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Post by Jack Photon on Jan 31, 2023 23:42:50 GMT -5
In celebration of FASA's 40th Star Trek Anniversary... Revised website and with all new contents. www.jackphoton.spaceJack Photon's 4.0th Fantaversary Revision Star Trek RPG House Rules (for use with FASA) is based on various feedback and some missed goals. I spent a few months revising my previous work 3rd Edition Framework rules which are fully compatible with this new 4.0th revision (and with standard 1st and 2nd edition). No rules have changed from 3rd to 4.0th, but some number ranges have seen tightening or loosening. Awards and Medals now has rank modifiers as Admirals and Warrant Officers should be more decorated than Ensigns or Petty Officers, for example. Added are some 60 pages of Stardate and other relevant magazine articles, added explanations, finalized Transporter and Tractor Beam Rules and so much more. The one thing not ready are the revised GM Screens, but they are essentially the same as previously released with new branding. Entirely new and maybe ready by the end of February is the first NPC Pack. Twenty, fully-rolled NPC's with extensive background notes to generate story ideas for your campaign. This one covers the Command Branch with a dash of Herbert. 2 Admirals 3 Commodores 5 Captains 3 Commanders 2 Lt. Cmdrs 4 Diplomats 1 Intelligence Officer Each subsequent NPC Pack: Science, Medical & Engineering will have similar contents to above, but swapping out Diplomats for 4 Bureaucrats or 4 Legal or 4 Analysts and always 1 INT officer. Additionally, Sec/Services, Citizens and Adversaries Packs will have similar contents. I may create some additional Packs such as a Science Lab Team, Medical Ward/Trauma Team, Engineering Team, etc. These would all be lower rank crew, Lt's to Enlisted. The idea is to allow any GM to instantly populate the top crew positions of any ship of any size or complement and with local base commanders and ship crews the PCs may interact with. I'll also be releasing the first new, 'For use with' FASA Trek game modules in 30yrs. Those are for later in 2023. Thank you for your interest. Live long and Prosper.
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Jack Photon
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Post by Jack Photon on Jun 13, 2023 4:19:56 GMT -5
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Post by Jack Photon on Jun 21, 2023 5:22:24 GMT -5
A side note for those interested in such side things: Phant Force, "A Figment of your Imagination" presents The compilation of all 1st Edition AD&D game books into alphabetized, re-categorized tomes, split out more logically for easier gaming. No longer swap between books and magazines for related rules or data sets printed years apart! Current releases 2301 The Libram of Gameful Conjurations, primarily combining Players Handbook and Unearthed Arcana, minus the spells. Features all new additional art throughout! 126 pages 2302 The Book of Exalted NPCs, a collection of the 6 NPC Races and every version of every one of the 37 NPC Classes. New AD&D ad copy to go with this collection of magazine articles! 238 pages Pending release: summer 2023 2303 The Book of Finite Spells, all PH/UA spells alphabetized, GA spell books and Dragon magazine stuff Future Releases. Monstrous Compendium, Monster Manual 1+2 & Fiend Folio, alphabetized. Codex of Infinite Games, Revised Dungeon Masters Guide, Unearthed Arcana, errata fixes, Dragon, etc The Cyclopedias of Outer Planes, All greater powers indexed by alignment rather than mythos for faster clerical searching. Where does one get these wondrous files? www.jackphoton.space/libramdownload.html
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Post by Jack Photon on Jun 25, 2023 6:02:53 GMT -5
Now, browse the books before download at the Internet archive! All Jack Photon and PhantForce compilation projects are, for the moment, mirrored there. Search the various titles or go to the master page here.
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Post by Jack Photon on Aug 6, 2023 18:11:22 GMT -5
Imminent release: S18, UFP Dossier Klingons comprises the SF INT Manual and Four Year War, minus all movie era references and imagery.
S19, UFP Dossier, Romulans comprises the SF INT Manual and Romulan War, minus almost nothing.
Sooner than later: S20, UFP Dossier, Orions, a simple re-pack of TOBoCK.
Later than Sooner, but still soon enough: GM19, NPC Pack:Medics, 4-page spread for each of 5 Admins, 5 Drs, 5 Nurses, 5 Lab Techs with 5 blank sets for you to fill.
End of Year goal: Book 4, Balance of Powers, reconciling 1st/2nd Ed Klingon character generation and equalizing Romulans and Orions into the mix, not forgetting Trader Captains.
