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<blockquote data-quote="The Green Adam" data-source="post: 4642539" data-attributes="member: 50821"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">As someone who’s main RPG has been Star Trek since 1983 I'm afraid I have a very different opinion from those who've posted before me. While many different systems can be used to portray adventures in the Star Trek Universe, a few of those that were designed specifically to do so stand out in my mind as superior choices.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">First and foremost is the Last Unicorn Games ICON System version. Simple, flexible and cinematic, the system is excellent for running Star Trek, especially in the areas of character creation, starship design and covering a wide range of PC and NPC options (spies, ambassadors, smugglers, etc.). I may be biased (I playtested and wrote for it) but I still use that system to this day.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">My second choice would be the FASA version. Detailed, well researched (even if it strays from canon over time) and definitely wrapped up in the tense, action-adventure feel of the original series and original feature films (ST: TMP through ST: VI).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Check this thread for a few additional notes and details...</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/249042-experience-deciphers-star-trek-rpg.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/249042-experience-deciphers-star-trek-rpg.html</a></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">There's been a lot of talk about Star Trek gaming lately and with a new movie, comic books and an MMORPG on the way, someone out there could make a pretty penny with a new pen and paper Star Trek RPG (and maybe hire an ol' gamer with some experience to help out maybe, hmm, could be...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)</span><span style="color: white">.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #ffffff">AD</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Green Adam, post: 4642539, member: 50821"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]As someone who’s main RPG has been Star Trek since 1983 I'm afraid I have a very different opinion from those who've posted before me. While many different systems can be used to portray adventures in the Star Trek Universe, a few of those that were designed specifically to do so stand out in my mind as superior choices.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]First and foremost is the Last Unicorn Games ICON System version. Simple, flexible and cinematic, the system is excellent for running Star Trek, especially in the areas of character creation, starship design and covering a wide range of PC and NPC options (spies, ambassadors, smugglers, etc.). I may be biased (I playtested and wrote for it) but I still use that system to this day.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]My second choice would be the FASA version. Detailed, well researched (even if it strays from canon over time) and definitely wrapped up in the tense, action-adventure feel of the original series and original feature films (ST: TMP through ST: VI).[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Check this thread for a few additional notes and details...[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/249042-experience-deciphers-star-trek-rpg.html[/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]There's been a lot of talk about Star Trek gaming lately and with a new movie, comic books and an MMORPG on the way, someone out there could make a pretty penny with a new pen and paper Star Trek RPG (and maybe hire an ol' gamer with some experience to help out maybe, hmm, could be...;))[/COLOR][COLOR=white].[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#ffffff]AD[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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