Thema: Star Trek bei Modiphius

[JS]

Ich mag das auch nicht. Bei Star Wars FFG brachten sie drei Liniengrundbücher, die zum größten Teil inhaltsgleich waren. Darauf reagiere ich verschnupft. Wollen sie die Klingonen als neue Linie aufziehen oder nur als Quellenbuch?

[ComStar]

Ich finde es gerade leider nicht mehr, aber die Macher sagten (unter irgendeinem Facebook-, oder Forenpost), dass das neue Grundregelwerk unter anderem einen alternativen Einstieg in das System bieten soll. Für Leute die es schon spielen ist es quasi ein Quellenbuch für die klingonische Kultur. Die Überarbeitung der Regeln beschränkt sich laut Aussage des Verlags auf eine Überarbeitung/Vereinfachung des Reputationssystems sowie Regelklarstellungen und deutlichere Beispiele.

[Trichter]

Ich finde es in Ordnung, wie es gemacht ist. Wenn ich das richtig verstehe hat man jetzt die Wahl:
Entweder STA Grundregeln + Klingonen-Erweiterung als kompatibler Zusatzband oder nur die Klingonen als eigenes Regelwerk.
Da durch die erneut abgedruckten Regeln im pdf-Format keine erheblichen Zusatzkosten entstehen, überwiegen hier die Vorteile.
Für den Verlag ist es natürlich auch nett, da man nun auch Spieler anspricht, die gerne Klingonen spielen, aber dafür nicht 2 Bücher kaufen wollen. Soll es ja auch geben.

PS: ComStar war schneller.

[schneeland]

Nur als kurze Ergänzung. Die von ComStar erwähnte Klarstellung findet sich u.a. auf DriveThruRPG:

Q: "A complete and updated version of the Star Trek Adventures 2d20 game system." what exactly does it mean? What are the changes?
A: Updated versions of the reputation rules and advancement rules, plus new rules specific to Klingon Houses. We also added more example text and overhauled the rules chapters to make them clearer to follow (hopefully). The ruleset itself is largely unchanged; just clarified.

[ComStar]

Man sollte bedenken, dass der Regelanteil bei STA im Verhältnis auch eher gering ausfällt.
Von 390 Seiten des neuen Buchs entfallen aktuell gerade mal folgende Anteile auf Regeln, bei denen es unweigerlich zu Doppelungen kommen wird:
Chapter 03 - Core Rules 071 - 086
Chapter 06 - Conflict 159 - 174
(vermutlich) z. T. in Chapter 08 Gamemastering 253 - 290

Also etwa 78 Seiten (auf denen aber auch wieder viel Kästchen mit Fluff und InPlay Talk zu finden sein wird). Bleiben also gut 310 Seiten für neues Material.

Nur als kurze Ergänzung. Die von ComStar erwähnte Klarstellung findet sich u.a. auf DriveThruRPG:

Danke! 

[Achamanian]

Okay, ich spiele kein Star Trek, aber ich brenne vor Neugier: In der "Iconic Villains" pdf sollen angeblich Stats für Q drin sein.
Hat die jemand? Gibt es da wirklich Werte für Q?

[Marask]

Okay, ich spiele kein Star Trek, aber ich brenne vor Neugier: In der "Iconic Villains" pdf sollen angeblich Stats für Q drin sein.
Hat die jemand? Gibt es da wirklich Werte für Q?

Selbstverständlich sind da Werte für Q drin.
Sagen wir es mal so, die Grenzen für die Werte wurden ausgeschöpft...

[Karnage]

Hallo,

ich finde die Idee den Klingonen in Star Trek Adventures: Klingon Core Rulebook ein eigenes Buch zu widmen sehr interessant.
Mir schwebt eine Kampagne noch vor den Kontakt zu den Menschen vor: hatten die Klingonen das "Beamen" da schon entdeckt oder das Tarnen schon erfunden?

[smerk]

Informationen zu zwei neuen Star Trek Adventures Produkten aus einer Mail von Modiphius:

The Klingon Empire Gamemaster Toolkit
 
The Star Trek Adventures Klingon Empire Gamemaster Toolkit gives the gamemaster all the rules references they need to run a mission in the final frontier. It also gives players reference sheets for each of the roles in the Klingon Defense Force and on the bridge of a Klingon warship. This toolkit includes:

• A 4-panel gamemaster screen, packed with rules for the 2d20 system and reference tables needed during play.
• Stunning starship art wrapped around the outer sides of the screen.
• Six double-sided reference sheets including the actions of each role aboard a warship, Momentum spend reference tables, and conflict rules references.
• A complete 20-page standalone adventure for gamemasters to use as a one-shot mission or as part of a longer campaign.
• An A2-sized map of Klingon space with Klingonese labels, and on the reverse, a map of the Alpha and Beta quadrants, focused on the Klingon Empire.

