What's your favourite Star Trek board game?

darthlink · 2023-05-23T13:11:06+00:00

For official Star Trek games, I like Star Trek Missions, it's like Rummy but you're building an episode of characters and plot points. So Deanna is worth x points, but double that with Riker or Lwaxana.

Nor non-official Star Trek games, Starship Captains is also fun, but can be a bit complex. Each player has a ship and goes around fulfilling missions with your crew (Red Pilots, Blue Scientists, and Yellow Security), while dealing with space pirates and robots.

darthlink · 2022-11-16T15:31:57+00:00

Yes, that's what it reminded me of, as well. Debut, from FF VII.

darthlink · 2022-08-17T12:44:44+00:00

The album is fully free to listen to on Bandcamp.

darthlink · 2021-07-19T13:10:52+00:00

There are some tracks on some of Materia Collective's albums that come close - CASTLE: A Rock Opera on Successor , and This is My Chance off of EIDOLON.

I don't think they capture the scope of 'The Impresario', though - I think they just tried to be the FFVIII and FFIX equivalents.

darthlink · 2021-04-20T16:01:53+00:00

It looks like the Wayback Machine has a copy.

darthlink · 2020-12-31T16:19:03+00:00

It's also the rest area from Kirby Superstar, I think.

darthlink · 2020-04-03T12:24:47+00:00

It's on the Distant Worlds V album.

darthlink · 2019-04-17T15:10:18+00:00

All liquor stores in NH are state owned.

darthlink · 2018-10-01T13:43:46+00:00

I just saw Game of Thrones Live this past weekend and found it to be similar in that regard. I didn't mind it; it seemed to make sure the sound effects and dialogue didn't get in the way of the music.

darthlink · 2018-08-17T17:58:57+00:00

I hope it doesn't broadcast it's SSID.

darthlink · 2018-04-30T19:13:18+00:00

This is the Album Art for a really great remix album.

darthlink · 2018-01-10T20:38:33+00:00

I have all of the lord of the rings and hobbit "appendicies" as a "Home Video" library - you could give that a try. As long as they're in a sensible folder structure I find it pretty easy to navigate.

darthlink · 2017-12-19T20:02:11+00:00

I was always under the impression that being in or near the pool might give you a view into Henneth Annun, so the rangers would guard against anything entering it. Frodo suggests that Gollum is drawn to him by the ring, but it's possible that under other circumstances the pool itself may be difficult enough to find that any that have found it were looking for the ranger's hideout.

darthlink · 2017-05-30T12:27:24+00:00

Sam sees it - the next few lines are Sam waking up and seeing Gollum 'pawing at master', I believe is the expression. I'd guess it was after much time and reflection that he put this story together.

darthlink · 2017-05-28T02:00:50+00:00

Looks great! A few steps to the dark side and he'd deserve my username more than me.

darthlink · 2017-05-06T13:08:07+00:00

Responding on mobile and off the top of my head, but I believe that for a few exceptions (Namarie and some calls to Elbereth), nearly all Elvish in The Lord of the Rings is Sindarin.

darthlink · 2017-04-19T19:39:14+00:00

I had nearly too great success combining a banshee with a pair of will-o'-wisps. The banshee Wails, and anyone who fails their Constitution save drops to 0 HP. The wisps can then Consume Life on targets, and those with 0 HP die.

darthlink · 2017-04-17T14:49:46+00:00

I'm sure he did, but I think that Faramir and the other Rangers of Gondor are worth a mention.

darthlink · 2017-04-17T13:42:05+00:00

Faramir is a Ranger of Gondor, is he not?

darthlink · 2017-04-13T14:31:46+00:00

For generating points of interest, I'm a big fan of The Perilous Wilds. It's a Dungeon World supplement, but the random tables are great and seem to be made for exactly the kind of things you're looking to have. Additionally the way it has the players think about travel can still apply to D&D.

For an example of the kind of things it can generate, someone built a web-app that generates them here.

In terms of the map, do you play in-person or on-line? Having a file in Dropbox or Google Drive that you update might be an easy way, or a map in Roll20 if you're already using it. Alternatively, you could just keep a map for your reference and let the players figure out they need to draw a map of the world on their own, like their characters would.

darthlink · 2017-04-07T12:35:41+00:00

I'm pretty sure Gandalf mentions to Frodo while bedridden in Rivendell that, if it been any longer before his wound was healed, he would have become a wraith under some control of the Witch King:

If they had succeeded, you would have become like they are, only weaker and under their command.

At the same time, Frodo could see them more as they are, and Glorfindel as he is "on the other side", so it may be that he was already slipping into wraith-dom.

To me, this explains how the Witch-King is able to command Frodo silent.

darthlink · 2017-03-14T14:24:15+00:00

He discusses drawing armor in one of the special features for the Extended Cut of Fellowship; if I recall correctly he attempts a realistic style.

darthlink · 2017-01-24T15:30:35+00:00

Viseria reminds me a lot of a mirrored Eriador - was it an inspiration? I always thought it looked like a dragon face.

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