And now i am reflecting on what else could i do with these awesome rules. Star frontiers, wizards of the coast, and the wizards of the coast logo are trademarks belonging to. The star frontiers rules and modules and released them all in pdf for free. Sep 15, 2009 3 star frontiers awesome despite some early missteps in the original game.
Dec 27, 2017 star frontiers has detailed combat with lists of modifiers and circumstantial rules traveller does too but is range band and simultaneous rather than initiative and map based. Star frontiers metal miniatures is a line of miniatures published by tsr for star frontiers. Other friends have never tried the game before, but are eager to jump in and start having fun. Star frontiers tsr s lost scifi rpg is now free to download. Download completely unofficial star wars encyclopedia. Review of star frontiers boxed set rpgnet rpg game index. The star frontiers main site has scans of the original books but star frontiersman has fully remastered rules. Board games free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Designed as a continuing series, it was the only volume ever printed. Star frontiers subtitled alpha dawn in the 1982 reprint is set near the centre of a spiral galaxy where star ships jump to the void, a hyperspatial realm that greatly shortens the travel times between inhabited worlds the basic game setting is an area known as the frontier sector where four sentient races dralasite, humans, vrusk, and yazirian had met and formed the united. The primary difference is the covers which were magenta instead of blue.
I will look for the gamma world crossover rule set, and see if it has the rules. Star frontiers official character record sheets by tsr staff. Star frontiers, when it was introduced by tsr in 1982, was a conscious break. Science fiction role playing game is the first edition. 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. This board game of starship combat was published as part of the knight hawks supplement for tsr s star frontiers role playing game. That eras television and movie fare battlestar galactica, star wars, star trek, etc. Evil hats filing for the trademark lists a roleplaying game and a series of fiction works including.
Apr 06, 2017 a commercial for star frontiers game from 1983. 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. I have been hooked on traveller, but having a hard time converting people from tsr products over, so star frontier enabled me to get them into the scifi thinking. There were 6 parts in total that i had published here. Star frontiers metal miniatures included five box sets of miniatures. Star frontiers not only can you get all the rules and modules but you can get all the dragon magazine articles to boot. I briefly played star frontiers back when i was in jr. Star frontiers modules pdf star frontiers is a science fiction roleplaying game produced by tsr beginning in 1982. Zebulons guide to frontier space star frontiers wiki. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Tsr star frontiers published material star frontiers network. Ive never read or played any of them except sf0 crash on volturnus one that came in the original box, and that was something like. Alpha dawn tsr 1983 box star frontiers referees screen and minimodule tsr 1983 star frontiers. Contentsshow alpha dawn adventures assault on starship omicron minimodule included with referees screen the volturnus cycle sf0.
Zebulons guide to frontier space is a rules supplement for the star frontiers game universe with additional rules, equipment and setting information. While each nonhuman pc species has a special ability, they. Theres a few fixes in them as well as a bit better organization and presentation. I am not familiar with zebulon rule set, since i only found star frontier roughly about two weeks ago. Where the stars are much closer together than earths sun and its neighbors, a human race developed. Star wars had been around for a few years at that point, kicking off the madness, the empire strikes back had come to theaters, star trek had been revived in film, and even dr. A description of tropes appearing in buck rogers xxvc.
Assault on starship omicron starship deck plan ver. Star frontiers digitally remastered original books reformatted into pdf s, and the star frontiersman fanzine. When you search for files video, music, software, documents etc, you will always find highquality star frontiers pdf files recently uploaded on downloadjoy or other most popular shared hosts. Star frontiers 1 1983 box trouble on janus massconfusion. Amazon calculates a products star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average.
The game offered a spaceopera actionadventure setting. See more ideas about pen and paper games, sci fi art and sci fi. The original box set was blue and a couple years later they released the star frontiers. While digging through a lot of star frontiers goodies from all over, ive noted that one thing it seems a lot of people miss about the baseline design of star frontiers is how the various species are built. On the cover is a crashed aircar, with two humans and a yazirian on the cliffs below, with their weapons ready. The remastered star frontiers rules are gone along with 14 of the 25. The player character group pcs should consist of 3 to 6 individuals that have spaceship skills as described in the star frontiers knight hawks campaign rules. Alpha dawn for player characters, knight hawks for shiptoship action including boarding parties and trade, and zebulons guide for campaign.
Referees screen and minimodule assault on starship omicron 1983 sfac3. The rules were entirely different percentilebased, and. Star frontiers is a science fiction roleplaying game produced by tsr between 1982 and 1985. Star frontiers tsrs lost scifi rpg is now free to download. Ive probably gotten more requests for a retrospective on tsrs 1982 sf rpg, star frontiers, than any other game. This is an excellent place for you to add a paragraph and let your visitors know more about you and your services. Star frontiers takes place near the center of a spiral galaxy the setting does not specify whether the galaxy is our own milky. Herein is presented a list of adventure modules for star frontiers published by tsr. Evil hat productions files for star frontiers trademark by. The palalyrn cluster this page describes a star cluster for your use in the star frontiers game that was published by tsr many moons ago. The game offered a space opera actionadventure setting.
