Post originally by William A. Peterson at 2005-03-11 19:39:32
Converted from Phorums BB System

Well, neither of these is exactly my first choice for Space Opera, but...
I loved the TORG game engine,in a lot of ways, but never picked up Shatterzone!
The big advantage that BattleLords has is support...
There are a LOT of supplements for BL, and very few for Shatterzone in particular.

One of the things that I look for in a Space Opera-type game (and yes, I'm usually disappointed!) is Ships...
and Shatterzone produced very few of those.
I don't know if BL came out with any kind of Ship rules, or not, but it's focus is on what you do on the ground, not on ship-to-ship combat, so that can be forgiven!

Is it really too much to ask to provide a Ship Design system, a large catalogue of stock designs, AND to expect them to work together?