New adventure available for download

[Ineti]

Decipher posted a new adventure for download, this one by our Dave Biggins.

http://decipher.com/startrek/rpg/adventures.html

[Setvenharis]

I have the ICON version of that adventure.

[Ergi]

So do I. And the story of Perdition's Flames also seemed familiar to me (it might have already been posted in the adventure seeds thread). Are we going to see any new adventures, maybe from somebody who wasn't/isn't a regular Decipher employee?
I don't want to criticize the adventures posted so far, I am just curious why they made a public adventure solicitation if they are only going to use those adventures submitted by their staff.

[Don Mappin]

A couple of points:

• Dave Biggins isn't/wasn't "Decipher Staff"
• Doug Burke isn't/wasn't "Decipher Staff" and, as far as I know, the adventure was entirely original. (Doug will have to speak to that one.)

I suspect Decipher is posting those adventures that are ready and presentable (laid out).

I'd lay serious odds that the next adventure posted (if ever) will be "Pieces of You" by Dave Biggins, a DS9-era adventure. After that, probably the other two con adventures, "Back Streets of Rigel VII" and "Day of Pain" (?), both by Jesse Heinig.

[Ineti]

Originally posted by Ergi
Are we going to see any new adventures, maybe from somebody who wasn't/isn't a regular Decipher employee?
I don't want to criticize the adventures posted so far, I am just curious why they made a public adventure solicitation if they are only going to use those adventures submitted by their staff.

FWIW, both LOTR adventures posted so far have been written by non-Decipher personnel. Granted, I was a playtester, but I entered the contest same as everyone else.

I think the other LOTR adventures we playtested were also all non-Decipher people, but I don't recall offhand.

[Brian K]

Yeah!

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by Don Mappin
Doug Burke isn't/wasn't "Decipher Staff" and, as far as I know, the adventure was entirely original. (Doug will have to speak to that one.)

While some aspects of the adventure are derivative (but then, what entertainment isn't, really?), the adventure itself <i>was</i> entirely original.

[Capt Daniel Hunter]

Perdition's Flames does bare some similarity to an adventure that used to be hosted on TrekRPGnet, that was inspired by a TNG novel about the descendents of a TOS era crew who'd been fighting a war with the descendents of another enemy on a planet somewhere for over a century. As I recall, the adventure posted utilised Earth Starfleet and Romulans, whose ancestors had ended up on the planet in question during the Romulan War, and had been fighting ever since.

I don't remember who wrote it, or what the the adventure was called. But that's probably what Ergi is thinking of. The actual adventure is quite different though.

Also wanted to add, Crusoe Effect is a good adventure, but I can't help but feel a tad cheated that they posted an already available adventure, albeit revamped for a different system.

[Doug Burke]

Originally posted by Capt Daniel Hunter
Perdition's Flames does bare some similarity to an adventure that used to be hosted on TrekRPGnet, that was based on a TNG novel about the descendents of a TOS era crew who'd been fighting a war with the descendents of another enemy on a planet somewhere for over a century.

I don;t remember who wrote it, or what the the adventure or the bookj were called. But that's probably what Ergi is thinking of. The actual adventure is quite different though.

You know, I read that adventure (I believe Dave Biggens wrote it) after I ran Perdition's Flames the first time and realized that I had read the book it was based off as well. ::shrug:: Great minds float in the same gutter, I say...

[Capt Daniel Hunter]

The book wasn't particularly good, but the idea was a good one. And both adventures are good ones.

[Lt Cmdr Matt]

I like both of them, and it gives a template for fan made adventures aswell.

[Ergi]

Originally posted by Capt Daniel Hunter
Perdition's Flames does bare some similarity to an adventure that used to be hosted on TrekRPGnet, that was inspired by a TNG novel about the descendents of a TOS era crew who'd been fighting a war with the descendents of another enemy on a planet somewhere for over a century. As I recall, the adventure posted utilised Earth Starfleet and Romulans, whose ancestors had ended up on the planet in question during the Romulan War, and had been fighting ever since.

I don't remember who wrote it, or what the the adventure was called. But that's probably what Ergi is thinking of. The actual adventure is quite different though.

Yes, you are right. I only remembered a few basic parts of the plot and therefore thought the two adventures were identical. Sorry for that.

Originally posted by Capt Daniel Hunter
Also wanted to add, Crusoe Effect is a good adventure, but I can't help but feel a tad cheated that they posted an already available adventure, albeit revamped for a different system.

That's the same way I felt. Adding those feelings to my current frustration with Decipher's customer information policy made me a little bit angry.

[Capt Daniel Hunter]

Originally posted by Ergi

That's the same way I felt. Adding those feelings to my current frustration with Decipher's customer information policy made me a little bit angry.

I can't quite figure out what the point was in releasing the way they did. OK, so it was modified to be compatible for CODA, but other than that it's really nothing new.

Of course, there may be people who didn't have the ICON version, but still. They could have released it alongside an original adventure.

Still, at least theyr'e trying.

[Don Mappin]

Originally posted by Capt Daniel Hunter
I can't quite figure out what the point was in releasing the way they did. OK, so it was modified to be compatible for CODA, but other than that it's really nothing new.

It's new to them.

[Jem'hadar]

I for one I'm glad that they reprinted the Crusoe Effect for the Coda system. I have the original LUG version but never got a chance to run it. Decipher has saved me the effort of having to convert it to Coda from Icon. I look forward to future free STRPG adventures from Decipher.