Tag: scifi
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Star Trek Adventures in Action
I normally play in a Star Trek Adventures game, but last session I was the GM! I ran a bottle episode that had the crew go on a first contact mission. They got into ethical dilemmas as planned and we had some great character moments. However, some parts of my prep didn’t go as planned…
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Star Trek Adventures Bottle Episode
I wrote a Star Trek Adventures mission! Starfleet diverts the players’ ship to a nearby system to make first contact. The planet appears to be a pacifist agrarian idyll. However, under the surface, opposing forces stir. As the mission progresses, the crew is drawn into an ethical dilemma.
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Alternity: A TTRPG from TSR’s Twilight
What can we learn from Alternity, the sci-fi system from the waning days of TSR? It’s a crunchy system that seems like a version of the d20 system from a parallel reality.