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Old 05-21-2008, 07:51 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Shock: Social Science Fiction, v1.1, reviewed by Malcolm Craig (4/5)

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Originally Posted by Veiltender View Post
It is funny, but when I first read "Social Science Fiction" I thought it was science fiction based off of the Social Sciences, rather than the hard sciences. I was almost disappointed to discover that it was merely a social Science Fiction game.

Having some training in the Social Sciences (anthropology, mostly), I was extremely curious how Social Science Fiction would work.
The game does attempt to reflect the subgenre of science fiction called "social science fiction". The issues (see the review) that the players choose determine this to a large degree.

Here's Wikipedia's entry for "social science fiction:"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_science_fiction
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