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I think that was reinforced by what was offered in the SF boxed set. With the big map of Port Loren and the counters, you could start off with 'city' adventures. (IIRC, the Basic Rules provided a (solo?) adventure set in Port Loren. Corporate espionage, or smugglers, or something?). But, pretty much all of the modules focused on getting out on the frontier, adventuring, meeting alien races, and exploring alien environments. And some adventures took it further, by showcasing the bad guys, the Sathar - their secrets and their overt and covert war against the UPF and frontier worlds.My take based on the Alpha Dawn boxed set is that the UPF area is basically the "town" in a traditional D&D sense. You can have adventures there, but typically you go outside the UPF to somewhere like Volurnus for the real action. For me, the ideal Star Frontiers line would consist mostly of adventures detailing new planets to explore.
Too bad. Making you own die cut counters is difficult (done it for my own space combat game, I've attached a couple ), and for some reason the chip board to make them gets harder to find. View attachment 226View attachment 227
Very nice looking books. So glad they didn't feel compelled to "fix" the design and art and color scheme. I wouldn't mind having those. Still have my originals, though, except for the chits.Two more modules became available on DriveThruRPG in both PDF and PoD.
Here's a review of the Alpha Dawn and Knight Hawks hardcover PoDs by Tom Stephens (editor of Frontier Explorer and owner of a Star Frontiers fan site), including a photograph comparison to the original boxed sets.
I only have the rulebooks now, but I seem to recall the game came with a module that I no longer seem to have. Might be buried in the Star Frontiers box. I'll have to check. Anybody recall what it was called? I have a vague, possibly incorrect recollection of it having something to do with a spaceship crashing on a planet...?I only ever owned the Star Frontiers rules (what a cover!) are any of the later modules good? I see Jim Bambra and Graeme Morris wrote one each.
I only have the rulebooks now, but I seem to recall the game came with a module that I no longer seem to have. Might be buried in the Star Frontiers box. I'll have to check. Anybody recall what it was called? I have a vague, possibly incorrect recollection of it having something to do with a spaceship crashing on a planet...?
I would also be curious about what modules are good...maybe I should download them from that free Star Frontiers web site and print them out at work to put in a binder.
The site still exists. Although some of the links have been changed to Wotc's DTRPG pages.Unfortunately I also believe that download website is no more as they received a cease & desist from WOTC before the PDFs went up for sale on DriveThru
Two more modules became available on DriveThruRPG in both PDF and PoD.
Here's a review of the Alpha Dawn and Knight Hawks hardcover PoDs by Tom Stephens (editor of Frontier Explorer and owner of a Star Frontiers fan site), including a photograph comparison to the original boxed sets.
From what I can tell wotc knows they are there. They're having them pulled only after they have something to replace them with. They seem to be working nice with the guy running starfrontiers.com.
From what I can tell wotc knows they are there. They're having them pulled only after they have something to replace them with. They seem to be working nice with the guy running starfrontiers.com.
Well, I have my saddle-stitched originals. I just want everyone to enjoy that luxury. Thanks for sharing a way that they can. For now...
Yeah but I believe starfrontiers.com is run by Bill Logan the same guy selling on lulu.com. He seems to have a long term cooperative relationship with WotC regarding SF. I'm assuming he's been upfront about everything.That's the PDFs on starfrontiers.com. What I linked to are PoD editions of the actual books which were put up on Lulu around 2011 and are still up at the moment, but most are now available on DriveThruRPG. It's just a matter of time before they go *poof*.
Awesome. I would love to have it all in print. Whether I'd ever get to use it is another story.I took my own advice and ordered absolutely everything available on Lulu last week while it's still available, sans "Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space." It's coming in a 7.2 pound box via FedEx tomorrow. I also ordered "Mutiny on the Eleanor Moraes" from DriveThruRPG today. So, by the end of next week I should own the entire Star Frontiers line sans "Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space," the last two Knight Hawks modules, and the counters. I figure it should come in useful for Frontier Space.
I wish there was an orphan games convention where everyone played all the games they can never get their home group to play.
Speaking of Zebulon's Guide, it's up on DTRPG. In other odd news, they've got the Amazing Engine System Guide on there as well...I took my own advice and ordered absolutely everything available on Lulu last week while it's still available, sans "Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space." It's coming in a 7.2 pound box via FedEx tomorrow. I also ordered "Mutiny on the Eleanor Moraes" from DriveThruRPG today. So, by the end of next week I should own the entire Star Frontiers line sans "Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space," the last two Knight Hawks modules, and the counters. I figure it should come in useful for Frontier Space.
At my work place we like to refer to it as packages being Fed-Executed.Good ol' Fed Ex.
Friend of mines wife got a guy fired from the state of michigan three times for being drunk on the job. He was hired back every time, with basically no loss of position or seniority. She gave up even saying anything after that.Reminds me of the time I preordered the last Harry Potter book for my wife and the post office guaranteed delivery on the release day, we were actually home all day with the door open and just the screen door closed. Nobody ever came, bell never rang, no one knocked...
Anyway, I went to the post office the next time they were open and asked about my package. The supervisor said the postman filled out his form saying he attempted delivery but no one answered. Ha! I explained the truth and all the supervisor said was, "Yeah, we get that complaint about him a lot..."
Of course he still works there. Fortunately I have moved and don't have to deal anymore with a lazy postman who skips deliveries when he doesn't feel like working. Seriously, this is what I found out! But he's a federal employee and would have to be caught committing a murder on film before they'd put him on paid leave, let alone fire him.
There goes Noman, derailing the thread again!i just want to briefly say that I'm rather pleased that people are still into SF. I think that's really cool.
i just want to briefly say that I'm rather pleased that people are still into SF. I think that's really cool.
There goes Noman, derailing the thread again!
OnTrak is balls. The worst drivers. Half the time they leave packages somewhere on the side if our driveway in the dirt and bushes.Just doing my part for this community.
Also, Amazon Shipping > USPS > FedEx > UPS > OnTrak.
Ontrak and UPS can't even figure out how to ring doorbells or open doors.
Agreed! My only complaint is they didn't put a dralasite in the first two covers somehow.Gotta say, I'd have to wonder about any kid who saw these covers and didn't want to play this game!
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(Couldn't find a good picture of the ref screen, but someone made a T-shirt.)
Agreed! My only complaint is they didn't put a dralasite in the first two covers somehow.