The Klingon Empire Roleplaying Dice Set
 
Engage in Star Trek Adventures roleplaying with the official Klingon dice set. This blister contains:

• Two mottled red and black twenty-sided dice with the Klingon insignia on the 1 face.
• Four custom six-sided Challenge Dice, featuring damage results on the 1& 2 faces, and the Klingon insignia on the 5 & 6 faces, representing Effects.

[Trichter]

Ich finde ja die Aufmachung des Klingon Dice Set etwas merkwürdig. Mit großem Bild von Picard? 
https://www.modiphius.net/products/star-trek-adventures-klingon-dice-set?variant=37611180294314

[Mr. Ohnesorge]

Ja, das hat mich auch irritiert

Hat sich denn schon jemand das PDF des Klingon-GRW gegönnt und kann Eindrücke davon mitteilen?

[smerk]

Bei DriveThruRPG sind zumindest zwei Eindrücke festgehalten:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_reviews.php?products_id=318972&term=klingon

[Mr. Ohnesorge]

Das ist doch schon mal ein Anfang

[smerk]

Informationen zu neu angekündigten Star Trek Adventures Produkten für das laufende Jahr aus einer Mail vom 11.12.2020:


The Shackleton Expanse campaign is coming to Star Trek Adventures in Q3 2021. The Tricorder Collectors Set - which features a digest size Original series themed pocket rulebook, dice, crew sheets, 3-part campaign, and a deluxe wearable box in the shape of a tricorder with magnetic lid is also coming in Q3.

We also announced a sponsorship deal for the Stream Punks Blood of the Void Klingon campaign show. The big news for Star Trek Adventures is that Modiphius announced an expanded partnership for developing Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard products!



Eine Mail  bzgl. eines neuen Abenteuers als PDF vom 02.12.2020:


Today we’re delighted to announce the release of The Prize, a brand new mission for the Star Trek Adventures RPG, which is available in PDF only on DriveThruRPG.com. 

Confrontation at Epsilon Alpha III!

When the player characters receive a coded message from the science station at Epsilon Alpha III, they learn of the discovery of a powerful alien energy source. However, the artifact is located in an area sacred to the native inhabitants, who are as yet unaware of the Federation. When the Federation’s adversaries arrive at the planet, also intent on securing the artifact, the player characters must decide how to resolve the impending conflict—by diplomacy, confrontation, or involving the locals and violating the Prime Directive in the process?

This standalone 21-page PDF adventure by Jonathan M. Thompson is for the Star Trek Adventures Roleplaying Game and is set during The Next Generation era. This adventure also contains advice for adaptation for use in campaigns based in other Star Trek eras. Download includes a regular version and a printer-friendly version.

[smerk]

Letzte Woche gab es eine Infomail von Modiphius, in der auf die folgende Star Trek Seite verwiesen wurde:

https://intl.startrek.com/news/what-you-need-to-get-started-on-your-star-trek-adventures

Im Vergleich zu der letzten Info bzgl. Star Trek Discovery und Star Trek Picard Produkten werden dort explizit Quellenbücher für die beiden Serien erwähnt. Da bin ich mal gespannt, was das wohl werden wird... 

[JS]

Wir haben nun unseren ersten Fewshot mit Star Trek Adventures hinter uns, und im Gegensatz zu so manch anderem Hype des letzten Jahres hat STA mich voll überzeugt:
- Ein tolles Hybridsystem, das das Hintergrund- und Spielgefühl von Star Trek exzellent umsetzt.
- Richtig gute Charaktergestaltung mit kompetenten Spezialisten für gutes Teamspiel.
- Tolle Plots ganz im Geiste von TNG und DS9.

Wir haben in den letzten 18 Monaten schön viele Settings und Systeme ausprobiert und waren selten so richtg zufrieden, aber STA ist für mich rollenspielerisch das beste Star Trek bisher und bietet dem Trekki das volle Programm.

