Anyways, Babylon Five it isn't ... but Original Series Trek almost uniformly is about far more than entertainment. Each episode provides some form of societal commentary, some of it quite penetrating. Well worth paying attention to.
Did you try SFB? Cool! I played avidly at least and somewhat seriously for a number of years, even entering a couple tourneys - nothing major, just some local but still pretty competitive. Primarily, though, I was in it for the miniatures.
I've played FT as well. It's a completely different game, wonderful for short, sharp and extremely bloody large-scale engagements that would take hours if not days with SFB. They truly and honestly are two different games for two different purposes.
A system I liked that cut a nice compromise of SFB-like detail and FT-like economy was Babylon 5 Wars. Actually, that system still exists on a fan-based level. Ignore the dreck from Mongoose, B5W is still the true Bab5 starship combat, and is a damned good system. It's also got tons of fan-developed cross-over material, too.
Balance is where we first meet the Romulans ... and Mark Lenard, in fact (it wasn't Journey).
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Date: 2008-Jan-16, Wednesday 14:19 (UTC)Today's episode was Elaan of Troyius, with Francie Nguyen in that yummy costume. I can only imagine what that episode would be like today ...
Oh wait. TNG ... Famke Jannsen ... Kamala the metamorph ... right.
Alt.sexy.bald.captains, anyone? 8-D
Anyways, Babylon Five it isn't ... but Original Series Trek almost uniformly is about far more than entertainment. Each episode provides some form of societal commentary, some of it quite penetrating. Well worth paying attention to.
Did you try SFB? Cool! I played avidly at least and somewhat seriously for a number of years, even entering a couple tourneys - nothing major, just some local but still pretty competitive. Primarily, though, I was in it for the miniatures.
I've played FT as well. It's a completely different game, wonderful for short, sharp and extremely bloody large-scale engagements that would take hours if not days with SFB. They truly and honestly are two different games for two different purposes.
A system I liked that cut a nice compromise of SFB-like detail and FT-like economy was Babylon 5 Wars. Actually, that system still exists on a fan-based level. Ignore the dreck from Mongoose, B5W is still the true Bab5 starship combat, and is a damned good system. It's also got tons of fan-developed cross-over material, too.
Balance is where we first meet the Romulans ... and Mark Lenard, in fact (it wasn't Journey).