It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here, with COVID-19 scaring everyone shitless. Although our governor has resisted implementing a statewide shelter in place order (for now), there are plenty of closed businesses and people working from home; including me. You think I’d be happy about being required to stay home and play video games, […]
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Star Trek Adventures: My First Campaign
Posted by The Angry Piper on March 4th, 2020
Since I purchased Star Trek Adventures a couple of years back, I’ve wanted very much to run it as a campaign. I have been fortunate enough to run two “one-shots” for some old friends; the first, The Vanished, featured the crew of the Original Series; while the second used the Next Generation characters. Both were […]
Captured! A Fantastic Worlds Star Trek AAR
Posted by The Angry Piper on January 13th, 2020
Captain’s Log Supplemental: Commander Spock, Dr. McCoy and I have been captured by Klingons and taken to an unknown location. It appears we are in a subterranean cave the Klingons have modified for use as a base of operations. At least we are out of the oppressive heat and humidity of the jungle. They’ve taken […]
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Tags: Fantastic Worlds, Rattrap Productions, Star Trek 
4 Comments »Hubbard’s World: Race to the Source: A Fantastic Worlds Star Trek AAR
Posted by The Angry Piper on December 30th, 2019
Captain’s Log Supplemental: We have determined the science team entered the jungle to investigate an unknown energy source; one that seems responsible for the sentient, animate plant life we have discovered here on Hubbard’s World. This planet is fraught with danger; we have already lost Ensign Gatwick, and we discovered the body of Ensign Jorgensen, […]
Posted in After Action Reports, Miniatures, Sci-Fi Tags: .45 Adventure, Fantastic Worlds, Modiphius, Rattrap Productions, Star Trek 2 Comments »Hubbard’s World: Outpost Laertes: A Fantastic Worlds Star Trek AAR
Posted by The Angry Piper on December 21st, 2019
Captain’s Log: Stardate 1315.9: We have received word that Federation Outpost Laertes, a science station on the newly-discovered Hubbard’s World in the Klingon neutral zone, has gone silent. We arrived in the system to discover a Klingon battle cruiser in orbit around the planet. Our repeated hails to the outpost remain unanswered. Of course, the […]
Posted in After Action Reports, Miniatures, Scenarios, Sci-Fi Tags: .45 Adventure, Fantastic Worlds, Modiphius, Rattrap Productions, Star Trek Comments Off on Hubbard’s World: Outpost Laertes: A Fantastic Worlds Star Trek AARHubbard’s World: A Fantastic Worlds Star Trek Campaign
Posted by The Angry Piper on December 16th, 2019
I decided since I have all these Modiphius Star Trek miniatures, I should play something with them. This left me with the task of finding a set of rules conducive to Star Trek skirmish gaming. Modiphius has their own rules, callled Red Alert, for just this sort of thing; but I find it to be […]
Posted in Scenarios, Sci-Fi Tags: .45 Adventure, Fantastic Worlds, Rattrap Productions, Star Trek 2 Comments »Lower Decks: TOS
Posted by The Angry Piper on November 27th, 2019
This month went in a surprising direction for me. I had tried to cajole my friend back into the hobby by taunting him with his own miniatures, painted by me; but that didn’t work. (He told me so.) I started work on creating my own rules for a skirmish game I have kicking around, but […]
“A Good Day to Die!”
Posted by The Angry Piper on November 1st, 2019
I recently got a good deal on some Modiphius Klingons for the Star Trek Adventures game (they just weren’t selling at my FLGS, hence the discount). Having little self-control, I bought them. Klingons have never been known for a vibrant fashion color palette, so painting these guys was more challenging and less fun than I […]
Posted in Miniatures, Product Reviews, Sci-Fi Tags: Modiphius, Star Trek Comments Off on “A Good Day to Die!”Yeoman Rand
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 1st, 2019
One of the characters I missed in the Modiphius TOS Crew set was Yeoman Janice Rand. Although she only appeared in eight episodes of TOS, I always felt like the character had a lot of potential beyond what she was allowed to do, which was mostly be “eye candy”. Sadly, Grace Lee Whitney, the actress […]
Star Trek Adventures RPG: The Vanished
Posted by The Angry Piper on March 31st, 2019
Throw another of my 2019 Resolutions in the “done” pile. I got my friends together and we played an actual game! One of my best friends lives on the other side of the country and doesn’t come back here very often. Usually he makes it home for the holidays, which doesn’t leave much time for […]
