What's a simple but fun system I can run a Cowboy Bebop campaign with...

What's a simple but fun system I can run a Cowboy Bebop campaign with? I tried GURPS but for me it's too much of a simulator for the kind of game I want to run.

Have fun m8

Risus.

is it good tho?

Fate.

Wait, hear me out.

Cowboy Beebop is a wholly character driven show, using a system other than something that's character driven and story focused is completely missing the entire fucking point of the source material.

It's pretty fun. Largely skill based, with Edges, Hindrances, and a Luck mechanic to mix things up. Closest thing I can think of is Savage Worlds, but even that's not a great comparison. Basically, it's a fast, rules light system with enough meat to it that characters will feel pretty different from each other.

Open Legend's free and I really like it for any flavor of sci-fi, maybe look into that. The core mechanic's pretty simple, but the way some of it's presented makes it seem a bit more intimidating (or at least, it does if you ask a few of the other players in my group).

I can vouch for Risus or Fate (or Fate Accelerated) being not-bad ideas.

Yeah, it's basically ideal for Fate. Character traits matter way more than shit like gear, it's basically perfect. I'd consider using the Atomic Robo variant, but core would work fine.

Traveller was made for this sort of game

It'll never happen Barkles