Book 5, Memory Bank Beta, The Adversarial version of "Book 3, Memory Bank Alpha"; the Milieus of societal background information that makes a character.
Side Project: PhantForce Maybe by September the "Book of Finite Spells" will release, alphabetizing all 1stAD&D PH and UA spell lists with GA Spell Books and some Dragon misc. This is the third of the series of likely 10 or 12 books that recompiles all 1stEd AD&D into more logical tomes from the original books and articles scattered across 150 issues of Dragon magazine.
Next up in that series are the "Manuals of Monstrous Attentions", alphabetizing MM1 + MM2 + FF, spritzed with DMG and some Dragon sauce. First is the Complete listing as one release. Second is a curated selection of "the better monsters". Third is the chaff so no one complains I dropped so-and-so.
That is followed by the Extra-Planar Epistles, all Deities and extra-planar powers and creatures sorted into plane/alignment rather than mythos for easy finding. Good bad and indifferent volumes, including devils, demons, Modrons, Githyanki, ethereal, astral and all the other yappity-yaps. DDG, DMG, MoP, MM1, MM2, FF, Dragon. That's some spicy meatballs.
Lastly, whatever's left of the DMs Guide + UA and Dragon errata with smatters of DSG, WSG, MoP and whatever other leftovers don't fit elsewhere. The DMG has been getting plugged into other books as I go, so is slowly being stripped away.
I am committed to creating a new, 13x19 full-wrap cover painting styled in the tradition of the original AD&D books. Of the two complete so far, each was ~150 hours. On this third, the Book of Spells, I'm maybe half through and that is the major hold up at this point. The layout is done. I must scan and swap out the placeholder Greyhawk Adventures Spell books and decide to leave holes in the layout or plug them with all new art work. Otherwise, done.
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Post by Jack Photon on Aug 9, 2023 1:23:20 GMT -5
S18 UFP Dossier: Klingons Comprises the SF INT Manual, Klingon INT Briefing and Four Years War, minus all movie era references and imagery.
S19 UFP Dossier: Romulans Comprises the SF INT Manual and Romulan War, minus almost nothing. archive.org/details/s-19-dossier-romulans-230822
S20 UFP Dossier: Orions
A simple re-pack of TOBoCK, minus the Orion Colonies proper as that is "Adversarial Space" for "Book 5, Memory Bank Beta"
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Post by Jack Photon on Aug 11, 2023 0:19:46 GMT -5
GM10 GM Screens, Set 1
It's been awhile since these were available even on my own site. Totally backwards compatible with standard FASA 1st/2nd Edition and my "3rd Edition Framework". Create your own 2-panel, 3-panel, even 4-or-more-panel, single sets or matched pairs of GM Screens. Mix and Match to create your own blend from four, 3-panel themes and 10 pages of charts and tables. Print the charts on full-sheet label paper and then cut and paste individual tables onto your screen the exact way you want them laid out! A list of required materials is included, chip board, glue, label paper, blades, etc. I do need to do a video tutorial sometime. Theme 1: GM's FAQ Theme 2: Merc-i-ful Release Theme 3: Lady-friends Theme 4: Psionic Nightmare The eventual "GM16: GM Screens, Set 2" will add several more themes such as TAS, Klingons, Romulans and so on. Not likely to be any new charts, but ya never know what I might have missed in this first set. There could easily be a Set 3 someday, but I've no plans. Get 'em here: archive.org/details/gm-10-gmscreens-set-1-230822Master List Here: archive.org/details/@phantfOr search "PhantasmalForce" or "Jack Photon" at the Internet Archive.
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Post by starcruiser on Aug 11, 2023 19:18:45 GMT -5
This site is so dead... Not sure posting matters here now.
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Jack Photon
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Post by Jack Photon on Aug 11, 2023 19:28:31 GMT -5
It's certainly a regrettable observation. Nevertheless, I'm sanguine. The information will be there for posterity, sitting like a time capsule until unleashed. With 400+ views in this thread someone is reading it. I'm sure to easily be a dozen of those views myself, no doubt.
But if my gaming materials and efforts benefit even one person (other than myself), I'm truly happy.
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Post by Jack Photon on Aug 12, 2023 6:06:48 GMT -5
To keep track of all this I'm doing, plotting out all the possibilities helps some. Here is the theoretical list of Jack Photon publications that are or could/will be.
This list will actively change as new material is created.
