For whatever it's worth, my gaming group took the rule about writing in UF at more or less face value and just... rolled our own, instead? Though I personally couldn't resist a nod in this direction. The setting is called "Bolthole-Fu in SPAAACE!", usually referred to as "the Fu game", because "FU's not UF".

Multiple campaigns in the setting over the past... uh... 15 years, at this point.

As for TTRPG systems, we've tried a bunch, with more or less success depending on which one. Right now we're taking a stab at the Fabula Ultima system and personally I quite like it, both because it's mechanically tight enough that I can just follow the guidelines and the encounter 'feels' right, and because its basic, underlying theme is one of...

... hope.

I am le tired of gritty dystopian maximum suckitude being the default, dammit. :D I mean I still like the (for example) cyberpunk aesthetic, but I want it with the happy ending, not the inevitable tragedy.

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