Feeling smug I wrote today’s post yesterday! Which means if I write tomorrow’s post today, I can enjoy my friends birthday gaming day guilt free.

Let’s see what I wrote today…

I’d love a RPG based on the classic Asimov Foundation series of books.

I’ve not read the books in decades, but I loved them. I have fond memories of reading them in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and having my mind blown when Asimov linked the Foundation series with his equally awesome Robot series of books. They are the same universe and one big story! OMG!!

Naturally I don’t need to wait for a publisher to create a Foundation inspired RPG. Generic systems like Genesys RPG or the Fate system could be used to run a campaign in the Foundation universe.

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Luckily with the books, audiobooks and the soon to be aired Apple TV show there is plenty of source material to refer to, and inspire.

I’m not saying using the generic systems will not require a lot of work to get something players can explore. I think my preference would be the Genesys system. With the Expanded Players Guide and it’s “refined” rules for creating adversaries, vehicles, skill trees and settings the work gets a little easier. The Space Opera setting notes from the core rulebook make a good starting off point. Plus when it eventual comes out the Twilight Imperium: Embers of the Imperium source book might have a lot of useful stuff that could be “borrowed”.

Maybe if the Apple show becomes popular we will see an official RPG for Foundation produced (That seems to be the way of things these days.)