more thinking modify the old Renegade Legion: Leviathan rules to incorporate Eve ships. Plus that way you can have your very own nullsec fleet battles.

And finally put guns around outposts.

I think traveller (and its sandbox feel) would be perfect for a story set in New Eden! I was personally tossing the idea of using Smallville to tell a character drama in the setting over eve voice, but my players don't play anymore so we settled with Skype :-)

Quite honestly, WoD Storytelling is an excuse of a "system", feels more like fluffbook with 3 rules attached:
1. GM makes decisions;
2. Your roll results means s*** for a GM;
3. You must comply with all BS WW employees pour on you.

You can as well play your narrative with no rules whatsoever, you won't see any difference (that's exactly what people here do btw).

If you're thinking of rules that will actually matter, I'd suggest to take existing systems and rearrange them for EVE. Guess elements of Dark Heresy (damage tables are must! ) and/or D20 Modern should do for "WiS" part, and for "FiS" you can use rules from Star Wars RPG since they are badass, or stick to Rogue Trader rules because FFS already did FiS+WiS unification for you.

Though there are other systems, some of them are damn dedicated to settings similar to EVE, maybe you should try those (did someone mention traveler?).

This tipoc makes me want to play Warhammer 40.000: Battlefleet Gothic. It even has rules for bumping!

I'd have to say go with either Traveler or Rogue Trader as the best fit for EVE.

Though if you want a simple system you can find the Star Frontiers rules free online.

Me too I used to love Traveller 2300

Also, a friend telling me 'it's like Elite it if were made today' got me first into it.