Modiphius release These Are The Voyages Volume 1 for Star Trek Adventures

Ahead of its print release date of October Modiphius Entertainment have released the first anthology of Star Trek Adventures missions in PDF. These Are The Voyages Volume 1 presents eight ready to play missions for the recently released 2d20 System powered game.

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These are the Voyages: Volume 1 presents eight ready-to-play missions for Star Trek Adventures. Within this book Gamemasters will find the means to test their Starfleet officers at the front line of Starfleet operations. Create your own Star Trek stories of discovery and adventure on the Final Frontier. This is a 128 page full colour hardback book in print & PDF

• 8 ready to play missions using the 2d20 game system from Modiphius Entertainment adapted for Star Trek Adventures, and requires the Star Trek Adventures core rulebook to play.
• Uncover the truth about an anomalous wormhole that has trapped an older starship vessel.
• Weigh up the dilemma of the Prime Directive with an intelligent species that originates outside the confines of normal space and time, subjugated by another civilization.
• Rescue a Federation science vessel, drifting dangerously inside the Romulan Neutral Zone, avoiding an escalation into war.
• Investigate strange events on Carina VII, where a colony is rapidly disintegrating around its foundations.
• Explore a strange alien space station, containing a massive forest eco-system of its own.
• Foil plans to spread a long dead plague and uncover the truths of its origin.
• Stop the theft of an experimental torpedo and pursue its thieves to expose their plot.
• Respond to a distress signal from a mining colony in revolt and discover new life in its mines.


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[Fasckira]

Actually, I prefer that new content is kept out of adventures (beyond adversary "monsters") as Modiphius has announced tech/era books that will contain new ships. And I think a race book is coming (don't quote me). Printing that data twice makes it seem like the "next" book is not ALL NEW. And if it is only in the adventure book, that will annoy folks who feel "obligated" to by the adventure for that one or two important Trek things that ends up in there.

Agreed. Firefly released new rules and additional character creation stuff in subsequent episode books, and it means that to a new GM they feel the need to pick up at least two of the books in addition to the main core book in order to "properly" run the game, even if they have no intention of using the given episodes. Given the price of the books, thats not a nice situation to be in.

I like that Modiphius is making a clear distinction to what each book provides, makes it a hell of a lot easier for a GM to spend their pennies wisely.

 

[Staffan]

It doesn't have to be exclusive though.
They could preview that content here, in the other 2017 release. And thus allow some people to use that content in their home games, rather than early in 2018 when the command book releases with other ships. Or the Beta quadrant book releases with those races.
Something so people wanting to make the Orion Syndicate a part of their game. Or run an Enterprise era game with an NX-class vessel.

And in that case, you have information duplicated across different books. Again, perhaps not quite a Kobayashi Maru-level disaster, but mixing content certainly doesn't seem like it's one where they can win.

 

[Jester David]

And in that case, you have information duplicated across different books. Again, perhaps not quite a Kobayashi Maru-level disaster, but mixing content certainly doesn't seem like it's one where they can win.

We already have duplication though. The book has stats for ships and species from the Core Rulebook.
If duplication is going to happen anyway, why not give people a taste of what is to come?

 

[Scribe Ineti]

The intent was to make it an adventures only book. No new mechanics, no new rules, no exclusive stats that force you to buy the book. If you're a player only of the game, probably no need for you to buy the book. If you're a GM who has no need of adventures, probably no need for you to buy the book. Had we inserted some stats or mechanics in there, and made them only available in TATV, we'd have a different subset of gamers complaining that we spread the game out across as many books as possible. Can't please everyone.

So we went with a book that was just focused on adventures. And sneaking in a few nuances within the stat blocks presented. NX-class will be in the Command sourcebook.

 

[lyle.spade]

The intent was to make it an adventures only book. No new mechanics, no new rules, no exclusive stats that force you to buy the book. If you're a player only of the game, probably no need for you to buy the book. If you're a GM who has no need of adventures, probably no need for you to buy the book. Had we inserted some stats or mechanics in there, and made them only available in TATV, we'd have a different subset of gamers complaining that we spread the game out across as many books as possible. Can't please everyone.

So we went with a book that was just focused on adventures. And sneaking in a few nuances within the stat blocks presented. NX-class will be in the Command sourcebook.

...and you did a great job. I ran "Border Dispute" at a local convention a few days ago and it went over very well - the players enjoyed it, were challenged by it, and the material in the book provided me with a perfect balance of guidance and options. Well done.