[smerk]

Neue Informationen zu den geplanten Produkten von Star Trek Adventures:

https://www.modiphius.net/blogs/news/seven-new-products-to-beam-up-modiphius-entertainment-announces-new-star-trek-adventures-releases


Starfleet Division Dice

Launching today are newly designed and manufactured Starfleet Division dice sets. Each pack contains 2d20 in specific department colors (red, gold, or blue) and four black six-sided Challenge Dice.


Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide

Set for release this fall is the massive, full-color, 312-page campaign guide centered around the Shackleton Expanse, a little-explored region of the Beta Quadrant unique to Modiphius and the Star Trek Adventures game. The Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide is the first campaign setting book for the Star Trek Adventures product line and includes setting material to make the Shackleton Expanse your own, as well as an epic 10-part campaign that begins in the original series era and continues into The Next Generation era (and can be adapted for use in any era of play).


Tricorder Collector’s Edition Boxed Set

Coming this fall is the Star Trek Adventures tricorder boxed set, the ultimate collectible for tabletop fans of the original series. The tricorder is the world’s first wearable roleplaying game for tabletop fans on the move and cosplayers alike. The set contains a 300-page digest-sized core rulebook, campaign booklet, rules summary sheets, dice, tokens, and character cards for both the crew of the NCC-1701 U.S.S. Enterprise and the crew of the U.S.S. Lexington (featured in the Star Trek Adventures living campaign and forthcoming Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide).
Every component has been designed to immerse you in the style of the original series, with the full-color digest edition core rulebook featuring a graphic design based on the screen displays and color scheme of the original series’ Enterprise, with lavish illustrations of the era. Its unique collector’s edition dice match the colors of Captain Kirk’s tunic in green and gold.
Opening with a magnetic flap at the top of the box, it features paneling and texture designs based on the original tricorder prop. The tricorder is made from durable ultra-density board, while the components inside are robust but lightweight.
The core rulebook was edited to reflect playing during the Kirk era, giving players all the tools and rules needed to play in the 2260s. This box set is a must-have for Star Trek Adventures fans running an original series campaign, as well as fans of original Star Trek who want an entry into the contemporary roleplaying game.
The boxed set also contains an exclusive original campaign, The Keyhole of Eternity, designed to be played with either a pre-generated crew contained in the tricorder boxed set or original characters you create.


Player’s and Gamemaster’s Guides

Exploring the wonders of the Shackleton Expanse and the rest of the Star Trek universe requires even more crews of players eager to play the game and new gamemasters to run the game to create exciting new game experiences. To that end, the Star Trek Adventures team developed two brand-new full-color digest-sized guides, set for release this Christmas season — the Player’s Guide and the Gamemaster’s Guide – to be companion volumes to the various core rulebooks (regular core, Klingon core, or tricorder digest.) Each guide is packed full of advice designed to help players and gamemasters create amazing Star Trek game experiences.

Both guides contain:
- A primer on the essential elements of Star Trek
- An overview of key Star Trek setting details and technology
- Definitions of six key Star Trek eras
- Contents adaptable for use with groups of pioneering Starfleet officers, fearless Klingon warriors, or daring crews of any polity

The Player’s Guide also contains:
- Guidance on how to be an engaged, active, and supportive player, and insights on building characters collaboratively
- Additional details on existing character roles and quick-build options for each role
- A wealth of new character options, including new character roles and talents

The Gamemaster’s Guide also contains:
- Detailed guidance on how to plan a campaign, find players, conduct an effective Session 0, and be an engaged and supportive gamemaster
- A detailed discussion on how Star Trek stories are structured, and advice on developing scales of stories
- Deep insights on effectively using the game mechanics, gleaned from four years of feedback and development
- A wealth of optional rules and gamemaster tools, including extended consequences, advanced traits, Stress and injury variants, and advanced combat rules
- A dozen sample encounters and over 20 sample extended tasks

[smerk]

Der Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide kann nun vorbestellt werden.


The Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide for the Star Trek Adventures Roleplaying Game presents a thrilling, all-new area of the Beta Quadrant to explore: the Shackleton Expanse. Countless wonders and mysteries await within, including strange spatial phenomena that confuse sentient life-forms as well as starship sensors, ancient alien technologies powerful enough to move or obliterate entire star systems, dangerous new species to encounter, and so much more!

EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS! A detailed sandbox setting centered on the Shackleton Expanse and Starbase 364, the only jointly-run Federation-Klingon starbase.

SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS! Five new playable alien species, including the Orions and four species unique to the Shackleton Expanse.

BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE! An epic 10-part campaign spanning the original series and The Next Generation eras, featuring the mysterious Tilikaal.

