What version do you (will you) play?

Just a quick question friends, does anybody still play the FASA Trek?( as in the rpg not the tac combat sim). Would you like to see future posts offer support for FASA Trek?
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Well, I never really bothered with the FASA version of Trek, and, while I think the Decipher version of Trek will be good, my group doesn't play Trek enough for me to really consider heavily investing in the new line of products.

If, for some reason, my group decides to devote more time to Trek then I might be more inclined, but at this point it looks like I'll be sticking with my complete collection of LUG-Trek stuff for quite some time...



Greg

i have to say i will probably not buy the Decipher stuff. I have anything I need fr my ST campaigns and I simply cannot afford to buy that many new books now, additionally considering that my comrade players seem to have lost interest in RPGing at all.
Another point is that the LUG games is quite new itself, so why should I buy another new RPG?

Well, my players are interested enough that one of them created a website and message board devoted to our game, even though we haven't played in a year.

We started out with the FASA game, but I got the LUG stuff to have new information.. and I'll probably buy Decipher... I've already PAID for the first two sourcebooks through my supplier.:eek:

I never played FASA, but I heard alot about it. Instead I bought alot of LUG TREK products. I have a good deal of books and intend to use them all for information when I buy the DEC TREK players and narrators books.

Those are the only two books I will buy...promise...hell I'll buy them all if given half the chance:)

FASA's Star Trek game was a decent game although as a long time gamer I could see Traveller's influence all over it (the scale of the deck plans, for example; 1.5 meter squares...also the Action Point system which was very reminiscent of Traveller's Snapshot combat game). This is not a slam; I like Traveller for one, and FASA started life as a Traveller licensee. It was also 1983.

LUGTrek, IMO, was an improvement, as one would hope that a game released over a decade later would be. The system was cleaner, the task system easy to use and I very much enjoyed creating characters for the system.

From what I have read of Decipher's upcoming game, it sounds to me like it will be a good system as well. Better than FASA? very likely. Better than LUGTrek? Maybe; that remains to be proven in the only forum that really CAN prove it; my gaming group :)
We do plan on giving the game a tryout.

Allen

When I first started buying RPGs, I bought FASA's Intelligence book and Klingon book, ignorantly thinking all RPG books were stand alone. I never read those books all the way through so far. They seemed quite dull, I don't know if it was the text, the illustrations, or both. I seem to remember a FASA Trek product listed in the catalog of the public library, but it had been stolen or something.

Close to the same time, I bought Prime Directive. As far as I knew before buying it, it was official. I tink I saw the PD Federation sourcebook once, and I wish I had bought it. My guess is PD2 will be available before CTrek, and I intend to buy both, and want to buy all the products in both lines.

I thought it was quite cool when I saw an add for ITrek in some sci fi magazine or other. I definitely like it better than FASA or PD. I guess the illustrations help. I wound up with all the ITrek books and a collection of Red Alert.

I'm sure CTrek will be quite good. Being like a second edition of ITrek, it could be the best STRPG yet. I think the supplements planned will be even more to my liking than those of ITrek.

As I've said before, I've never actually played any of the STRPGs. But maybe CTrek will be simple enough that I can feel confident enough to try running it. One problem is that one person I might be able to play it with insists that Trek is too much like the military, which he feels doesn't make for a good RPG experience, because everyone has to follow orders.

Still use the FASA system...

But my guys and I have been using it so long...(1986) that the system has been heavily *modified* by us over the years that it has basicaly become a new system.

We use LUG. Never much cared for the FASA system. We used to do occasional Star Trek one-shots in a modified version of the WEG Star Wars. Worked great.

I have always wanted to do an updated version of FASA:Trek, but then LUG:Trek came and I felt there was no need.

Maybe someday, a nice hybrid system, with the point combat from DUNE RPG (love that system).

Maybe...hmmmm...DEC: Trek though I will check out and see if I like, if I don't, great source material :)

My group and I were never satisfied with the old FASA system. I eventually completely rewrote it to suit us. I had no intention of switching to ICON when it cam out, because I was happy with what we were using. I only bought the ICON books for source material. Of course having bought them, I decided to try the system, and then deicded I quite liked it. So we switched.

I'll be buying the new books for source material, and to try the system. Once we've tried it, I'll decide whether to switch over or not. Although I suspect that unless the new system is really bad, that we will switch. Besides, there's something to be said for running a supported system, rather than an unsupported one.

