Talk:Space Opera (role-playing game)

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Wrong date for The OutWorlds?[edit]

It was certainly not published in 1981. I have a product list for FGU from about 1983. It lists all SO books published through 1985, but does not list item 7160 The OutWorlds (nor 7173, published about 1988). I don't have a copy so can't check the title page, but that in itself is telling. I purchased every SO book published through 1984 and don't have this one. I'm going to change the date to 1986 (at this point a best guess). Please correct if you have more definite info. -- Dmforcier (talk) 22:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. FGU's web site lists the publication date as 1981. I'm not yet convinced this is correct, but won't change the article until I can get proof one way or the other. -- Dmforcier (talk) 22:32, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Found ISBN numbers[edit]

Space Opera RPG vol.1&2 one binding.
By: Edward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner, Phil McGregor
ISBN: B000EOIYLY

Space Opera RPG volume one (character creation, psionics, and starships)
By: Edward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner, Phil McGregor
ISBN: B000721GY0

Space Opera RPG volume two (equipment, worlds and aliens)
By: Edward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner, Phil McGregor
ISBN: B0018ZCENM

Space Opera: Ground and Air Equipment
By: Edward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner
ISBN: B000G7ST32

Space Opera: Seldon's Compendium of Star Craft 1
By: Edward E. Simbalist, Robert N. Charette
ISBN: B000B8AFUQ

Space Opera: Seldon's Compendium of Star Craft 2
By: Edward E. Simbalist, Robert N. Charette
ISBN: B000B88PAI

Space Opera: Seldon's Compendium of Star Craft 3
By: Edward E. Simbalist, Steven S. Crompton
ISBN: B000B8511Y

Space Opera: Star Sector Atlas 1 - The Terran Sector
By: Edward E. Simbalist
ISBN: B000EOIYRI

Space Opera: Star Sector Atlas 2 - The Mercantile League
By: Edward E. Simbalist, Terry Cheesman
ISBN: B000F6MFAM

Space Opera: Star Sector Atlas 3 - The Azuriach Imperium
By: Edward E. Simbalist, Terry Cheesman
ISBN: B000FDKZSE

Space Opera: Starsector Atlas 5 the United Ranan Worlds Also Including the Mit G.S.S.R.
By: Edward E. Simbalist, Ken Campbell
ISBN: B0047MTQ2K

24.79.38.15 (talk) 19:06, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quote Authors[edit]

The original concept was to create a game that would not need the usual innumerable supplements to its rules but that would be a complete science fiction role playing game. Thus, we wanted a game that would allow players to role play all of the most popular roles for a character in the entire genre of science fiction literature. This called for a game to handle the future warrior and mercenary, the free-trader, the asteroid miner, the planetary explorer and first contact man, and the member of the diplomatic corps/spy service. We needed science and the possibility of scientist characters with medicine playing a major role.

As if this weren't enough, the decision was made to base the game on the grand tradition of Space Opera, in the vein of E.E Doc Smith and most recently Star Wars from George Lucas. This meant that we would also have to allow for the psionic powers so prevalent in the Lensmand series ad in Star Wars with 'the force.'

Scott B. Bizar, Space Opera: The complete science fiction role playing game., page ii

"Future" Supplements and Speculations[edit]

It is an official Wikipedia policy that articles contain what can be referenced,
and not future possibilities... WP:NOTCRYSTALBALL
50.70.236.24 (talk) 06:40, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]