    Guidance on how to create your own stories set in the Shackleton Expanse and beyond, across a century or more of the Star Trek timeline.
    A large selection of NPCs found in and near the Expanse, including the command staff of Starbase 364 and many new life-forms.
    Starship statistics for “hero” vessels as well as NPC spacecraft from a variety of alien species, both new and familiar.
    Historical excerpts, personal logs, and intercepted communications, providing fresh perspectives on events related to the Shackleton Expanse.
    All contents are adaptable for use with groups of pioneering Starfleet officers or fearless Klingon warriors.

[smerk]

Modiphius bleibt im angekündigten Zeitplan. Gleich drei Artikel, Tricorder Collector's Box Set, Gamemaster’s Guide und Player’s Guide, kann man seit letzter Woche im Modiphius Shop vorbestellen.
Mittlerweile ist auch etwas über den Inhalt des Gamemaster’s und Player’s Guides bekannt. Nachfolgend zwei Beiträge aus dem Star Trek Adventures Blog, die mich weiter neugierig auf die Bücher machen.


New Player’s and Gamemaster’s Guides Hit the Skies

By Jim Johnson, STA Project Manager

With the Star Trek Adventures game line celebrating its fourth birthday, the development team and I felt it was a good time to focus on growing the game’s fan base and player and gamemaster pools. We’re passionate about helping fans new to the game, and also fans new to Star Trek, discover all the wonder contained within the franchise. We want to show you how to bring that unique Star Trek experience to the tabletop. With that in mind, I’m excited to introduce two new supplements: the Player’s Guide and the Gamemaster’s Guide, both now available for print preorder!

These two guides are companions to the core rulebook of your choice (Starfleet core rulebook, Klingon core rulebook, or the tricorder collector’s box set). The guides do not stand alone; they were designed to be compatible with all three points of entry to the game (not to mention the Starter Set and the two free quickstart guides). If you expect to be a player in a Star Trek Adventures campaign or game, the Player’s Guide is perfect for you. If you’re going to run a game or campaign, or want to learn more about taking on the role of gamemaster, then you’ll want to check out the Gamemaster’s Guide.

There’s so much I’m excited about in these two guides, but if I had to pick just one thing it’s that they provide so many new options to expand the gameplay possibilities far beyond anything we’ve provided to date.

The new player role options in the Player’s Guide provide you with the tools to play almost any type of character in the Star Trek universe, from independent trader, to local militia, to youths and religious figures and more. If you’ve played Star Trek Adventures or have considered it but wanted to play a non-Starfleet or non-Klingon character like Commander T’Pol, General Shran, Major Kira, Constable Odo, Quark, Nog, Jake Sisko, Neelix, Kes, Cleveland “Book” Booker, or so many others, the opportunity to do so is here.

The many optional rules provided in the Gamemaster’s Guide provide gamemasters with more ways to tweak the gameplay, enabling you to scale the rules you use at your table up or down, depending on your group’s preferred game style and desired level of ‘crunch’. Whether you run a rules-light, fast-paced game or a more detailed, tactical game (or even something in between), there should be enough interesting options in the book to help you create amazing Star Trek adventures with your friends.

There’s so much more to say about these two books; I’ll save them for future blog posts. For now, I hope you check out the offerings in these two books and find a way to implement them into your Star Trek Adventures games. I can’t wait to see what you do with them!

Thanks for reading this article, and thank you for your interest and support of Star Trek Adventures! Keep frequencies open for news about additional STA products in the coming months. Questions, comments? Let me know! Live long and prosper!

https://www.modiphius.net/blogs/news/new-player-s-and-gamemaster-s-guides-hit-the-skies




Star Trek Adventures: Writing for the Gamemaster’s Guide

By Michael Dismuke, STA Contributing Writer

Are you afraid to become a gamemaster? Do you have plenty of stories, plots, and ideas swimming around your head but you don’t know how to translate them into an adventure for your friends to enjoy? Maybe you wonder how to organize your friends into a gaming group. Balancing personalities and creating a good code of conduct around the gaming table may be other challenges that keep you from taking up the mantle of gamemaster.

Or are you’re just too embarrassed to tell your friends you are a Trekkie? You may have a deep passion for the franchise and genre, but you can’t imagine your family or diverse set of friends ever being interested in playing a tabletop RPG with you.

If any of the above obstacles sound familiar, then the Star Trek Adventures Gamemaster’s Guide is the book for you!

