https://intl.startrek.com/news/star-trek-adventures-brings-the-action-to-the-lower-decks

Seeing this published as an entire game line by a major RPG publisher hurts my soul.

I've never seen the show or the game. What don't you like about it?

Quote from: rytrasmi on April 12, 2023, 12:37:21 PM
I've never seen the show or the game. What don't you like about it?

Here's the Season One trailer:

Quote from: rytrasmi on April 12, 2023, 12:37:21 PM
I've never seen the show or the game. What don't you like about it?

(1) The Game - Star Trek Adventures is part of the 2d20 product line by Modiphius. They have many games that use the same engine (Conan, Star Trek, John Carter, Dune, more...) and their materials are of excellent production quality, but I'm not a fan of the rules. They all base the system on a currency of tokens traded between the players and GM, so that if the players do well they earn the tokens and if they spend the tokens the GM has a pool to work with. I think the most common complaint is that this token system ties unrelated things together, so that if you succeed at a task a totally different character can spend a token to succeed at a different task 20 minutes later. Very meta-game in design. For me, I read the rules and just don't quite "get it" even though I've played a couple of sessions of Conan and enjoyed the thing. The game just doesn't click for me.

(2) The TV show. Well, it's cartoon Star Trek with an attempt at comedy but I don't find it to be very funny. Also, my personal preference is for the TOS-era of Star Trek (TOS, Strange New Worlds, that timeline) and they chose to put it into the Next Generation era, so I had limited interest in the thing to start with. I watched maybe half of an episode and decided it wasn't my thing, so maybe I gave up too soon.

Quote from: finarvyn on April 12, 2023, 01:27:48 PM
(1) The Game - Star Trek Adventures is part of the 2d20 product line by Modiphius.

Well...this is like being served a dog turd by a Michelin Star chef. Do you pretend that it's haute cuisine, or rightly call it out as garbage? That system is trash and Modiphius made Conan into pure sewage. Hard pass, even if the content was something I was remotely interested in. Which I am not.

Quote from: finarvyn on April 12, 2023, 01:27:48 PM
(1) The Game - Star Trek Adventures is part of the 2d20 product line by Modiphius. They have many games that use the same engine (Conan, Star Trek, John Carter, Dune, more...) and their materials are of excellent production quality, but I'm not a fan of the rules. They all base the system on a currency of tokens traded between the players and GM, so that if the players do well they earn the tokens and if they spend the tokens the GM has a pool to work with. I think the most common complaint is that this token system ties unrelated things together, so that if you succeed at a task a totally different character can spend a token to succeed at a different task 20 minutes later. Very meta-game in design. For me, I read the rules and just don't quite "get it" even though I've played a couple of sessions of Conan and enjoyed the thing. The game just doesn't click for me.

Agreed.  Played two sessions and when the GM lost players and the game died, I wasn't sad.

My core book is going online to be sold so I can get it out of my collection.

Lower Decks started off shaky, which is par for the course for a Trek show, but I felt it picked up steam well and entertained me with good pokes at Next Gen as the series went on.  Modiphius, on the other hand, I reeeeeeeeally dislike the 2d20 system.  It has just never clicked with me, I felt that its resolution system was extremely clunky.  Them caving and censoring Conan material thanks to sensitivity readers didn't go over well with me, either.

So, not for me.  Could be fun for Trek fans who don't hate the ruleset though.

Far Trek and the best part is you can download the PDF for free, just click on the image above downloads. http://fartrekrpg.blogspot.com/

Why does everyone look like Saving Me escapees?

Quote from: Cathode Ray on April 12, 2023, 11:47:42 PM
Why does everyone look like Saving Me escapees?

The CalArts cancer is terminal.

Quote from: Grognard GM on April 12, 2023, 11:53:25 PM

Quote from: Cathode Ray on April 12, 2023, 11:47:42 PM
Why does everyone look like Saving Me escapees?

The CalArts cancer is terminal.

And the writting, the Tumblr writting is cancer.

Quote from: GeekyBugle on April 12, 2023, 09:04:33 PM
Far Trek and the best part is you can download the PDF for free, just click on the image above downloads. http://fartrekrpg.blogspot.com/

How easy are the rules?  I am going to download it and take a look but I am just curious how easy it is to create a character and perform actions.

Quote from: GhostNinja on April 13, 2023, 09:23:28 AM

Quote from: GeekyBugle on April 12, 2023, 09:04:33 PM
Far Trek and the best part is you can download the PDF for free, just click on the image above downloads. http://fartrekrpg.blogspot.com/

How easy are the rules?  I am going to download it and take a look but I am just curious how easy it is to create a character and perform actions.

It's based on microlite20, so roll stats, choose a race, class, equipment, start playing.

Quote from: GeekyBugle on April 13, 2023, 11:56:58 AM
It's based on microlite20, so roll stats, choose a race, class, equipment, start playing.

I downloaded it and I am reading it now.  Looks easy enough.

Not familiar with the microlite20 rules.

Quote from: GhostNinja on April 13, 2023, 12:36:46 PM

Quote from: GeekyBugle on April 13, 2023, 11:56:58 AM
It's based on microlite20, so roll stats, choose a race, class, equipment, start playing.

I downloaded it and I am reading it now.  Looks easy enough.

Not familiar with the microlite20 rules.

It's basically D&D, mostly 5e but there's some that are based of older editions, striped down, less stats and other changes.