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Science fiction is a literary genre which revolves around the consequences about new technologies and/or scientific possibilities.

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What is a good, free, Space-faring RPG?

My very first RPG, the venerable TSR game Star Frontiers, is (legally) available for free from starfrontiers.com now. Alpha Dawn was the basic space opera game and Knight Hawks was full starship rule …
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RPGs about human commandos fighting aliens like in X-Com?

There are a large number of games set in this general genre, thanks to the popularity of X-Files and similar media set in that genre in the 1990s. I own a lot of them, thanks to a decade-long game bu …
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What is a good/solid contemporary (near future)-Sci Fi rpg setting?

The GURPS Transhuman Space line is set in 2100 and is a little more advanced that what you want, but it is a very well realized multi-book setting line. It has a comprehensive timeline so you could "b …
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Any real hard science rpg systems?

Well, it depends what you want out of an actual game system that would make it "hard SF." Except for systems that have bunches of magic integral to them, I assume what you want is a "simulationist" sy …
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What Classic/Old-School Sci-Fi Adventures might adapt well to a Serenity Game?

I played a lot of the classic TSR space opera game Star Frontiers back in the day, and the many published adventures for it could easily be adapted to Serenity. And, you're in luck, TSR allowed all th …
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What game system is best suited for running a campaign based on EVE Online?

There is a GURPS Transhuman Space set of supplements that would help out with the cloning/mental imaging and other such newfangled things. I'm not sure where/how good the core spaceship combat rules a …
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