{"id":313,"date":"2021-01-24T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/?p=313"},"modified":"2025-07-14T19:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:26:42","slug":"star-trek-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/star-trek-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-839c3b89 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><h2 class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Big+Shoulders+Display;font-weight: 600;font-size: 85px;line-height: 1;text-align: center\">Star Trek Adventures<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-24T15:51:00-08:00\">January 24, 2021<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/category\/science-fiction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Science Fiction<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/category\/science-fiction\/star-trek\/\" rel=\"tag\">Star Trek<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-839c3b89 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/medical-officer-on-andorian_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\" style=\"width:524px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/medical-officer-on-andorian_orig.jpg 840w, https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/medical-officer-on-andorian_orig-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/medical-officer-on-andorian_orig-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/medical-officer-on-andorian_orig-600x381.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: verdana\">When doing a discussion about rules I feel near every review is wrong. They nearly always treat the rulesets as a statement of fact, but this is only so in regards to the individual. If someone enjoys crunchy systems they will not enjoy narrative ones for the most part and vice versa. That is just personal preference but it can drastically drive the enjoyment of an individual&#8217;s game experience. So for this I won\u2019t try to focus on the rules as much as I do I think the rules work for a Star Trek game.<br><br>Star Trek is a difficult game. It requires something of players that is not always common. They have to believe in the setting and want to be there. Not from a mechanical rules perspective but from a setting one. A lot of GM\u2019s ignore etiquette and setting in games. There are a lot of reasons for this. It hurts the games they are running too but it would make Trek impossible.<br><br>So the real question and the first question and seriously I think this should be asked and if the answer is not right don\u2019t progress. The question is simply. Do they want to play Star Trek?<br><br>Now this isn\u2019t a question of do they want to play a game of Trek. This is asking if they want to play Star Trek. Most fantasy games every character is equal. Not so in Trek. Every player is equal but within Starfleet there are ranks. These come with privileges and expectations. This also means there is a real emphasis on teamwork and the ranks are essential. In all likelihood someone will have rank over another character. The game needs good communicators.<br><br>It is also Star Trek. Combat is not always unavoidable but it is never meant to be a first choice option. Even when provoked Starfleet is not meant to respond with violence if there is any other option. So many other games the combat is the focus of the game and many times the only reason to play.\u00a0<br><br>Trek relies on the RP first. Without combat being the focus the players have to really enjoy playing their character. They need to look at it more like a character on the show and enjoy RP\u2019ing that individual.\u00a0<br>So as a GM you can\u2019t just have people that will play a Star Trek RPG, what you need is players who want to play that setting, be a character in it and follow the ideals of the setting. Anything less and the game won\u2019t work and after a few sessions it won\u2019t feel right, it won\u2019t feel like Star Trek. GM\u2019s be picky, you really do need the right players.<br><br>So do the rules help it feel like Star Trek. After playing the game for more than a year I think so. They fit a little more towards the crunchy side with the 2d20 system and my preference for a narrative game like Trek would be to have a more narrative system, but there are narrative elements in the rules. The base skill use is quick and focus on teamwork and helping the other players have a good time is in the rules.\u00a0<br><br>Extended tasks are a bit mechanical in nature and I tend to not use them in order to keep the pace going. We have also simplified ship to ship combat as nearly every game struggles to make ship combat simple and to move at any pace other than a snail. Trek works best when its narrative, the more crunch the less narrative I have found things.\u00a0<br><br>The books are beautiful and read really well. They are interesting, give you the correct feel for what the game is. A couple of companies have tried to do a Star Trek RPG in the past and I have played them all. But only the current one from first opening the book to having played it for a year feels like Trek. The Modiphius game has its faults but it gets it right in the core areas.\u00a0<br><br>We are excited to be bring our Star Trek Adventures to you in 2021<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><h2 class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Prociono\">Crew<\/h2>\n\n\n<hr\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Arima;font-size: 20px\">Aaron, Adam, Cieran, Emily, Ken, Kelly, Louis Rebecca.\u00a0 Dream team extraordinaire.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Prociono;font-size: 40px;line-height: 1;color: #978989\"><strong>Archives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-archives-list wp-block-archives\">\t<li><a href='https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/2025\/02\/'>February 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/2025\/01\/'>January 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/2024\/12\/'>December 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