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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 8590633" data-attributes="member: 6670763"><p>Star Trek just really doesn't seem to lend itself well to RPGs, in my view.</p><p>The heroes of Star Trek are all captains and command crews who are in charge of hundreds of people while also acting on orders they get from above. This leads to a combination of too much responsibility and not enough freedom. There is no real space for just wandering off chasing after something that catches your interest and goof around to see what happens.</p><p>You could play a game in the Star Trek setting playing characters who aren't Starfleet officers. But why would you want to play a Star Trek game that isn't about what Star Trek is 98% all about?</p><p></p><p>Star Wars is a completely different situation. You can just hop into your own private space ship and run off to whatever little planet catches your curiosity and get into swashbuckling shenanigans with the authorities and criminals, blow everything sky high, and then fly off into the sunset with no further consequences.</p><p>You could play Rebel soldiers, but I never really see that mentioned when people talk about Star Wars campaigns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yora, post: 8590633, member: 6670763"] Star Trek just really doesn't seem to lend itself well to RPGs, in my view. The heroes of Star Trek are all captains and command crews who are in charge of hundreds of people while also acting on orders they get from above. This leads to a combination of too much responsibility and not enough freedom. There is no real space for just wandering off chasing after something that catches your interest and goof around to see what happens. You could play a game in the Star Trek setting playing characters who aren't Starfleet officers. But why would you want to play a Star Trek game that isn't about what Star Trek is 98% all about? Star Wars is a completely different situation. You can just hop into your own private space ship and run off to whatever little planet catches your curiosity and get into swashbuckling shenanigans with the authorities and criminals, blow everything sky high, and then fly off into the sunset with no further consequences. You could play Rebel soldiers, but I never really see that mentioned when people talk about Star Wars campaigns. [/QUOTE]
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