Star Trek Adventures RPG 2E

The character creation options are much more flexible with the new lifepath system, letting you build a deep backstory for your officer in minutes. Combat feels faster and more cinematic now that actions aren't bogged down by endless modifiers.

The new 2nd edition really streamlines character creation compared to the first, which means we got to the actual roleplaying much faster in our first session. The expanded era coverage from the 21st to the 32nd century gives our group tons of story options we haven't explored before.

The missions feel properly Starfleet with how the book balances diplomacy and combat, and the 21st-to-32nd century timeline gives you a lot of era options to play in. That said, the rules for starship combat slowed our group way down on the first try. It's solid for fans, but I wouldn't call it begi