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====== Let Us Play Old Scifi (LUPOS) ====== | ====== Let Us Play Old Scifi (LUPOS) ====== | ||
This is an initiative, a dream, where we can all get together and imagine a cool scifi universe like you'd find in the serials of old. There were many movies that suggested such a fictional universe, the most prominent of which is Star Trek, but other examples exist in number, such as Forbidden Planet. The idea here is not to wow your mind with amazing science and explore those consequences, | This is an initiative, a dream, where we can all get together and imagine a cool scifi universe like you'd find in the serials of old. There were many movies that suggested such a fictional universe, the most prominent of which is Star Trek, but other examples exist in number, such as Forbidden Planet. The idea here is not to wow your mind with amazing science and explore those consequences, | ||
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+ | Inspirations: | ||
===== These are the Voyages ===== | ===== These are the Voyages ===== | ||
+ | [[These are the Voyages]] is a roleplaying game set in the LUPOS universe for three to five players. It is also the first game to bridge this database into something meaningful. In this game, you take on the role of officers and crew of an Earth fleet vessel, exploring the frontier of space. It can't get more exciting than that! The system is designed to reward and encourage team play, and let the player' | ||
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+ | ===== LUPOS Database, Mark I ===== | ||
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+ | This database is a general store of fictional knowledge about such a universe as you might like to play within a LUPOS game. It has many vague aspects, many things are given generalized capacity numbers instead of specific values. This is intended to allow you to set the feel of your game as you like and still let the database function in a meaningful way, as you can compare and contrast capacity scores of various ships and so on. There is an index of the database here: [[LUPOS: | ||
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+ | ===== Sublight Run ===== | ||
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+ | The tactical companion to [[These are the Voyages]] above, [[Sublight Run]] is a starship fleet action battle game played on a hex grid. It interlocks with the roleplaying game to allow ship maneuvers to be made in the game, but can stand alone as a board game. | ||
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+ | ===== Frequencies ===== | ||
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+ | In the LUPOS universe, not everyone is an officer in Earth Fleet. Tell your other fantastic tales of scifi goodness using this more robust and open-minded game known simply as: [[Frequencies]]. | ||
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+ | =====Unanswered Questions===== | ||
+ | Details that are unanswered currently can be found on the [[Lupos: |