RPGs, Wargames, and Everything In-Between
These are the voyages of the starship Excalibur.
Her ongoing mission:
To explore strange new worlds;
To seek out new life and new civilizations;
To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Reciting that is like like reciting the Green Lantern Oath.
Amazing what a GOOD episode of Star Trek can inspire me to do.
Don’t touch that dial!
My biggest issue with trying to play a solo RPG in the Enterprise-era is that I’m simply too unfamiliar with that background.
And while I toyed with the idea of doing my own Star Trek Discovery with a female captain but in the TOS era, I’ve decided to go with what I know best.
The Movie-era USS Excalibur NCC-1788
This was the ship my character commanded in the old FASA Star Trek RPG. My plan is to use the ship and the captain (my namesake) with the following changes:
I’m even paining up a new 3D printed miniature of my doppelganger.
Speaking of crew:
This command crew is considerably more alien (read: non-human) that the FASA crew.
If I feel up to it, I may start this campaign this weekend.
Stand By!
Another reason I don’t go back into Star Wars Legion?
Required play area is 6 feet x 3 feet. I don’t have that kind of room anymore, as an apartment dweller.
About 4+ years ago I had an idea for a Star Trek RPG campaign with an espionage twist.
With STA Captain’s Log I think I can run this one as a solo campaign, which a few changes.
It’s still called Outpost Delta Tioga, in reference to my old house located in San Francisco.
It’s still based out of Science Station D-5 on the Romulan Border.
It’s still an unofficial Starfleet listening post, officially listed as a science station.
Originally I was going to run this during the Lower Decks-era With the California-class U.S.S. Colma. I may switch to late the TOS-era with a modified Archer-class scout ship, since I already created a Captain’s Log crew for a ‘spy themed’ campaign.
AND a 3D printed ship as well.
We’ll see if I can flesh this one out a bit more over time.
Don’t touch that dial!
If there’s one thing I’ve learned while getting ready to play the solo campaign in Dragonbane it’s that combat is fast and deadly.
I just had Splats run another encounter with a pair of orcs, and I learned how to ‘push a roll’ in order to avoid him getting killed by one orc who was armed with a spear.
He eventually managed to kill the two orcs, with 4 of his 15 hit points left.
MEDIC!
One reason I’m excited about this Space: 1999 RPG is that it’s produced by Modiphius Entertainment, the same company who produces the Star Trek Adventures RPG.
And they both use the 2D20 game engine.
Which means I’m gonna try to run both solo, with a Star Trek: Excalibur adventure as a pilot for whatever I end up doing for Space: 1999.
I also found a channel on YouTube of opening titles for RPGs, and they made one specifically for the Space: 1999 game.
Don’t touch that dial!
Friday night I came across an RPG website, selling mainstream and independent role playing games.
I found one called Orbital Blues, a space western that I remember from Kickstarter that for some reason I didn’t pledge back in the day.
I discovered that a solo play system was added so I took the plunge and ordered the game, which included digital copies in addition to the physical books.
I skimmed though about 50 pages and found it a pretty straight forward game system, one that could be used in a Firefly or Cowboy Bebop like setting.
Which is when I remembered that I already had a Cowboy Bebop Role Playing Game, which I did get from Kickstarter, delivered about a month before I moved from the house to the apartment.
I rummaged through some of the storage tubs that I had brought from the house last year, and found the main book and other accessories (dice, GM screen, woolong poker chips).
After flipping though the Cowboy Bebop book, I reckon I can eventually play/not play (heh) both, along side every other system that I have sitting around here, awaiting my attention.
Had I not stored it away and out of sight, I probably would have had another solo campaign all set to not play.
To be fair, I’m sure I still have the Serenity Role Playing Game somewhere in my offsite storage.
