Is there an RPG for Iain M Banks' setting of The Culture?

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And if not, what would you recommend using? I've always thought it would make for some interesting gaming.

Iain M Norman · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-18 16:07:30Z

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There hasn't been a formally released Culture game, no. However:

Joshua Newman's Shock: Human Contact is designed as a Culture-like game.
Diaspora is a hard-science fiction game, based on FATE.
Most interesting and speculative of all, Luke Crane, who wrote Burning Wheel, has announced he's acquired a licence. From the way he's announced it, it could be the Culture. Let's hope.

edited Nov 18 '10 at 16:07

Iain M Norman
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answered Nov 16 '10 at 20:54

Graham
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Thanks Graham, particularly for the Luke Crane rumour. That would be very interesting! – Dave Hallett Nov 16 '10 at 21:38

oooh Luke Crane and Culture. Got a link? – Sohum Nov 16 '10 at 23:33

Only the one I gave above. Hardly an announcement. – Graham Nov 17 '10 at 0:01

The one you gave above just goes to his twitter stream. Is there a specific tweet you had in mind? – Sohum Nov 17 '10 at 0:26

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Just added the three relevant tweets to the main for ya, Graham, Sohum. – aramis Nov 18 '10 at 1:46

aramis · Answer 2 · 2010-11-18 16:46:45Z

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An unofficial Champions/Hero System adaptation has been done.

as of this writing, the link works.

edited Nov 18 '10 at 16:46

answered Nov 18 '10 at 12:13

aramis
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	Nice find, thanks! Bit of an odd system choice in some ways (I would have thought a high crunch level was asking for trouble in such a hi-tech setting with huge scale) but I've saved a copy anyway, and who knows, someone else may find it ideal. – Dave Hallett Nov 18 '10 at 16:12
	Hero really isn't all that high-crunch, no worse than GURP or Traveller. It also has vehicle, base, and AI creation rules. The supplement adds no rules, just hows how to apply the extant ones. – aramis Nov 18 '10 at 16:50

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