My regular gaming group is quite happy with D&D (as am I) but I still have an urge to do a Trek game every once in a while. My brother recently moved to Massachusetts (about a half hour from where I live) and expressed an interest in an occasional one on one game beyond the bi-weekly D&D game.
We bounced a few ideas back and forth and the setting that seemed to capture the most interest for both of us is Star Trek. So what I'm thinking is how best to narrate this.
We are both big fans of the original Star Trek. He also liked TNG quite a bit but was't too crazy about most of the other spinoffs. I'm ok with TNG and love DS9.
While I know espionage and trader games can work well for one on one games, I'm not too crazy for that idea. What we're currently toying with is a game where he will play the commanding officer of a small ship, with a crew of no more than a hundred or so, possibly quite a bit lower. The idea would be to take advantage of the one on one aspect by emphasizing the loneliness of command - being the one to make all the big decisions. Our current default idea is a game set in the 2240's aboard a scout type vessel - make the Antares or Kremlin class from The Starfleet Museum, playing a Lt. Commander in charge of the vessel. It would be very much in the spirit of TOS - the captain beams down to every planet, seduces the alien ladies, gets into fist fights with klingons, etc.
However, I'm open to other suggestions and am curious what opinions people might have.
Just to plant some seeds, here are some alternate ideas -
- Keeping on a scout vessel but changing the time period - 2260s are one obvious period. Also thinking about possibly the 2350s focusing on the frontier near the Cardassian border or the 2370s exploring the Gamma Quadrant after the Dominion War. And from my Exploration Games thread the Daedalus in the 2170's is also an option.
- Playing a science officert assigned to Deep Space Nine around Season One - the character will tend to spend a lot of time making jaunts to the Gamma Quadrant in a runabout. If the campaign progresses may wind up getting stranded behind enemy lines come the Dominion War...
- A Klingon commanding a bird of prey, exploring from a Klingon perspective.
- A Bajoran rebel during the Cardassian Occupation.