Looking at the basics of UW, it would lend well to a Cowboy Bebop setting. Replace Jump Points with Hyperspace Gateways linking the planets, a more space opera feeling for tech, and I think you have the making for an interesting game. Would it need a couple of custom careers, or would the current set of careers and backgrounds work?
http://cdn3.comtrya.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cowboy-bebop-1998.jpg
One day I’ll find the time to watch Cowboy Bebop. I hear it’s very good.
The backgrounds work just fine, I’d bet. I don’t think there’s anything so unique about the Bebop universe that it can be categorized easily in the Origins/Career options.
Give every session/jump point a musical theme. Players earn +1 XP if they take an action suitable to the musical theme.
Wilhelm Norsten that’s a fantastic idea. I’d love to see it in practice.
Yeah, I think you need zero re-tooling to make Cowboy Bebop. Maybe remove some of the tags and add a few more ship weapons.
Sean Gomes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jCJZEFIto
youtube.com – Tank! Cowboy Bebop (Full version)
Wow, the waves of nostalgia in this song….
Thanks Sean Gomes. If I were to develop it practically, I’d probably write some XP triggers for each musical style. Blues might have “Reminisce over a glass of bourbon,” or “Reunite with your ex (bitter or bittersweet).” Jazz might have “Attend a smoky bar,” or “Seduce or be seduced by the femme fatale.” Funk: “Engage in freestyle hand-to-hand combat.” Punk: “Stick it to the Man.” Heavy metal: “Assault a secure position,” or possibly “Have a lock-and-load montage.”
Aaron Griffin You’re gonna carry that weight. 🙂
My weakness is the dogfight/montage track from Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door: https://youtu.be/YA4P1A3jtu0
youtube.com – Cowboy Bebop OST 4 – What planet is this!
See you later space cowboy…
Cowboy Bebop is great, some say the best, most stylish anime. As an introduction try episode #10 which introduces Radical Edward (a hacker girl).
Maybe some thought to re-tooling the game is needed just because the characters are so odd-ball.
Hey, is that a picture of Cowboy Beebop at his computer?
Toby Sennett Cowboy Bebop is not a character name. I’m not sure what it means but it may refer to all that “cowboy” jazz.
That’s Radical Edward in front and she’s staring at some screen.
Bebop is the name of their ship, and “Cowboy” is slang for Bounty Hunter.
Y’all, Toby was making a joke. “Cowboy Bebop at his computer” is a TV Trope.
Cowboy Bebop is my favorite guy
Thanks, I never knew that was the name of the trope. I would’ve called it “The Adventures of Captain Kirk and Doctor Spock.”