Strange New Worlds should also add some interesting ideas to The Original Series era (if a few years earlier). This is worth noting, since one of these mission briefs actually defaults to the early Federation era.Īnd yes, I’m really hoping to see some Discovery, Lower Decks, and Picard era material in the future, but I guess I need to be patient. There aren’t a lot of ships from this era, and there aren’t as many adventures supporting this time frame. The early Federation era is the least supported of these time periods. There are a number of ships that appear from that point in federation history, and several of the published adventures have been set in this time period. The Original Series era is the second most supported era. The default time for the RPG is the Next Generation era, unless otherwise stated, and most of the material produced for the game has supported this time period. So far, the officially supported eras of play in Star Trek Adventures include Early Federation (shortly after the events of the Enterprise series), The Original Series Era, and The Next Generation Era. All of the mission briefs include a section on slotting the mission into an ongoing campaign, and some of them have a section on adapting the mission for different eras of play.

Specifically, these have a suggested era of play, a spotlight role (the player character most likely to be doing the heavy lifting to resolve the conflict of the mission), an opening log entry, a synopsis, major and minor beats, and a conclusion. In many cases, instead of providing full statistics for NPCs, ships, or creatures, they will suggest stat blocks to reskin. They go beyond presenting just the parameters of what needs to be done to fulfill the mission, and add in story beats, twists, and plot progression, but they do so in a broader manner than adventures might. Mission briefs are more than story hooks, but less than fully fleshed out adventures. All of the supplements I’m looking at today are available for free, so that skews the math when it comes to deciding if they are worth picking up, but I wanted to look at what is contained in them. It’s been a while since I visited the RPG version of the Federation, so I thought I’d take a look at a few products that are available on DriveThruRPG for the Star Trek Adventures Roleplaying Game.

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