What is a game held in high regard that you have yet to play?

I’ve never played a Without Number game, and people that I respect in the hobby always sing their praises. In particular, Stars Without Number, seemingly a definitive Space anything, sci-fi anything game. Am I being snobby about a game with such a corporate, dull-sounding name? I also have many sci-fi games that I love: Those Dark Places, that I enjoy playing; Mothership and that I’m nostalgic about; Star Frontiers or have a love/hate relationship with; Traveller.

So is another, however highly rated sci-fi game, needed?

That’s a stupid question to ask an RPG enthusiast; none of the games we play are needed, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to buy them, back them and stick ‘em on our shelves. Pfft!

Hold on, Stars Without Number is 2d6, I’m sure I’ve played this before… Traveller! Wait, when they say old school, are they just saying we ripped off and renamed this? I suppose I could spend £72.84 on a premium colour print edition to find out.

Then again, I suspect the free primer is fine, or maybe just grab a game of it first; I can wait.

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