 December 13, 2011 - 8:13pm | TVtropes.org analyzes the Star Frontiers setting. Tabeltop Game: Star Frontiers View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
 December 13, 2011 - 8:33pm | Interesting, sounds positivie about the game. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 December 13, 2011 - 11:11pm | A great way to sum up the game, i really like this article...everything you need to know about the setting in ten minutes or less. |
 December 14, 2011 - 2:23am | Very nice article and while I liked it one thing I could not agree with was that all planets visited had a breathable atmosphere. Some had atmospheres but suits were needed and others were vacuum. Maybe we can get a correction. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
 December 14, 2011 - 4:49am | I can't think of any planet that was 'featured' in a given module, that had any issue with it being 'too cold outside' ... I know there are planets that fit the bill - but they are either reduced in importance entirely, or given a believable Deus ex Machina as such that it didn't matter for the module's rather straight forward plot. Of things that could have mentioned; The Wide Open Sandbox setting, The Federanium fuel, The initial FTL setup that is hard to break from - and is often a mere Diabolus ex Machina, and the rather obvious Diabolus Ex Nihilo that is the Sathar Threat. Nit-picky: I could mention other things like how the whole system and setting is contrived under a You Didn't Ask thematic... but lets not get too wicked... XD Oh humans!!  We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
December 14, 2011 - 5:25am | Very nice article and while I liked it one thing I could not agree with was that all planets visited had a breathable atmosphere. Some had atmospheres but suits were needed and others were vacuum. Maybe we can get a correction. At the risk of sparking another "Zeb's isn't really part of the game discussion I think the review shows only knowledge of the two boxed sets and I'm not even sure if they had the boxed set. No mention of the double side poster maps, die cut counters, etc. Point being its a good review as far as it goes. I doubt the reviewer would be interested in finer details but then.. maybe. Perhaps he might review the Star Frontiersman, its averaged 3.5 months per issue since it began. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
December 14, 2011 - 8:19am | The reviewer wasn't interested in the game. He was interested only in the setting. The website is about settings, not mediums. Perhaps he might review the Star Frontiersman, its averaged 3.5 months per issue since it began. Yeah, well 12 months ago, that average was an issue every 3 months. (Bonkers!  Where did that average go so fast?)View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
 December 14, 2011 - 7:29pm | Is the idea of the mega corps being "all relatively benevolent" accurate? It may have been the influence of my referee in my playing days, but I got the impression that the mega corps were only slightly more pleasant than sathar mother-in-laws. |
December 14, 2011 - 8:12pm | Is the idea of the mega corps being "all relatively benevolent" accurate? It may have been the influence of my referee in my playing days, but I got the impression that the mega corps were only slightly more pleasant than sathar mother-in-laws. I dont think you'd get a non benevolent mega corps from AD, contrary PGC is set up as a possible employer. KH 's added other mega corps and cometition but not too much thats Shadowrun like. I think most of the corporate stuff you allude to seeps in through Dragon articles and Zebs. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
December 15, 2011 - 10:19am | " [...] through Dragon articles and Zebs." ...and the general search nearly everyone has been on since the first release, for any antagonist or catalyst for dramatic conflict OTHER than the Sathar (and now the Sathar AND megacorps), so the constant revisits of the same trope(s) don't become too cliché. Yeah I am sure that it was something that came up before KH, and was the actual reason of the new corporate competitions... rather than the other way 'round. Seems I remember the early discussions of corporate intrigue and menace dating back to the beginnings, however, the general genre was not intended to be an anti-corp political platform, which would have already been rampant in the media at the time... but more an attempt to reflect the earlier 'innocence' of the atomic-rocket-edisonade and the 'American-way Heroics' escapades of the various Robinson Crusades of Humanity's Conquest of Space. Cyberpunk was still a known movement, growing beside Star Frontiers, and not directly in the structure... but not outside of the creative context either. [breaks into song...] "Davey, Davey Crockett... [King of this brand new place... Davey, Davey Crockett... traveling through outer space..."  ]Oh humans!! We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
