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A Doomsday Like Any Other
''A Doomsday Like Any Other'' is an adventure published by FASA in 1986 for the '' Star Trek: The Role Playing Game'', itself based on the TV series ''Star Trek''. Plot summary ''A Doomsday Like Any Other'' is an adventure in which the USS ''Fife'', on patrol in a frontier region, receives a distress call sent by a merchant ship that has encountered a Doomsday Machine identical to the one destroyed by James T. Kirk of the USS ''Enterprise''. Threatened by both the machine and Romulans, the ''Fife''s crew must find some way to save a planet that is the machine's next target. Although players can use their own characters from other adventures or as part of a campaign, this book also provides six pre-generated characters. Publication history ''A Doomsday Like Any Other'' was written by Christopher E. Williams and J. Andrew Keith, with a cover by David Deitrick, and was published by FASA Corp. in 1986 as a 64-page book with a cardstock card. Reception In the September 1986 ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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FASA
FASA Corporation was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargaming, wargames and board games between 1980 and 2001, after which they closed publishing operations for several years, becoming an IP holding company under the name FASA Inc. In 2012, a wholly owned subsidiary called FASA Games Inc. went into operation, using the name and logo under license from the parent company. FASA Games Inc. works alongside Ral Partha Europe, also a subsidiary of FASA Corporation, to bring out new editions of existing properties such as Earthdawn and Demonworld, and to develop new properties within the FASA cosmology. FASA first appeared as a ''Traveller (role-playing game), Traveller'' licensee, producing supplements for that Game Designers' Workshop role-playing game, especially the work of the Keith Brothers. The company went on to establish itself as a major gaming company with the publication of the ''Star Trek'' RPG, then several successful original games. Noteworthy lines includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Role Playing Game
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Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of Star Trek, phenomenon. Since its creation, the franchise has expanded into List of Star Trek films, various films, List of Star Trek television series, television series, List of Star Trek games, video games, List of Star Trek novels, novels, and Star Trek (comics), comic books, and it has become one of the most recognizable and List of highest-grossing media franchises, highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise began with ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (''The Original Series''), which premiered on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV Television Network, CTV network. In the US it debuted on September 8, 1966, on NBC. The series followed the voyages of the crew of the Starship Enterprise, starship USS ''Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
USS ''Enterprise'' is a series of Fiction, fictional starships in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. ''Enterprise'' is the main setting of Star Trek: The Original Series, the original ''Star Trek'' television series (1966–69), nine Star Trek films, ''Star Trek'' films, and ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' (2022–present). The vessels carry their crew on a mission "to explore strange, new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before." Matt Jefferies designed the ''Enterprise'' for television, and its core components – a flying saucer-shaped primary hull, two offset engine Nacelle, nacelles, and a cylindrical secondary hull – persisted across several television and film redesigns. The vessel influenced the design of subsequent franchise spacecraft, including Starship Enterprise, other vessels named ''Enterprise'', and the model filmed for the original ''Star Trek'' TV series has been on display for decades at the National A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romulans
The Romulans () are an extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial race in the American science fiction franchise ''Star Trek''. Their adopted home world is Romulus, and within the same star system they have settled a sister planet Remus. Their original home world, Vulcan (Star Trek)#Homeworld, Vulcan, was renamed Ni'Var later in canon. They first appeared in the series ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (1966–1969). They have appeared in most subsequent ''Star Trek'' releases, including ''Star Trek: The Animated Series, The Animated Series'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Deep Space Nine'', ''Star Trek: Voyager, Voyager'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise, Enterprise'', ''Star Trek: Discovery, Discovery'', ''Star Trek: Picard, Picard'', ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Strange New Worlds'', and ''Star Trek: Lower Decks, Lower Decks''. They appear in the ''Star Trek'' Star Trek (film series), feature films ''Star Trek V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Deitrick
David R. Deitrick is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Career David Deitrick has had illustrations published in several different science fiction role-playing games. In 2014, Scott Taylor of ''Black Gate (magazine), Black Gate'', named David Deitrick as No. 3 in a list of The Top 10 RPG Artists of the Past 40 Years, saying "I applaud this fantastic artist for his work on ''Traveller'', ''Renegade Legion'', ''Battletech'', ''Star Trek'', ''Dr. Who'', ''Space: 1889'', and ''Star Wars'', which in itself is an incredibly impressive list."https://www.blackgate.com/2014/02/12/art-of-the-genre-the-top-10-rpg-artists-of-the-past-40-years-2/ Works 2300 AD *''2300AD Ground Vehicle Guide'' The Doctor Who Role Playing Game *''The Hartlewick Horror'' Star Trek: The Role Playing Game *''A Doomsday Like Any Other'' *''An Imbalance of Power'' *''Decision at Midnight (Star Trek: The Role Playing Game), Decision at Midnight'' *''Denial of Destiny'' *''The Outcasts (Star T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FASA Corp
FASA Corporation was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargames and board games between 1980 and 2001, after which they closed publishing operations for several years, becoming an IP holding company under the name FASA Inc. In 2012, a wholly owned subsidiary called FASA Games Inc. went into operation, using the name and logo under license from the parent company. FASA Games Inc. works alongside Ral Partha Europe, also a subsidiary of FASA Corporation, to bring out new editions of existing properties such as Earthdawn and Demonworld, and to develop new properties within the FASA cosmology. FASA first appeared as a '' Traveller'' licensee, producing supplements for that Game Designers' Workshop role-playing game, especially the work of the Keith Brothers. The company went on to establish itself as a major gaming company with the publication of the ''Star Trek'' RPG, then several successful original games. Noteworthy lines included ''BattleTech'' and ''Shadowrun''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Dwarf (magazine)
''White Dwarf'' is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop, which has long served as a promotions and advertising platform for Games Workshop and Citadel Miniatures products. During the first ten years of its publication, it covered a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing games (RPGs) and board games, particularly the role-playing games ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D''), '' Call of Cthulhu'', ''RuneQuest'' and '' Traveller''. These games were all published by other games companies and distributed in the United Kingdom by Games Workshop stores. The magazine underwent a major change in style and content in the late 1980s. It is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop. History 1970s Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone initially produced a newsletter called '' Owl and Weasel'', which ran for twenty-five issues from February 1975 before it evolved into ''White Dwarf''. Originally sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Role Playing Game)
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
