Fan of the old Star Frontier?

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:10 pm

Then you may want to download all this free stuff. He states he has legitimate permission from WOTC to do this.
http://www.starfrontiersman.com/

It even has the counters as a download, character sheets, maps, etc...
_________________
The Ruby Lord, Earl of the Society

Next Con I am attending: http://www.neoncon.com/

My House Rules: http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgames

Post by **Breakdaddy** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:33 pm

Yup, Ive already wasted valuable company resources doing 5 full color spiral bound print runs of this for the gaming group! GREAT STUFF!

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:36 pm

Yeah, this site is totally amazing! I hadn't even done a search for SF in years. Little did I know that the fanbase was alive and well, and then a few weeks ago this new site broke wide open to the gaming public... sweeeeet!

..................................................Omote

FPQ
_________________
> Omote's Advanced C&C stuff <
Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society

cuchulainkevin · Post by **cuchulainkevin** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:59 pm

Yes, excellent linkage! It'll be interesting to convert this to the seige engine.

Morty
_________________
A Room Zoom Zoom. A Room Zoom Zoom. Gilly Gilly Gilly Gilly Ot Zat Za Come open the magic door with me, With your imagination there's so much we can see. There is a doorway that leads to a place. I'll find my way by the smile on your face.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:42 pm

cuchulainkevin wrote:
Yes, excellent linkage! It'll be interesting to convert this to the seige engine.

Morty

I've thought about that in the past and it sounds like a great idea.

Incidentally, the above link is on starfrontiers.com which is a fantastic site for those playing online (or desktop even). Check out the mods and rules links on the left side!! http://www.starfrontiers.com/

Been talking to Jeffery St. Clair about running this game someday at the LGGC!
_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Danger · Post by **Danger** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:44 am

As a proud contributor (albeit in a small way) to the Star Frontiers revival, I am glad to see this brought up on boards such as this one and Dragonsfoot.

While you enjoy this "new" take on an old game, I also strongly encourage any and everyone to contribute if and where they can. Please.

The more that get involved, the better the experience for all of us.

Thank you.

moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:04 am

Well, I've just downloaded the lot... and signed the guestbook. This looks awesome. Thanks for the link!

Moriarty the Red
_________________
"You face Death itself in the form of... 1d4 Tarrasques!"

Partner to Brave Halfling Publishing
http://www.arcanacreations.com

Lurker · Post by **Lurker** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:05 am

Wow

Great stuff!!!!
_________________
"And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows!" - Mark Twain

Forgive all spelling errors.

Knight Errant & Humble C&C Society Contributor
C&C Society

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:15 am

The game is a tad bit outdated (mechanically speaking / personal opinion) but the labor of love that this webiste is, is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Great stuff.

...............................................Omote

FPQ
_________________
> Omote's Advanced C&C stuff <
Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:24 am

Omote wrote:
The game is a tad bit outdated (mechanically speaking / personal opinion) but the labor of love that this webiste is, is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Great stuff.

...............................................Omote

FPQ

For sure. That's why Morty's idea about using the SEIGE engine/C&C is of particular interest. Anyone have any thoughts on this and how hard it would be to convert/run??
_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:28 am

Considering the nature of the SF game, doing it in SEIGE would be fairly easy, albeit time-consuming as h3ll.

..............................................Omote

FPQ
_________________
> Omote's Advanced C&C stuff <
Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:33 am

Omote wrote:
Considering the nature of the SF game, doing it in SEIGE would be fairly easy, albeit time-consuming as h3ll.

..............................................Omote

FPQ

Hmm, I'm now remembering the die rolls and thinking that praps LA's mechanic might be better suited. I'll have to check into this. Jeffery St. Clair is very knowledgeable on this. He actually just invited me to join a SF game on RPOL. Let me mention this to him.
_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

SavageRobby · Post by **SavageRobby** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:53 am

Ah, the good ole days of Star Frontiers.
This is actually a system that works well in Savage Worlds. Pretty easy to convert - mostly just some of the weapons and a bit of the flavor. I saw a Savaging on Star Frontiers a while back (maybe last year) and it was pretty darn good.

Post by **Breakdaddy** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:32 am

SavageRobby wrote:
Ah, the good ole days of Star Frontiers.
This is actually a system that works well in Savage Worlds. Pretty easy to convert - mostly just some of the weapons and a bit of the flavor. I saw a Savaging on Star Frontiers a while back (maybe last year) and it was pretty darn good.

Savage Worlds is great for sci fi anyway. We did some one-offs set in the ALIEN universe and had a stone cold blast with it! I will mostly play ALIENS games with Savage Worlds from now on.... mostly.

mordrene · Post by **mordrene** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:36 am

Overall, this game was my favorite as i was growing up. Someone ran a game at Gencon last year and it was great.

Rhuvein wrote:
Hmm, I'm now remembering the die rolls and thinking that praps LA's mechanic might be better suited. I'll have to check into this. Jeffery St. Clair is very knowledgeable on this. He actually just invited me to join a SF game on RPOL. Let me mention this to him.

Rhu, your right in that the mechanics were percentile base. However, I have ran an updated version/hybred d20 version. just divide by five and our favorite d20 die is happy again. basically a conversion to siege would make a cnc game w/ skills. just ditch BTH and leave stamina as the percentile base that should be all you need to run the game. I think I will try it and see how it goes.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:06 pm

If you have StarSIEGE it'd be easy to convert SF stuff. There's not a whole lot of it, anyway, in the rules. Seems the majority of the downloads are conversions from other games, like GW to SF (and it looked like 3rd edition, anyway, when 4th is far easier to convert with) but that's cool. The only thing I really like about SF are the monkeys and the oozes. The rest is kind of bland.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:02 pm

mordrene wrote:
Overall, this game was my favorite as i was growing up. Someone ran a game at Gencon last year and it was great.

