Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
When we think of an RPG we often think of a fantasy setting with dragons, elves, magic swords and trolls. However there are huge number of titles that opt to be set not in fantasy but in sci-fi settings; with technology, space, dystopias, spaces that feel contemporary, inhospitable planets, or a setting that re recognise some and yet other aspects of fantastical. This panel explores the attraction of the sci-fi (or non-fantasy) setting for RPGs and how it approaches world-building.
The panel line-up features
-Session DM is Mars Horizon & Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics developer Tomas Rawlings
-Disco Elysium Writer, Justin Keenan (He/Him)
-Kenshi writer Natalie Mikkelson
-EVE Online’ s Creative Director at CCP Games, Bergur Finnbogason (He/Him)
-Deep Sky Derelicts' (executive) producer and CEO at Snowhound Games, -Dmytro Zhovtobryukh
When we think of an RPG we often think of a fantasy setting with dragons, elves, magic swords and trolls. However there are huge number of titles that opt to be set not in fantasy but in sci-fi settings; with technology, space, dystopias, spaces that feel contemporary, inhospitable planets, or a setting that re recognise some and yet other aspects of fantastical. This panel explores the attraction of the sci-fi (or non-fantasy) setting for RPGs and how it approaches world-building.
The panel line-up features
-Session DM is Mars Horizon & Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics developer Tomas Rawlings
-Disco Elysium Writer, Justin Keenan (He/Him)
-Kenshi writer Natalie Mikkelson
-EVE Online’ s Creative Director at CCP Games, Bergur Finnbogason (He/Him)
-Deep Sky Derelicts' (executive) producer and CEO at Snowhound Games, -Dmytro Zhovtobryukh
