Star Trek: The Needs of the Many
Explore strange new worlds🖖Seek out new life 🌌 Defend the Federation💥Choose your starship✨craft an adventure🪐strive to be the best in Starfleet!🌟
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EXPERIENCE
AGE
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Friday - 6:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 2.5–3 hours
Campaign Length / 8–14 Sessions
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
After the Dominion War, the Federation is rebuilding. There are many worlds to discover, many worlds to protect. Join the crew of a starship and head out on a journey of exploration and adventure! In this mission you'll have to be ready for anything on away missions, roll your hardest during starship battles and support your fellow crew-mates to save the day! Combining the best elements of tabletop and online gaming, this campaign will take place in audio or video meetings. Game sessions are enriched on your game-dedicated Discord server, where player and character discussions, images, playable locations, files, maps, and other clues expand the mythology, mystery and adventure! Star Trek Adventures is all about character, self-determination, dedication to the values of civilization ...and high adventure! This campaign, like the Federation, strives for IDIC: infinite diversity in infinite combinations. All players are encouraged to consider this a safe space to explore, and enrich each others' worlds with their perspectives. I am a Rules Flexible GM, not a Rules As Written GM: in other words I follow the STA Second Edition rules but always put the story and the characters above strict adherence to the rules. I value exploration of the universe and your characters more than the battles. Combat is fun, but indulging your curiosity and growing character relationships always seems to make my players happiest. All levels of gamers and star trek fans are welcome. With your crew you will grow your player and character abilities with cooperative game-play. YOU will drive the story! Are you ready to explore strange new worlds, and boldly go where no-one has gone before? Campaign art provided by Modiphius Entertainment. Used with permission.
Game style
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(12)
1 year on StartPlaying
52 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, World Builder, Storytelling
About me
Stories are my passion. I'm a writer, podcaster and voice actor but most of all I am a storyteller who values unique, immersive journeys. My goal is to create a comfortable, safe environment for players/characters to have fun exploring. Each session will be role-play heavy and rules-light, with a collaborative story giving every player a chance to shine. I will create our adventure from scratch to surprise, engage and leave you eager for the next session. If you're just starting out with RPG's or Star Trek Adventures I'll help you create the character, understand the basics and jump right in! I got my first D&D manual when I was nine, but I took a long break. Later I became a professional actor and Improv performer, then a narrator and producer of podcasts and audio-books. A friend re-introduced me to D&D during COVID, which reignited the passion to play. In turn, playing inspired me to run games for others.
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Creating your character
Your 'crew' will decide on the characters, starship and mission parameters during a paid 'Session 0' using BC Holme's excellent Star Trek Adventures character generator. Mid-career or department heads are preferred for this adventure ('Star Trek Adventures' also encourages the creation of 'secondary' characters of other ranks/ages. This lets you players get involved in different kinds of scenes, ranks or in different departments).
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Players are encouraged to prep a quiet environment and a good microphone (and headphones if preferred). Please create a free Discord account prior to Session 0. The Star Trek Second Edition Quickstart guide is a free resource you can download to read up on the RPG. Search for it, it's a great start! Also: think about what you want out of your game/campaign. What kind of stories, emotions, characters? In 'Session 0' we will discuss the basics of role-playing, improvisation, team dynamics and consent issues. Gaming is supposed to be your happy place, so this is your chance to make sure 'Star Trek: The Needs of the Many' is a good fit for you. If you need to miss a session, your crew will understand. After 3 no-fee skip I ask players to pay for future missed sessions, for the sake of my budget and as a courtesy to other players. Let's all aspire to act like our Starfleet heroes (both in-game and above-table) to ensure an inclusive, positive and fun playing environment AND continuing adventure for us all! See you on board!
What JohnRunsGames brings to the table
Join us in an immersive, team-based role-playing adventure! The most important skills in this game will be improvisation and communication. Pack your imagination, creativity, team spirit and enjoyment of role-playing and beam aboard! Campaign sessions will be held over Discord audio/text channels (free account required). I will provide online dice rolling, images, maps, grids and other resources to help you keep track of the action, build your characters, ship and adventure. Sessions will ALWAYS have a three hour hard limit.
Homebrew rules
People lead busy lives, so I cap my game sessions at three hours. Sometimes, that means abridging the rules for time. When in doubt we follow the Star Trek Adventures Second Edition rules, though we may combine or skip steps where it makes sense for players to have a good time, and finish on time.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How JohnRunsGames creates a safe table
Players can expect rules-light, character-based, immersive adventure. Imaginative role-playing and team-building will be rewarded. Session 0 will cover character creation, the campaign setting and game-play style, practice dice rolling and communication on our campaign server and when/how long breaks should last. Monte Cook's 'Consent in Gaming' is a free PDF that will be consulted ins Session 0.
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