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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HobbitFan" data-source="post: 7662244" data-attributes="member: 6776322">I loved the FASA system back in the day.  Played a whole lot of that game back in middle and high school using fan conversions to update the TNG Year One Sourcebook to something more current.  Great character creation and wonderful supplements but some of the mechanics are a little iffy viewed with modern eyes.  I think of probably have about 80% of the FASA stuff.  I have a few of the Last Uncorn books but not many.I have most of the Decipher Trek stuff and even tried to play it some when I came back from college but the horrible support from Decipher and eventual death of the game soured me on it.  1st edition Prime Dierctive:  One of the word RPGs I have ever read.GURPS Prime Directive:  much better than 1st edition, but I wish it was set in the canon trek universe and not the Star Fleet Battles one.  Traveller: Prime Directive:  Looking forward to this one but its been delayed years.  Star Fleet Battles:  played it in college but It's too complicated to get most poeple to play.  Federation Commander is easier...Call to Arms: Star Fleet:  Pretty good but since its in the Star Fleet Battle universe you have to convert stats for almost all canon Trek ships you want to use beyond the Fraz Joseph Tech Manual ships.  Star Trek Assault Wing-interesting take on the Wings of Glory ruleset.  I liked it, but strangely not as much as X-wing.  That;s probably just a function of available players though.  I loved RPing Trek back in the day and I'm still very fond of the franchise and games but I'm not into it near as much as I used to be.  Mostly becuase of the mediocrity of Voyager and Enterprise and the crappiness of Star Trek 09 and Into Darkness.</blockquote>

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