Star frontiers is tsrs early foray into the realm of science fiction rpgs. Psionics in star frontiers morrus unofficial tabletop. In the early 1980s, the world seemed suddenly crazed for everything science fiction, especially space opera. Theyve even got remasters of the star frontiers adventure modules. It has a command crew of 4 and can hold a boarding party of up to 12 troopers.
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. Frontier explorer magazine free fancreated electronic magazine with articles and other content related to star frontiers. If the players lack the necessary skills to operate a spaceship, the referee will need to supply npc non player character crewmen to assist the players on their adventure. Star frontiers product listing rpgnet rpg game index. The crew of the cms osprey, in the microg dock of clarion station. Adding pc species to star frontiers dysons dodecahedron. Traveller starships move on vectors and star frontiers ships turn a bit more like boats but neither has fuel limits and both can result in silly, unplayable velocities. Nov 28, 2019 explore buswellwibles board star frontiers. 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. The rules were simple and on the whole lent to the game being very fluid. The tsr version of star frontiers was the companys spacefaring sciencefiction roleplaying game, set in a relatively unknown region of space where humans and a group of other alien species had formed a united planetary federation. Star frontiers adventure modules star frontiers wiki. The primary difference is the covers which were magenta instead of.
This boxed set is the base set for the star frontiers system by tsr inc. It is a game of heroic fantasy 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. Game is being played here on the star frontiers network game forums. A seasoned rpg vet, or even someone who has played a few. Star frontiers is a science fiction roleplaying game produced by tsr beginning in 1982. 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 coast, inc. Palalyrn cluster site that expands the star frontiers campaign map. Star frontiers 1982 tsr edition rpgnet rpg game index. Star frontiers list archive free download as text file. I was on drivethrurpg and saw you can get copies of all the old tsr star frontiers material, including the modules. The trove is the biggest open directory of rpg pdfs on the internet.
This conversion is an attempt to bring the original star frontiers game, published in 1980 by tsr, to the savage worlds system. Just dont feel like you need to make a contribution. Tsr in the 1980s produced a number of blister packs and box sets of 25mm miniatures for thier star frontiers roleplaying game and its supplement, knight hawks. Star frontiers you started with a character and took it on series of adventures to build and build and become the superhero of frontier. Mutiny on the eleanor moraes star frontiers module sfkh2 by ken rolston. Free eighties role playing games available in pdf jeffros space.
A pale beginning a campaign starting on pale in the truanes star system just as the first sathar war kicks off. 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. Links the stuff of legends webpage on star frontiers miniatures. Tsr s fourth scifi rpg, after metamorphosis alpha, gamma world, and star frontiers. She was a regular in the avengers up until the name change and new capt.
A list of products, cover scans, and sources for purchase of these outofprint books for the buck rogersxx role playing game. 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. Zebulons guide to frontier space volume 1 tsr 1985 modules. Most published modules for the game followed these themes. Star frontiersman guide to the frontier star frontiers. Star frontiers list archive tsr company games role. There were not identical to the humans of earth, but they were. Star frontiers was a scifi role playing game published in the early 80s by tsr. The m ini module 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 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. Machine man, brain, slick, hassle, swift, and the ancient wrecker marvel super. Star frontiers was tsr s sciencefiction space opera rpg. Star frontiers alpha dawn box set rar pdf usen 14 mb star frontiers character record sheets rar pdf usen 3 mb star frontiers addons rar pdf usen 6 mb starspawn of volturnus rar pdf usen 2 mb sundown on starmist rar pdf usen 6 mb the war machine rar pdf usen 4 mb volturnus, planet of mystery rar pdf.
Whichever category you fall into, you can legally download. Volturnus, planet of mystery star frontiers adventure 1 by mark acres. Here you can find star frontiers tsr pdf shared files. There are three role playing games that i liked back in the 80s from tsr. Star frontiers, wizards of the coast, and the wizards of the coast logo are trademarks belonging to wizards of the coas. Star frontiers is a game of space fantasy set in the distant future in a galaxy very unlike our own. That said, if you want to help support the star frontiersmans active, sister magazine, the frontier explorer, and potential future issues of the star frontiersman, the pay what you want option allows you to make a contribution. Star frontiers had less than 20 planets to start and a history what a couple centuries old max. If the stilettoclass is the one favored by the upf, this is the one typically used by the planetary militias. If search results are not what you looking for please give us feedback on where we canor should improve.
Dramune run star frontiers module sfkh1 by doug niles. General data medical record general notes physical data weapons defenses energy record personal file characters name. Alpha dawn for player characters, knight hawks for shiptoship action including boarding parties. It is slightly longer than the stilettoclass and sports a second crew deck and a life support capacity of 16 beings. See more ideas about pen and paper games, sci fi and sci fi art. Colorcoded chart mania overtook the companys design department and, in 1985, the game was halfheartedly overhauled to an entirely new game system, at the same time expanding its setting in intriguing ways. Shop at noble knight games for star frontiers by part of our full inventory collection. Overview story of known space cited from the star frontiers.
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