I have been a gamemaster for over 30 years. It is lonely being the god of my own universe; watching as my friends get to play the game. How many nights did I sit up wishing someone else would take the reins so that I could enjoy playing a player character!

This guide simplifies Star Trek Adventures for all gamemasters. But it is also meant to spawn a new generation of gamemasters. This is beyond thrilling for me! I was able to contribute chapters on how to be a good gamemaster, how to balance player personalities, and how to run the various types of campaigns we see in the Star Trek television shows and movies.

One of the biggest joys was introducing the vigilante element to Star Trek. Sure, we have seen Kirk go rogue in the movies and an episode or two about Starfleet officers breaking rules to get the job done. But Star Trek: Picard is the first show dedicated to ex-Starfleet officers and galactic rogues going off on their own to save the universe. How does a gamemaster run a game like that? It’s all in the Gamemaster’s Guide! In addition, I contributed to chapters on running deep space, far from home, and spice of life campaigns—or how to mix it up and give your players a little bit of everything.

Do you have trouble coming up with provocative extended tasks or creative encounters? Enjoy the story seeds that I got to work on. These prompts promise to spark the imagination.

I wish I had this book growing up. I may have converted a few of my players into hardcore gamemasters. I hope that this is what this book does for you. I was able to work with some of the game’s best writers to create a guide to make gamemastering easier. But you can also use this to spread the love and help others become gamemasters.

Star Trek Adventures is getting better and better every year. Admittedly, the pandemic revived TTRPG in phenomenal ways. Now the Gamemaster’s Guide and its companion Player’s Guide will take it to the next level. I hope you come along for the ride.

Thanks for reading this article, and thank you for your interest and support of Star Trek Adventures! Keep frequencies open for news about additional STA products in the coming months. Live long and prosper!

https://www.modiphius.net/blogs/news/star-trek-adventures-writing-for-the-gamemaster-s-guide

[Ludovico]

Ich hab mir nun STA und Alpha Quadrant von Uhrwerk geholt. Wow! Sehr liebevoll geschrieben(besonders mit den ganzen Briefings, Communiqués, Nachrichten...).

Ich bin noch nicht weit, aber was mich sehr überraschte, war, dass Fokus nun kein Zahlenwert mehr ist. Bei Dishonored und Mutant Chronicles wird dem Fokus ein Wert zugewiesen, bei dessen Unterschreiten erst zwei Erfolge generiert werden.

Bei STA sind die Charaktere also wirklich sehr kompetent.

[NurgleHH]

Ich hab mir nun STA und Alpha Quadrant von Uhrwerk geholt. Wow! Sehr liebevoll geschrieben(besonders mit den ganzen Briefings, Communiqués, Nachrichten...).

Ich bin noch nicht weit, aber was mich sehr überraschte, war, dass Fokus nun kein Zahlenwert mehr ist. Bei Dishonored und Mutant Chronicles wird dem Fokus ein Wert zugewiesen, bei dessen Unterschreiten erst zwei Erfolge generiert werden.

Bei STA sind die Charaktere also wirklich sehr kompetent.
Was mich sehr üb

Ich liebe es, aber Startrek ist wirklich Nische und man muss es lieben. Bei 2D20 scheinen feine, aber sehr einschneidende Unterschiede zu sein. Habe Conan und Startrek gelesen und musste immer aufpassen es nicht zu vermischen. Aber sehr tolles System.

[caranfang]

Ich liebe es, aber Startrek ist wirklich Nische und man muss es lieben. Bei 2D20 scheinen feine, aber sehr einschneidende Unterschiede zu sein. Habe Conan und Startrek gelesen und musste immer aufpassen es nicht zu vermischen. Aber sehr tolles System.

2D20 beschreibt nur die grundlegensten Regelmechanismen. Die verschiedenen darauf absierenden Systeme können so komplex wie Conan oder so minimalistisch wie John Carter of Mars sein. Mit etwas Vorsicht und Regelimprovisation sollte es aber möglich sein, Crossover-Abenteuer zu spielen. Bei STA wären dies wohl meistens Holodeck-Abenteuer.

[Ludovico]

Star Trek halte ich für alles andere als eine Nische. Das ist ja eine Riesenmarke.

Was ich bisher lese, gefällt mir sehr. Es ist aber eins von den Spielen, die ich lieber spielen als leiten möchte.

[Mr. Ohnesorge]

Ja, das war eine interessante Einschätzung. Ich meine Star Trek.... wer kennt das schon?

[JS]

War in den 60ern eine große Nummer. Glaube ich.