Decipher Star Trek.

PaladinCA · June 04, 2010, 11:50:32 AM

Quote from: 1of3;385801The game in question is no game of Star Trek. It's D&D in Starfleet uniforms!

What planet are you posting this from?

ggroy · June 04, 2010, 11:58:07 AM

It would be easier to play Netrek, if all one wanted was a hack and slash version of Star Trek.

J Arcane · June 04, 2010, 12:05:06 PM

Quote from: ggroy;385803It would be easier to play Netrek, if all one wanted was a hack and slash version of Star Trek.

It's a good thing that's not what DecTrek is, now isn't it?

ggroy · June 04, 2010, 12:10:01 PM

Quote from: J Arcane;385805It's a good thing that's not what DecTrek is, now isn't it?

Was referring to 1of3's last quote, "It's D&D in Starfleet uniforms!".

Netrek was amusing for its time during the 1990's.

J Arcane · June 04, 2010, 12:15:40 PM

Quote from: ggroy;385806Was referring to 1of3's last quote, "It's D&D in Starfleet uniforms!".

Netrek was amusing for its time during the 1990's.

Indeed it was. I've actually played the original PLATO version that inspired the others, and I think I played it for a bit on Linux where it still survives in some fashion.

I just wanted to point out that 1of3's post was a load of stupid bollocks, and with a whiff of storygaming bollocks to it, to boot.

PaladinCA · June 04, 2010, 12:22:01 PM

Quote from: J Arcane;385809I just wanted to point out that 1of3's post was a load of stupid bollocks, and with a whiff of storygaming bollocks to it, to boot.

Yeah. It earned my complete "WTF" reaction for the week. Here on the RPGsite, that is quite the achievement.

Gabriel2 · June 04, 2010, 12:38:03 PM

I found the Last Unicorn Games ICON Star Trek RPG to be superior.

J Arcane · June 04, 2010, 12:42:54 PM

I did not appreciate the model of making people pay for separate books for each series, especially as they were rather uneven in quality.

Benoist · June 04, 2010, 12:50:34 PM

Quote from: 1of3;385801The game in question is no game of Star Trek. It's D&D in Starfleet uniforms!

The remark doesn't really compute with me. When I think "Star Trek", I think Original Series, Kirk, Spok, Bones and Co. USS Enterprise, Star Date blablablah.

Fundamentally, Star Trek isn't as far apart from (O)D&D as one would think. Replace the Keep by a Starship, a Wilderness hex map by the outer limits of a Quadrant, Elves for Vulcans and Orcs for Klingons, Henchmen and mercenaries for Crew, and you're getting seriously close, to me. It's still very much about exploration.

Insufficient Metal · June 04, 2010, 01:07:49 PM

Yeah, I've played in no less than three Decipher Trek campaigns. At no point did it remotely resemble "D&D Trek." Not only did we not play it as such, I saw nothing in the rules implying one should. So I don't get that claim either.

Phantom Black · June 04, 2010, 02:34:31 PM

Quote from: PaladinCA;385802What planet are you posting this from?

Germaica Prime.

Werekoala · June 04, 2010, 02:39:47 PM

I just read their TNG book recently and I think I liked the system just fine. I like the sorta-lifepath system for characters mostly, but I'm an old Traveller softie.

As to why a licensed product with its own rules as opposed to a generic system - you can tailor the system to the setting. I use GURPS all the time, but sometimes it really doesn't "scale" right for some settings (always ending up with over-evolved super-characters). For Star Trek, in particular, I liked that the characters would be pretty well equally balanced no matter what branch of service they went through.

Jason D · June 04, 2010, 03:35:37 PM

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Silverlion · June 04, 2010, 04:00:36 PM

So Mr. Arcane, what makes you like the Decipher books over the LUG ones?

Aos · June 04, 2010, 04:10:24 PM

Quote from: jdurall;385836I've been wondering if my FfvB Bulletin Board Management plug-in would work for ignoring a user... and now I have the perfect subject.

It works great, actually.