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Visit Strange New Worlds with Star Trek Adventures from Modiphius

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Star Trek Adventures Strange New Worlds

Modiphius Entertainment has announced more information about the upcoming Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game supplement releases, as well as news of its development team. 

The second compendium of missions Strange New Worlds is available online from the 24th of October 2019, and hitting friendly local game store shelves in November 2019. This adventure supplement contains nine missions exploring the strangest and most challenging missions on dangerous planets and weird environments. Strange New Worlds follows on from the huge success of the first adventure compendium These Are the Voyages, and provides fans with missions from the Enterprise, Original Series, and Next Generation eras. Some incredible writing talent was recruited, from well-known Star Trek fiction writers such as Christopher L. Bennett (The Captain’s Oath, Greater Than the Sum), to roleplaying game luminaries like Jason Bulmahn (Pathfinder 2nd Edition).

Star Trek Adventures Strange New Worlds

In early 2020, Modiphius will complete their series of supplements covering each quadrant of the Galaxy, with the Gamma Quadrant Sourcebook and Delta Quadrant Sourcebook.

In January, the Gamma Quadrant Sourcebook provides a wealth of detail about the Gamma Quadrant and many of the species found within, with a major focus on the Dominion and its allies. The book also details the brutal Dominion War, and brings the Star Trek Adventures timeline up to 2375. Gamemasters and players will find a wealth of information in the book, including guidance on how to add non-Starfleet player characters and non-Federation species to your adventures and campaigns, along with a selection of starships and NPCs to enhance your games.

In March, the Delta Quadrant Sourcebook delves into the unexplored reaches of the Delta Quadrant and details many of the species and worlds discovered by the U.S.S. Voyager on her historic journey home, especially the implacable Borg Collective! This book brings the Star Trek Adventures timeline up to 2379 and provides players and gamemasters with information on locations, species, starships, and NPCs in the Delta Quadrant, for use in their continuing missions. 

In addition to those major print releases, there are several PDF-only releases coming soon, including the Star Trek: Voyager crew player characters, the Star Trek: Enterprise crew player characters, and a selection of Iconic Villains character sheets to supplement the miniatures in the Star Trek Adventures: Iconic Villains miniatures set, as well as several more standalone adventure releases in PDF. All of these PDFs will be available to buy from Modiphius.net and DriveThruRPG.com.

Modiphius also announced Jim Johnson, long-time Star Trek Adventures line editor and contributing writer, as the Star Trek Adventures game line developer, who will lead the development of the game’s products, bringing with him the experience he has of editing most of the products in the game line along with years of authoring stories for the brand, including Shards and Shadows and Strange New Worlds VII, 9 and 10, as well as being a key contributor to the Star Trek Adventures core rulebook,The Command Division Sourcebook, These are the Voyages, and curating living campaign PDF adventure modules as well as the line of PDF standalone adventures.

Star Trek Adventures Strange New Worlds
Star Trek Adventures Strange New Worlds
Star Trek Adventures Strange New Worlds

Starfleet Reinforcements Arrive for the Star Trek Adventures Roleplaying Game

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The Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game has two brand new supplements, and two new miniatures sets available to pre-order on Modiphius.net and friendly local gaming stores from today. The Command Division Supplemental Rulebook launches the division supplements for the game, which will focus on Starfleet’s six departments, with Operations and Sciences Division supplements to follow. The Beta Quadrant Sourcebook kicks off a line of four supplements about the Star Trek Galaxy, providing new mission ideas and character options for both players and Gamemasters. The Next Generation Away Team miniatures give players the perfect tabletop avatar for their character, and the Borg Collective miniatures set gives the Gamemaster a new, dangerous foe for their tabletop. Klingon Deck Tiles round off the release, mapping out iconic Klingon starship interiors.

“Make it so,” with the Command Division Supplemental Rulebook, with lead writer Jim Johnson (Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows, Strange New Worlds) providing a wealth of new material for characters in the command or conn departments, including information on Starfleet Command and the Admiralty. Players can explore a role in the Admiralty with a new style of play, focusing on large scale decision making that can affect whole fleets, with new rules for fleet battles and maneuvers. Expanded Social Conflict rules gives a new dimension to galactic diplomacy with more options for influencing opponents and social tactics. New player options for character creation include new Talents for the Command and Conn Disciplines, as well as a list of department related Focuses to help creating characters in the command division. Sixteen new Federation starships are available to crew, including fan favorites the NX class, Oberth class, Ambassador class, Nebula class, Steamrunner class, and Sovereign class, with spaceframe statistics for starship creation as well as new starship Talents for the 22nd century. The Gamemaster also has a whole host of resources, from advice on running Command focused campaigns, to a new selection of named NPCs and command and conn archetypes, including Lwaxana Troi, Sarek, and Curzon Dax. The hardcover supplement is priced at £24.99/$34.99 USD.

The Beta Quadrant Sourcebook, led by Jennifer Baughman (Conan, Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, and The World’s Largest Dungeon) will give both Gamemasters and players in-depth information and historical details on the Federation and its planets in the Beta Quadrant, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, as well as fan favorites the Gorn and the Orion Syndicate. It will also offer players new alien species to choose from during character creation, from Benzites and Klingons, to Deltans, the Xindi, and Zakdorn. Gamemasters have a new range of NPC starships from all Beta Quadrant powers, with the mighty Klingon Negh’Var battle cruiser, the Romulan bird-of-prey from the 22nd century, as well as Orion Syndicate, Gorn, and civilian starships. A new selection of adversarial Non-Player Characters that call the Beta Quadrant their home are also made available for players to confront, overcome, or forge alliances. The hardcover supplement is priced at £24.99/$34.99 USD.

A range of 32mm scale Next Generation Away Team miniatures will provide players the perfect set of figures for their characters, with both male and female figures for humanoids, Vulcans, Andorians, Tellarites, and Denobulans in high quality resin, boasting impressive detail. Individual models are available from Modiphius.net, or in a 10-figure set online and in store, priced at £39.99/$49.99 USD.

Resistance is futile with The Borg Collective miniatures set, as the collective makes their way to the tabletop, with designs of 5 male and 5 female assimilated humanoids in beautifully detailed resin. The Borg collective is available in a 10-figure set, also priced at £39.99/$49.99 USD.

The Star Trek Adventures tile sets get a new addition with the Klingon Deck Tile Set, with key Klingon starship interior locations mapped onto geomorphic tiles for use with 32mm miniatures. Klingon bridges, corridors, cargo bays, and other systems all feature, designed in consultation with Rick Sternbach, writer of the Haynes Klingon Bird-of-Prey Owner’s Workshop Manual. £29.99/$39.99 USD.