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Star Trek Observations Part 8

Friday, February 26, 2010

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
Lest I give a false impression, there is far more to Federation spacefaring than the ships of Star Fleet. The more densely populated areas of Federation Space and the more active trade [...]

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Star Trek Observations Part 1b

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
In the episode “A Taste of Armageddon,” an ambassador of the United Federation of Planets refers to “Federation Central.” We already know there is a Space Central, which I have deduced is [...]

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Star Trek Observations Part 1a

Saturday, March 28, 2009

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
In Star Trek Observations Part 1, I erroneously referred to “Space Control” being an organization mentioned in the Star Trek episode “Miri.” What Kirk actually said was “Space Central.” Investigation revealed that [...]

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Star Trek Progress Report 1

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Classic Star Trek: The Unofficial Role-Playing Game, like the Doctor Who project, is slightly further along with regard to the character creation system, which emphasizes a career path method. The skills list is complete, and I have also made significant progress in describing fleet composition and determining ship identification, especially for the Federation. There are [...]

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Musical Cues in Role-Playing Games

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Robin D. Laws has an interesting article in his Web log about using musical cues in certain kinds of role-playing games, which reminded me of a plan I had for using music and sound effects for some Star Trek gaming. It’s amazing how important sounds can be to the atmosphere of a setting. When I [...]

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Star Trek Observations Part 7

Thursday, July 12, 2007

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
The ship prefix most commonly heard in Star Trek is “USS” as in “USS Enterprise.” We know from the original series that USS stands for “United Spaceship,” which is conveniently close to [...]

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Star Trek Observations Part 6a

Sunday, July 1, 2007

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
Here is a proposed list of Star Fleet hull classification symbols for use in the Expanded Classic Star Trek Universe. [See also Part 6.]
Interstellar Combatant Types

BB: Battleship (planned)
C: Cruiser (retired; formerly assigned [...]

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Star Trek Observations Part 6

Saturday, June 30, 2007

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
The following are thoughts about Federation ships in the Expanded Classic Star Trek Universe.
I am inspired to retain the designs pioneered by Franz Joseph in his Star Fleet Technical Manual, but I [...]

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Star Trek Observations Part 5

Saturday, June 30, 2007

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
Thinking further about the previous article, I have decided on the following terms to describe the Star Trek universe, which will be used in my comments and probably in the game as [...]

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Star Trek Observations Part 4

Friday, June 29, 2007

[This article is in support of my project to design an unofficial (and free) Fudge role-playing game adaptation of Star Trek: The Original Series.]
As mentioned previously (and this might be more of a Part 3a rather than a Part 4, to be honest), I am considering all Star Trek spin-offs to be part of an [...]

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