Space Opera (role-playing game)

This article is about the Role-playing game. For other uses, see Space Opera (disambiguation).

Space Opera
Cover of Space Opera Volume 1 manual
DesignersEdward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner, Phil McGregor
PublishersFantasy Games Unlimited
Publication1980
GenresSpace opera
SystemsCustom

Space Opera is a science-fiction role-playing game created by Edward E. Simbalist, A. Mark Ratner, and Phil McGregor in 1980 for Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU). While the game's system can be used to create any science fiction genre, Space Opera has a default setting focused on creating space opera themed adventures.