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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 4642506" data-attributes="member: 14159">For Christmas a friend of mine got me a boxed set of Star Fleet Battles that was on sale down at our local Half Price Books.  We typically get each other some kind of gaming book for Christmas, and we're both Trek fans, so it was eminently logical <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Now, my only prior experience with this game was from almost 20 years ago.  When I was in Junior High and just discovering gaming and really becoming a Trekkie I wanted to find a Star Trek RPG, and the closest thing I found at my FLGS was Star Fleet Battles (as it was several years after the FASA game ceased production, and a number of years before Last Unicorn made their game).  Unfortunately, for a 12 year old that game seemed really, well, boring and dry.So, I now have the Captain's Edition Basic Set in its entirety (I checked to make sure all the parts and pieces are there).  As leftover stuff from my youthful dabbling I have the Captain's Advanced Missions SSD Book, New Worlds I: Lyran - Hydran - Wyn SSD Book, and New Worlds II: Neo-Tholian - Andromedan - ISC SSD Book.However, I'm quite willing to give it another try and forget my fumbled youthful attempt at the game.So, tell me about this game I now have a load of stuff for and an enthusiasm for giving a second chance. . .</blockquote>

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