Star Wreck Roleplaying Game
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Star Wreck Roleplaying Game is a Finnish
role-playing game (RPG) set in the universe of the Star Wreck
fan film
s. First published at Ropecon 2006
, it is, as the designer has jokingly pointed out, the first Finnish RPG based on a movie franchise.
The game is set out to be, in addition to being a parody of the numerous Star Trek roleplaying games
, a fully playable game in its own right. Its rule mechanics are built to emulate the setting of the films, with experienced characters becoming more heroically incompetent instead of getting better at their tasks as is the case in most mainstream games.
In contrast to ability scores that measure a character's strengths in traditional games, Star Wreck characters have Inability scores (Stupidity, Obliviousness, Clumsiness, Repulsiveness and Weakness) that they have to overcome in order to succeed at a given task. As opposed to character class
es, the game has four general archetypes that correspond with various characters from the movies. They are Incompetent Idiot (Captain Pirk), Annoying Nerd (Info), Frustrated Grouch (Lt. Swagger) and Psychotic Loud-mouth (Lt. Dwarf)
Star Trek role-playing game
designer Kenneth Hite
chose Star Wreck to be the second best licensed role-playing game of the year 2006.
The game is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license, and was officially released into the Internet in August, 2007. No further print editions of the game are planned once the first print run is exhausted.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
role-playing game (RPG) set in the universe of the Star Wreck
Star Wreck
Star Wreck is a series of Finnish Star Trek parody movies started by Samuli Torssonen in 1992. The first movie, simply named Star Wreck, was a simple Star Control-like animation with three ships shooting at each other, but later movies featured 3D CGI, animated characters and, in the latest films,...
fan film
Fan film
A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by...
s. First published at Ropecon 2006
Ropecon
Ropecon is a role-playing convention held annually in Finland. The convention is one of the largest non-commercial annual event of its kind, having reached a record of 3946 attendees in 2007. The current venue is the Dipoli convention centre and surrounding buildings in Espoo...
, it is, as the designer has jokingly pointed out, the first Finnish RPG based on a movie franchise.
The game is set out to be, in addition to being a parody of the numerous Star Trek roleplaying games
Star Trek (role-playing game)
A Star Trek RPG or Star Trek Role-Playing Game is a role-playing game that is set in the Star Trek fictional universe.Specific Star Trek role-playing games include:* Star Trek Simming Organizations...
, a fully playable game in its own right. Its rule mechanics are built to emulate the setting of the films, with experienced characters becoming more heroically incompetent instead of getting better at their tasks as is the case in most mainstream games.
In contrast to ability scores that measure a character's strengths in traditional games, Star Wreck characters have Inability scores (Stupidity, Obliviousness, Clumsiness, Repulsiveness and Weakness) that they have to overcome in order to succeed at a given task. As opposed to character class
Character class
In role-playing games, a common method of arbitrating the capabilities of different game characters is to assign each one to a character class. A character class aggregates several abilities and aptitudes, and may also sometimes detail aspects of background and social standing or impose behaviour...
es, the game has four general archetypes that correspond with various characters from the movies. They are Incompetent Idiot (Captain Pirk), Annoying Nerd (Info), Frustrated Grouch (Lt. Swagger) and Psychotic Loud-mouth (Lt. Dwarf)
Star Trek role-playing game
Star Trek role-playing game (Last Unicorn)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game is a role-playing game set in the fictional Star Trek universe, designed by Last Unicorn Games . Due to licensing issues, LUG did not release the game as a single core rulebook and setting supplements for the various series, but instead intended to...
designer Kenneth Hite
Kenneth Hite
Kenneth Hite is a writer and role-playing game designer. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor's degree in Cartography from East Central University. He has been writing games since 1981 and full-time since 1995...
chose Star Wreck to be the second best licensed role-playing game of the year 2006.
The game is licensed under a Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license, and was officially released into the Internet in August, 2007. No further print editions of the game are planned once the first print run is exhausted.