Ron mcclung posted on july 8, 2015 posted in sf general, college years general no comments. There is a basic rules, but i havent converted them into pdf yet. Dec 03, 2009 the one thing missing for me from both systems, star frontiers and traveller, was a solid method for creating your own player character alien species, which is kinda what appeals to me in a space operatic style game. Tsr star frontiers published material star frontiers network. Aug 25, 2019 go to the sign of harvels axe, a dubious inn on the edge of the thieves quarter, in the city of greyhawk, and look to your own wrist. The setting will adjust some but i would like to keep the core of what star drive frontiers was. Two modules also recreated the plot and setting of the movies 2001. Scrap of star frontiers stuff except the 2001 and 2010 modules licensed.
Assault on starship omicron is a minimodu l e for t he star frontiers tm game. Star frontiers digitally remastered original books reformatted into pdf s, and the star frontiersman fanzine. The game offered a spaceopera actionadventure setting. The star frontiers rpg wiki is dedicated to the classic star frontiers rpg. Theyve even got remasters of the star frontiers adventure modules.
One of the adventure possibilities involves the starship sarafands main computer malfunctioning much like the hal 9000 in 2001. Star frontiers adventure modules star frontiers wiki fandom. This article takes the edits that i did for the first 4 that went into the frontier explorer issue 11 magazine also here as a free pdf, and. Time and effort into reviving and propelling star frontiers into its modern pdf form. Sundown on starmist star frontiers module sf3 by garry spiegle. Star frontiers official character record sheets by tsr staff. Volturnus, planet of mystery star frontiers adventure 1 by mark acres. Devoted to collaborative community development and discussion of star frontiers. That same author also owns and operates a star frontiers fan site and fanzine, starfrontiersman, since around 2005. This is an excellent place for you to add a paragraph and let your visitors know more about you and your services. Star frontiers 2001 2010 adventure modules waynes books rpg reference. Since i cannot find it now on the web, i thought is should be brought to light here.
Star frontiers full inventory from noble knight games. Other friends have never tried the game before, but are eager to jump in and start having fun. Apr 06, 2017 a commercial for star frontiers game from 1983. The rules were simple and on the whole lent to the game being very fluid. Go to the sign of harvels axe, a dubious inn on the edge of the thieves quarter, in the city of greyhawk, and look to your own wrist. A list of products, cover scans, and sources for purchase of these outofprint books for the star frontiers role playing game. I never played star frontiers, but from what i gather frontierspace is the spiritual successor for a few reasons. Recently the ship was found drifting in space, the passengers and crew killed by a strange and virulent disease. Star frontiers is a science fiction roleplaying game produced by tsr between 1982 and 1985. Theres a few fixes in them as well as a bit better organization and presentation. As a longtime fan of science fiction and science fantasy i.
Shop at noble knight games for star frontiers by part of our full inventory collection. It must have been the pluto of this vanished solar system, orbiting on the frontiers of the night. It was shoved in a closet and ignored during the reign of lorraine williams because she wanted to push her buck rogers licensedmaterial and soak up the royalties. The starship omicron, the pride of the pan galactic corporation, disappeared years ago on its first voyage. If you perceive a bracelet and dangling dice, watch for the next throw in the war between law and chaos and be prepared to follow the compelling geas. There were 6 parts in total that i had published here. The star frontiers main site has scans of the original books but star frontiersman has fully remastered rules. Blasting off to distant worlds in search of adventure one of the most exciting aspects of science fiction has always been space travel. Star trek roleplaying game last unicorn memory alpha fandom. Well, if it makes you feel any better, wotc hasnt exactly completed it until they make the minimodule that came with the referee screen available in pod, and the 2001. The star frontiers web archive the new home for old star frontiers web pages that have been lost due to the shut down of free web hosting sites. Contentsshow alpha dawn adventures assault on starship omicron minimodule included with referees screen the volturnus cycle sf0. Star frontiers, wizards of the coast, and the wizards of the coast logo are trademarks belonging to wizards of the coast, inc. Review recently rereleased pdf s of star frontiers s knight hawks supplement dagorym on december 29, 2017 wizards of the coast continues to release more material for their old star frontiers game.
I started this years ago but it kind of fell by the wayside over the years. The ship was decontaminated, refueled, and made ready for operations. I have decided to port the star drive frontiers to savage worlds using the scifi companion and a little influence from the last parsec setting. Star frontiers adventure modules star frontiers wiki. Star frontiers product listing rpgnet rpg game index. Advanced star frontiers 4th edition unrest nature scribd. The release of star frontiers science fiction role playing game introduced. This special adventure uses the star frontiers rules set to play the movie 2001 a space odyssey. Star frontiers in alternity star frontiers in star drive. If the author reads this and would like credit, i will be happy to include that in the next issue. I recently made some new friends who used to play star frontiers, but no longer have the books or have not played the game in a long time. Star frontiers, when it was introduced by tsr in 1980, was a conscious break from the. Used 2001 nissan frontier for sale near you edmunds. The forum and downloads gateway for star frontiers.
All of the information available on this wiki is meant to help consolidate information and give both veterangamers and newcomers all the information they ever wanted to know. This is an attempt to provide a repository for rpgs, using links found in the world wide web. The original box set was blue and a couple years later they released the star frontiers alpha dawn set which was the very same as the original boxed set just renamed after a number of expansions and modules started to arrive on the scene from tsr. Star frontiers list archive tsr company games role playing. Star frontiers list archive free download as text file. Wizards of the coast recently began uploading star frontiers material to, including a pod copy of alpha dawn. I plan to try to give this old game new legs through these gazetteers, the first of which you hold in your hands or are reading on your computer. Art eaton and the frontier development team over at have a nice selection of tokens in many shapes and sizes from throughout the star frontiers universe. Star frontiers is a classic roleplaying game from the the artwork is beautiful and inspiring. I thought star frontiers was pretty darn cool at the time.
