Hammer's Slammers Updates

That's a tricky one Covert Walrus. For years eople have argued about where does Fantasy become SF/Fantasy and when does that transition into 'Space Opera', SF and 'hard' SF.

I'm more of a fan of hard SF (like Drake's Slammers, not suprisingly) but can gernally hack SF and even some 'Space Opera'. My SF gaming interests can – and do – span all three and beyond (Daleks and Star Trek being notable inclusions) but the Slammer's material is definitely 'hard' SF, I would say.

On that basis, I'd want to be able, on some level, to be able to 'scientifically' justify most of the concepts and assumptions with only too much techno-babble.

On the naming front, I don't disagree: I always used to say 'SF' thinking 'Sci-Fi' to be terribly dated but – in the last ten years – there has been an almost re-embracing of 'Sci-Fi' as a term.

However, I think it's retro and fairly kitch and avoid using it whenever I can for just that reason :)

John T