I have a few of the FASA Trek books, but I was never really keen enough on the system to use it. In the early 90s, I used the FASA TNG supplement to develop some material for a GURPS Trek game set in the TNG era. As I recall, I ran a few sessions with my home-brewed stuff, but the campaign never caught on with my gaming group at the time. (I think we were also playing Shadowrun and RIFTS at the time, and those games were "bloodier"--go figure. :D)

It wasn't until I found the LUG books and showed the cool ICON system to my new group of gamers that I really got to run a steady game of Trek. Curiously enough, the first series we played was one set on and around DS9, and the crew of four were all privateers. Unfortunately, the DS9 core book and the Raiders, Renegades and Rogues book didn't come out until a year or so later when we were running a "standard" Starfleet type game. :(

I'm planning on getting the Decipher LotR RPG, so I'm not too sure I'll get CodaTrek. Perhaps if the LotR game mechanics impress me enough, then I'll snag the Trek stuff. Too early to say, really.

Steve

I loved the FASA background, and hated the game system. Far too much in the way of wargaming showed in it. And I never really ran it much.

Where LUG's concerned, my first (and so far only) Trek campaigns were run with it. With this one, I loved the writing and presentation, and thought the game system was ok, but broken in a couple of places.

I intend to pick up the Decipher books, see if I like the game and take it from there. Knowing me, I'll probably buy them all anyway (except adventures which I rarely buy).

I do have a major advantage - I'm between campaigns, so no switching required!

My brothers and I have gotten back into FASA Trek. I went nuts and bought up a slew of old modules and adventures. It's alot of fun. I dug up an old "Advanced Martial Arts" supplement for security officers I made in junior high (!). The Action Point rules are a little confusing. But we're figuring it out.

We also do the starship combat simulator. I'm still struggling on the guidelines for shipbuilding.

It looks like I'm going to be able to snag some old high school/college friends to join in a few games.

I bought a couple LUG books. But I don't have the rules. I plan on buying Decipher's version when it's released.

Well, I own FASA and LUGTrek materials and I've found them to be wonderfull products overall, and when Dec trk is released(when???), I'll more than likely, pick it up.

I got into FASA trek earlier this year and played it a few months until my gaming group broke up. :(
We had a great game going in the time period between TOS movies and TNG.

Anyhow, I had to modify it a lot because a lot of FASA trek was based on stats of this and roll against that and moving one space on your ship's deck plans is 1/2 hour game time, etc. You spent much of your time rolling against something and not much time was left for telling the actual story. They did have something going though with their ship to ship combat ops. Each character having their own ship panel made for some situations similar to what you would see in tv combat scenes. "Scotty, I need more power", "Cap'n she's givn ya all she's got", etc

Oh well, right now my FASA books are gathering dust because it's hard to find anyone out there who is familiar with it anymore. I'm tempted to rewrite a new system based on FASA, but I wanna see what Decipher is all about since I never got too much into LUG Trek.

Just my thoughts....

Lesse:

FASATrek - Back in my early days of gaming, my best friend had a group playing FASAtrek. We played Klingons, since the Klingon book had come out and all of us were really into playing the bumpy headed warriors (Too much time watching STIII). Later on, spurred on the by the death of LUGTrek and the lack of a Klingons book, I returned to FASATrek for info... really, the system or the information within are not to my style anymore. While they will fill gaps that the later games may not immediately fill, I won't be playing FASATrek any time soon.

LUGTrek - Still haven't played it yet, but I am a big fan of the system and the supplementary material. This is the game system I may still end up playing, even though DecTrek is released.

DecTrek - I am looking very forward to this game. I think it will rock despite all the (yet) unfounded fearmongering. Since I haven't seen it I cannot say whether I will use it when I play Trek. But I can say I will buy it and may eventually use it, once enough supplemental material is released...

The background was excellent... the detailed timeline was great. I used it to create the NPC captain of the USS Richtoffen. He was an Andorian veteran of the Four Years War... due to Andorian's extended lifespan he was just reaching middle age during the movie-era.

The ship was a Larson-class destroyer. The ship recognition manual had a chart which listed refit dates for that specific vessel, and mentioned that it had been painted red as a prank during one of the refits.

My modification to the systems was simple... add skill and attribute together, divide by 1.5, 2.0 or 2.5 depending on difficulty, and roll d00.

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Originally posted by calguard66
The ship was a Larson-class destroyer. The ship recognition manual had a chart which listed refit dates for that specific vessel, and mentioned that it had been painted red as a prank during one of the refits.

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LOL! I remember that! Man I loved that book! :)

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Originally posted by calguard66
My modification to the systems was simple... add skill and attribute together, divide by 1.5, 2.0 or 2.5 depending on difficulty, and roll d00.

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Did you make a list of which skills were add to what stats?

Can you show more?

I also think that LUG and FASA have elements of both that would be made into one Hybrid system that would be pretty darn good :)

Hey Wraith...guess what I broke out a few days ago?

Yup..FASA trek....great minds and all that!!! Forgot how bloody long it took to gen a character up (2 bleeding hours!!)

Catch ya later matey!

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"Because that's the bleeding saucer section, and we're on it!!"

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