(We've been playing through our first attempt at Star Trek: The Deck-Building Game. Pretty fun so far.)

"So it looks like you have to discard Nurse Chapel."

"Aw, but Majel Barrett was helping me win!"

"Don't worry; she plays plenty of other characters too."

Just tried playing Battlestations (new-to-me board game, combining starship combat and RPG character-driven style) for the first time. I played Cal Hoskins the medic; Judith was Alice Stevensen the security officer. We were on board a scout ship which was suddenly invaded by five giant bug monsters for no reason other than that we wanted to learn ( Read more... )

Highlight of the inaugural episode of the Star Trek game ( Read more... )

After many delays, the GURPS Star Trek game is about to begin!

The chief officers of the Federation frigate USS Mercury are as follows:

Commander Akoval Endival Ghorev, Andorian commander and security specialist, formerly of the Andorian National Guard. Recently selected for a lateral promotion into Star Fleet in command of the MercuryEnsign ( Read more... )

Me: (explains SFB boarding party combat to Hazel ( Read more... )

Olllllllllllllllllarwexo, Aowef, Oawe, and Arowe would be good names for aliens.

I'm planning to run a "teaching set" of Star Fleet Battles at the party tomorrow. Anyone want to join in? Would you prefer ( Read more... )

Federation dreadnought Excelsior enter stage left.
Hydran Fighter #1 and Hydran Fighter #2 emerge from center stage Fighter Base.
They fight.

"Ooh! So can I use my tractor beams to grab one of your fighters and throw it at the other fighter?"

"What?"

"Like this. Here's my dreadnought [Altoids tin] and here's your fighters [12 mm six-sided dice]. ( Read more... )

I finally got some better pictures of these with the digital camera, so here they are:


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Tonight on GURPS Celebrity Deathmatch: the U.S.S. Enterprise vs. Great Cthulhu!

Sources: GURPS Prime Directive, GURPS Cthulhupunk, and Star Fleet Battles.

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