Federation Commander

domingojs23 · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:10 pm Post subject: Prime Directive: Ultra-Lite ?

Dear Friends,

A major difficulty in getting folks to play PD is the systems it is currently offered in: Gurps, D20, D20M. Potential players are not necessarily inclined to those RPG systems. Traveller of course is in development, but even that is a hard sell.

I am a committed Traveller "Evangelist" so once PDT comes out you can be sure I will be knocking on doors Smile

For now I will "Preach" PD using Starfinder. Maybe even FFG Gensys is the former two are not successful

But there is another aspect - some potential players are not inclined to RPG rulesests such as those mentioned, finding them difficult or intimidating.

So, it would be great if a simpler and perhaps more "generic" rules-lite system could be used for introducing PD, since there IS a lot of interest in the SFU universe.

I'm not sure how to go about this. One thing that comes to mind is Microlite 20, a stripped-down D20 which has a fairly good following and a popular ST setting, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." Maybe even a simplified version of PD1 ?

Any thoughts ?

Cheers,

Gary

StarCatX · Ensign Joined: 26 Jun 2017 Posts: 5 Location: Oklahoma

Ive used the "where no man has gone before" and "Far trek D6" rules with the prime directive setting, works pretty well, you just have to adjust the grit levels up or down depending on your group of gamers. Im a big fan of the microlite system and use it whenever I can!

StarCatX · Ensign Joined: 26 Jun 2017 Posts: 5 Location: Oklahoma

Of course, there is also Microlite Modern which is compatible with all of the D20 modern stuff. Makes it really easy to convert the D20M PD rules! lol
The best thing about the SFU is all of the history you can play with, and of course create a bit of your own! It can be fun to tie an adventure into a historical battle in the SFU though! Smile