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A. Spacemaster is ICE's premier Science Fiction Rolepaying Game, and the perfect way to start your sci-fi adventures. Take a journey into the future with this Rolemaster-based system! Set in the tumultuous Privateers universe, this is a unique setting designed especially for Spacemaster. You and your players can take part in a last, desperate gamble to win a war against an evil driven by insanity.
Everything you need to play—character creation, combat, starships, and even psychic powers—can be found in the 272 pages of the Spacemaster: Privateers rulebook. Once you’re involved, other Spacemaster support books that add even more flavor, detail, action and excitement to your games. The wonders of the future can be your today!
A. The easiest way to understand any Roleplaying Game (RPG) is to think of it as a work of fiction such as a novel or a play or a movie. In a novel the author determines the setting of the novel along with the actions of all of the characters and thus the plot. In a role playing game, the author (called the Gamemaster) determines the setting and some of the basic elements of the plot. The actions of the characters (and thus part of the plot) are determined during the game by the game "players" and the Gamemaster. Each "player" controls the actions of his "player character" or alter ego, while the Gamemaster controls the actions of the other characters (called non-player characters). Thus each player assumes the role of (role plays) his character and the Gamemaster role plays the non-player characters. A Roleplaying Game is a "living" novel where interaction between the actors (characters) creates a constantly evolving plot.
A Science Fiction Role Playing Game (SFRPG) is set in a science fiction universe whose science and society is not defined solely by our world, but instead is defined by a set of game rules. A SFRPG deals with adventure, science, gadgets, space ships, battles, action, danger, heroes, villains, life and death. In short, in a SFRPG game the players leave the real world behind for a while, and enter a world where the fantastic is real and reality is limited only by the imagination of the Gamemaster and the players themselves. The creation of the plot of a SFRPG game is an on-going process which both the Gamemaster and players may affect, but which neither controls. The plot is partially determined along with the setting, but it is heavily influenced by the interaction of the characters with one another and random events.
Because Science Fiction Role Playing is a game, it should be interesting, exciting, and challenging. One of the main objectives of a SFRPG is for each player to take on the persona of his (or her) player character, reacting to situations as the character would. This is the biggest difference between SFRP games and other games such as chess or bridge. A player's character is not just a pawn or a card; in a good SFRPG, a player takes on the role of his character. Each player character should speak and react to the other characters as his character would. All of this creates an air of involvement, excitement, and realism (in a Fictional setting, of course).
Q. What do I need to play Spacemaster?
A. To
get started as a brand new player you will do just fine with the Spacemaster:
Privateers rulebook, 2 different color 10-sided dice, and
your imagination but after a little while you'll want to pick up these titles
so you can really flesh out your sci-fi adventures:
Q. What other sorts of FREE stuff do you have to help me play and enjoy Spacemaster?
A. Here on the ICE website we always have tons of free resources, downloads and other goodies that will enhance your playing experience:
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