A previously undiscovered quirk of the laws of physics allows starships to jump to the void, a hyperspatial realm that greatly shortens the travel times between. Spacedock ship recognition manual 5 the romulan star empire 2006 pdf ds9 the dominion war sourcebook the fires of armageddon 2001 pdf fans are still developing the game universe on the web, providing sourcebooks for voyager, enterprise, cardassians, maquis, pikes era, the movie era, postdominion war, and more. Dec 27, 2017 wizards of the coast recently began uploading star frontiers material to, including a pod copy of alpha dawn. Starspawn of volturnus star frontiers module sf2 by mark acres. If a referee wishes to include these machines in a star frontiers tm game, the following information covers possible situations. Where the stars are much closer together than earths sun and its. All the art for the tabletop game star frontiers makes me think of that line from hitchhikers guide.
Star frontiers is an outofprint tsr rpg that has been lovingly. Star frontiers 20012010 adventure modules waynes books. Within that expanse are five major burgeoning stellar nations dralasite assembly. This board game of starship combat was published as part of the knight hawks supplement for tsrs star frontiers role playing game. That eras television and movie fare battlestar galactica, star wars, star trek, etc. Frontierspace players handbook among the stars in a distant galaxy there exists a region of densely populated habitable worlds. It is a game of heroic fantasy set in a backdrop of science fantasy, complete with faster than light speed vessels, strange alien races, robots, heroes, villains, and. Star frontiers 2001 2010 adventure modules waynes books rpg reference see more. It was a time when men were real men, women were real women, and furry things from alpha. Many many years ago, i put these articles together for running star frontiers, and now i want to brush the dust them off and put them back into play. Itd be a bit apropos considering this is 2001 s 50th anniversary, but itll never happen. Star frontiers was tsrs sciencefiction space opera rpg.
This boxed set is the base set for the star frontiers system by tsr inc. Star frontiers is a science fiction roleplaying game produced by tsr beginning in 1982. Not only that, but you can also order the 6 new command deck expansions. Decompression can still occur even when using an ags, if the ags malfunctions for whatever reason and the pc in question must hold their. This was an attempt by me in the early days to revise knight hawks. A final project is to complete the online, wiki version of the star frontiersman articles on the star frontiers network wiki. Whichever category you fall into, you can legally download. Frontierspace is built upon the foundation of the d00lite system, the same game engine used to power barebones fantasy and covert ops roleplaying games. With in what citizens of the concord call the orion frontier is a small region of space containing what resembles stellar nations known collectively to those that inhabit it as the zebulons expanse. Printed in 1984 in preparation of the release of the movie2010. Did you miss the star realms frontiers kickstarter. Knight hawks interstellar adventures for star frontiers. The setting and mechanics of the game were very pulp space opera more in the theme of star wars or buck rogers than star trek or 2001. Expanded rules this is the main rules for the game.
The frontier code repository this is a version control system that can be used to store source code, images, distribution packages and other resources for star frontiers related software projects. The rules were entirely different percentilebased, and the presentation was good. I have included a few samples here to wet your appetite. Alpha dawn tsr 1983 box star frontiers referees screen and minimodule tsr 1983. The free distribution of this revised edition of the outofprint game system and additional material provided through submissions by fans like me is not intended to detract income from. The free distribution of this revised edition of the outofprint game. Zebulons guide to frontier space would be the last official star frontiers product. But we made the automatic search, as we always do when approaching an unknown sun, and presently we found a single small world circling the star at an immense distance.
For years, this material has been freely available on various star frontiers web sites, supposedly with wotcs consent. Review of star frontiers boxed set rpgnet rpg game index. Icons superpowered roleplaying pdf steve kenson green ronin. Scenario based on stanley kubricks classic movie, featuring the spaceship discovery and the computer hal9000. The m inimodule offers two different adventures and i n troduces an entirely new intelligen t alien race, the zuraqqor, a l ong with a new sathar attack mo n ster, the cybodragon. The knight hawks rules bring this excitement to the star frontiers urs project. Each score 100 cliv an container or for a clip fits direct. Star frontiers, wizards of the coast, and the wizards of the coast logo are trademarks belonging to wizards of the coas. The primary difference is the covers which were magenta instead of.
Overview story of known space cited from the star frontiers. Review recently rereleased pdfs of star frontierss. The year we make contact modules available in pdf and pod. Star frontiers takes place near the center of a spiral galaxy the setting does not specify whether the galaxy is our own milky way. In star frontiers this situation is circumvented by the use of an artificial gill suit ags found in going for a swim which filters breathable air directly from the water and does not use compressed air. Unfortunately, it didnt garner sufficient popularity in the gaming community at the time of release, and was discontinued by the mideighties. Advanced star frontiers 4th edition free ebook download as pdf file.
Star frontiers is a game of space fantasy set in the distant future in a galaxy very unlike our own. During the next few years, a referees screen, miniatures, and a healthy number of game modules were released, including modules for the movies 2001. A complete list of all star frontiers science fiction roleplaying game products. Palalyrn cluster site that expands the star frontiers campaign map. Dramune run star frontiers module sfkh1 by doug niles. I do not think this was ever completed but the groundwork was sound. Herein is presented a list of adventure modules for star frontiers published by tsr. The author bill logan is the same guy that remastered star frontiers in pdf eleven years ago.