Rhu, your right in that the mechanics were percentile base. However, I have ran an updated version/hybred d20 version. just divide by five and our favorite d20 die is happy again. basically a conversion to siege would make a cnc game w/ skills. just ditch BTH and leave stamina as the percentile base that should be all you need to run the game. I think I will try it and see how it goes.

Very good!
_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:05 pm

serleran wrote:
If you have StarSIEGE it'd be easy to convert SF stuff. There's not a whole lot of it, anyway, in the rules. Seems the majority of the downloads are conversions from other games, like GW to SF (and it looked like 3rd edition, anyway, when 4th is far easier to convert with) but that's cool. The only thing I really like about SF are the monkeys and the oozes. The rest is kind of bland.

Dang, we never got far enough along in our game to see any monsters. But role playing the alien characters interacting with each other and humans was utterly fantastic and hilarious.
_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Fat Dragon Games · Post by **Fat Dragon Games** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:51 pm

Rhuvein wrote:
Dang, we never got far enough along in our game to see any monsters. But role playing the alien characters interacting with each other and humans was utterly fantastic and hilarious.

Yeah, we had a blast doing that as well. I think SF was the one game we really went nuts on the role playing aspect of the game and it was hilarious.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:33 pm

The July issue of the Star Frontiersman has been made available for download.
_________________
The Ruby Lord, Earl of the Society

Next Con I am attending: http://www.neoncon.com/

My House Rules: http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgames

concobar · Post by **concobar** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:17 pm

Rhuvein wrote:
Dang, we never got far enough along in our game to see any monsters. But role playing the alien characters interacting with each other and humans was utterly fantastic and hilarious.

oozes = dralisites?

monkeys = yazarians?

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:27 pm

Yep, those things. Never liked the names (which is why I don't bother remembering them) of them, but I liked the idea of them, for the most part.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:58 pm

I played a vrusk and he was absolutely hilarious to role play. Hmm, I'll have to find my character and post it.
_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

concobar · Post by **concobar** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:41 pm

I read how some of the posters feel the game is dated.. personally I dont see it. system is still as good as any out there today.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:21 am

concobar wrote:
I read how some of the posters feel the game is dated.. personally I dont see it. system is still as good as any out there today.

I think a LOT of people think that the publishing date makes the game. It makes me think its a wonder anyone plays Monopoly or Risk anymore.
_________________
The Ruby Lord, Earl of the Society

Next Con I am attending: http://www.neoncon.com/

My House Rules: http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgames

Bowbe · Post by **Bowbe** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:14 am

Loved this game! Unfortunately my group hated it. Loved the ship to ship battles enhancement and maybe still have parts of it somewhere. (prolly not now that i think of it.

Downer was none of the guys in my group as a kid dug it. They wanted to keep on with the D&D (as their characters were in the 14th level range by then) or play Rambo style strike teams using James Bond rules.

Case

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:44 am

Son of a gun, just found my first and only SF character. Love this guy:

STAR FRONTIERS

CHARACTER RECORD SHEET

GENERAL DATA

PLAYER'S NAME: Rhuvein

CHARACTER NAME: Thrask Wotar Stromboli

HANDEDNESS: Ambidexterous

HEIGHT: 1.5mRACE: Vrusk

SEX: M

AGE: 58

WEIGHT: 86kg

MOVEMENT

MRM:

WALKING:

RUNNING:

HOURLY:CLIMBING:

CRAWLING:

SWIMMING/TURN:

SWIMMING/HOUR:RUNNING LEAP:

STANDING LEAP:

RUNNING VERTICAL LEAP:

STANDING VERTICAL LEAP:

PHYSICAL DATA

STR/STA: 55/55

DEX/RS: 45/45

INT/LOG: 45/45

PER/LDR: 55/55

IM: 5

MEDICAL RECORD

CURRENT STAMINA:

OTHER INJURIES:

GENERAL NOTES

Single but looking.

Enjoys wine, fencing and juggling.

Is very intrigued by the human food called lobster.

Likes pipe smoking.

Extreme skiing expert.

Former accountant.

Collects fine wine, art and slinkys.

Accomplished tap dancer.

Proficient with nunchaku.

WEAPONS

RANGED WEAPONRATEDAMAGEPBSMLEAMMO /SEUMASS

Gyrojet Pistol 10 rounds per clip

MELEE WEAPONDAMAGEMODDEFENSEPOWERSEU USEMASS

Standard Equipment pack:

Chronograph/Communicator

Coveralls

Doze Grenade

First Aid Pak

STIMDOSE

STAYDOSE

ID Card

Pocket Tool

Survival Rations

DEFENSES

POINTS

SUIT:

SCREEN:

ENERGY / AMMO RECORD

AVAILABLE:

USED:

PERSONAL FILE

RACIAL ABILITIES:

TOTAL CREDITS:

EXPERIENCE POINTS:

PAY / DAY:

_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Bowbe · Post by **Bowbe** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:42 am

Breakdaddy,

Expend some more of your companies resources in a copy for me and I'll buy you a quarter gallon of beer at gen con.

Case

slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:25 pm

I soooo miss Star frontiers.

Perhaps a SKYPE game some time?

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:30 am

slimykuotoan wrote:
I soooo miss Star frontiers.

Perhaps a SKYPE game some time?

Now you're talking. I mean, yeah we should all be talking over SKYPE and playings SF!!

A Vrusk can rotate his hand/claw 360 degrees. Watch while Thrask holds his open beer and spins his hand . . . whirrrr - hehe, well just a little spillage, I need to tilt slightly.
_________________
Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Troll Lord Games

Fan of the old Star Frontier?

Fan of the old Star Frontier?

re

Re: re