Rewatching TNG I did not realize they revisited the Crystalline entity one more time. From S1 E13 Datalore to S5 E4 Silicon Avatar, this thing appeared to devour planets of all life (rather quickly, I might add). This thing had me question a lot of things about it. It reminded me of the planet killer…
Tag: Star Trek
Star Trek Ascendancy, Pre-Con Playtest & MACE West 2018
I have said it before. This is a great game! I played with 4 players as a playtest as a local game store and then 5 players are MACE West 2018. Both with expansion races (Cardassians and Ferengi) and the Borg expansion. The Borg expansion is incredible. It changes the game to a certain degree…
The Verdict: Star Trek: Discovery
I am as torn as I was when I started. Which I suppose is a credit to the writers and creators of the show. They changed enough to tweek the hardcore Trekkie side of me, while at the same time, presented some pretty good story and action. It wasn’t entirely Star Trek but it was just…
Star Trek Ascendancy, MACE West 2017
This is a great game! It really has a Star Trek feel. I plan to do a review of this but I really look forward to playing this more and more, especially with expansions. The 3 player game is great but it has its issues. Primarily, it’s a 3 player 4X that can basically boil…
I want better!
The more and more I think about it, the more and more I get frustrated with what people and particularly fandom has accepted as “good” movies. I am not saying that I am the final and end all to be all judgement, but I am asking people to at least look at some movies with…
Hard Truth about stellar distances, for sci-fi RPG GMs
One of my pet peeves with sci-fi books, movies and particularly RPGs, is the treatment of stellar distances. I respect a show or movie that treats it properly or at least show it a little respect. It drives me crazy when a writer or director chooses to totally ignore them. Case in point, Star Wars, especially…
Star Trek: Renegade and Beyond!
Star Trek is something I got into late in life. I could never find a TV channel that consistently showed it and as a kid, I just didn’t quite get it. Back then, my fandom was just developing. I was heavily into monsters like Godzilla, Gamera and the Universal Monsters. I enjoyed watching Hammer films,…