FTL:2448

This article is about the 1982 video game. For other uses, see Faster_than_the_speed_of_light_(disambiguation).

FTL:2448

Designers	Richard Tucholka
Publishers	Tri Tac Games
Publication	1982 (1st edition) 1985 (Expanded edition) 1990 (3rd edition)
Genres	Science fiction
Systems	Custom

FTL:2448 is a science fiction role playing game, created by Richard Tucholka, and published by Tri Tac Games in 1982, about faster-than-light (FTL) travel with alien races. In 1985, there was an expanded edition, and in 1990, a two-volume version of the game was released. Book One covered character creation, alien races, combat, equipment, and some scenarios. Book Two included the extensive Star-System-generation system, several campaign setups, and more background information on the overall campaign. The 2000 PDF Edition includes an additional 100 pages of new material as well as starship blueprints, The Art of FTL, and additional material.

Plot

FTL:2448 is set in the mid-25th century. Humans have developed faster-than-light travel. The game focus is, instead of a gleaming high-tech space setting or space battlefield, more of a industrial space-as-workplace view of the galaxy. Humanity has made contact with a number of alien races and is a primary force in the inter-galactic governing body, ISCO.

Characters face the trials of maintaining and operating a starship. While not a war-based setting, there are hostile races. The game has been compared, in look and feel, to movies and settings such as Outland, Space Rangers, and Firefly, in that each of these present the galaxy as a less-than-perfect place.

Game Mechanics

The game uses the same base system as Tri Tac's other releases, Fringeworthy and Bureau 13. The system requires the use of a full set of polyhedral dice, pencils and paper. Forms, such as character sheets and other record sheets, are provided in the book, with permission to photocopy for personal use.

Formats

FTL is available in a hardcopy version or as a PDF file at website Tritacgames.com.