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STAR TREK ROLE PLAYING GAME BOXSET!
#2004 BASIC GAME PRODUCED BY FASA. SECOND EDITION.
OUT OF PRINT. HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEM FOR FANS OF STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL SERIES.
Now you can join the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, each player assumes the identity of a character in the Star Trek universe. While controlling the actions of his character, the player leads him through one adventure after another, facing new challenges and unknown dangers. Each game is an ever-changing story as players solve near-impossible puzzles, complete dangerous missions, or simply battle to survive.
The game may be played by 3 or more people, ages 12 to adult. Included are the following:
Star Fleet Officer's Manual
This 40-page book contains information on how to play the game. With it, you can create and train your own Star Fleet Officer as well as direct his actions in ground-based adventures. Included are an introduction and a glossary for players new to role-playing games.
Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook
This 80-page book contains information about the Star Trek universe. It includes illustrated sections on the races and governments in the known universe, as well as photo-illustrated sections on the organization and equipment of Star Fleet. For players new to Star Trek, there is a time line of events and a glossary of Star Trek terms.
Game Operations Manual
This 48-page book contains all the information necessary for designing and running games. It has sections on designing adventures and presenting them to players. There are sections on judging character generation and actions planetside and in space.
In the early 1980s, the game company FASA was granted a license to develop the first role-playing game based on Star Trek. At the time there wasn't much in the way of new Trek; there was a new movie every two or three years, a few novels a year, and not much more. Though FASA's publications were intended as part of a gaming system, many of their publications made for interesting reading, even for people not interested in role-playing.
Their adventure scenarios were sometimes sequels to original series episodes. They also widened the range of possible Trek stories by creating adventures and reference supplements for characters who weren't the usual, routine Starfleet officer: gamers could play civilian merchants, Orion pirates, Starfleet Intelligence operatives, Klingon soldiers, or Romulan starship officers. The universe FASA created, far from canon though it may now be, is worth remembering as an intriguing extension of the Star Trek universe
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