Indents indicate future works. Green are current releases Yellow are in the works Red is significant work on the back burner
Orange is imminent / next release in line.
Titles: JP40FR_Printing Instructions for Jack Photon's 4.0th Fantaversary RevisionPrimary Rule Books
JP40FR_Book 1: Lifeform Readings JP40FR_Book 2: Piece of the Action JP40FR_Book 3: Memory Bank Alpha JP40FR_Book 4: Balance of Powers JP40FR_Book 5: Memory Bank Omega
JP40FR_Book 6: Entrepreneurs & Prospectors
Gamemaster AidsJP40FR_GM10: Gamemaster Screens JP40FR_GM11: NPC Roster: Officers JP40FR_GM12: NPC Roster: NCO/Enlisted JP40FR_GM13: NPC Roster: Federation Citizenry
JP40FR_GM14: NPC Roster: Generic Characters JP40FR_GM15: NPC Roster: Adversaries I
JP40FR_GM16: NPC Roster: Adversaries II JP40FR_GM17: NPC Pack: Command JP40FR_GM18: NPC Pack: Science JP40FR_GM19: NPC Pack: Medical JP40FR_GM20: NPC Pack: Engineering JP40FR_GM21: NPC Pack: Security & Services JP40FR_GM22: NPC Pack: Ensigns JP40FR_GM23: NPC Pack: Enlisted: Cmd/Herb JP40FR_GM24: NPC Pack: Enlisted: Sci/Med JP40FR_GM25: NPC Pack: Enlisted: Eng/Sec JP40FR_GM26: NPC Pack: Shipboard Teams I JP40FR_GM27: NPC Pack: Shipboard Teams II JP40FR_GM28: NPC Pack: More Herbert JP40FR_GM29: NPC Pack: Citizens I JP40FR_GM30: NPC Pack: Citizens II JP40FR_GM31: NPC Pack: Adversary I JP40FR_GM32: NPC Pack: Adversary II JP40FR_GM33: NPC Pack: Adversary III JP40FR_GM34: NPC Pack: Quick Starbase JP40FR_GM35: NPC Pack: Quick Space Station JP40FR_GM36: NPC Pack: Quick Crews JP40FR_GM37: NPC Pack: Quicker Crews JP40FR_GM38: NPC Pack: Research Teams JP40FR_GM39: JP40FR_GM40: GM Screens II JP40FR_GM41: GM Screens III JP40FR_GM42: JP40FR_GM43: JP40FR_GM44: JP40FR_GM45: JP40FR_GM46: JP40FR_GM47: JP40FR_GM48: JP40FR_GM49: JP40FR_GM50: Game Module: "Nova" JP40FR_GM51: Game Module: JP40FR_GM52: Game Module: JP40FR_GM53: Game Module: JP40FR_GM54: Game Module:
JP40FR_GM55: Game Module: JP40FR_GM56: Game Module: JP40FR_GM57: Game Module: JP40FR_GM58: Game Module: JP40FR_GM59: Game Module: JP40FR_GM60: Game Module:Player Supplements JP40FR_S10: Character Sheets JP40FR_S11: Combat Grids JP40FR_S12: Forms, Charts and Tables JP40FR_S13: Adversary SheetsJP40FR_S14: STIII ST TAC CBT SIM JP40FR_S15: TOS Recognition Manual JP40FR_S16: Starship Construction Manual JP40FR_S17: UFP Dossier: Space LanesJP40FR_S18: UFP Dossier: Klingons JP40FR_S19: UFP Dossier: Romulans JP40FR_S20: UFP Dossier: Orions JP40FR_S21: UFP Dossier: SF Personnel (Familiar Faces Re-freshed)
JP40FR_S22: Sourcebook: Gold Key/TAS
JP40FR_S23: Sourcebook: Phase II/Movie Conversion JP40FR_S24: Sourcebook: Bestiary & World Log JP40FR_S25: Psourcebook: PSI Club JP40FR_S26:
JP40FR_S27: JP40FR_S28:
JP40FR_S29:
JP40FR_S30:
Miscellaneous Debris
JP40FR_W10: 11x17 Wrapper, S10 Character Sheets JP40FR_W11: 11x17 Wrapper, S11 Combat Grids JP40FR_W12: 11x17 Wrapper, GM10 GM Screens JP40FR_W13: 11x17 Wrapper, S13 Adversary Sheets JP40FR_W14: 11x17 Wrapper, S14 STIII STCbtTacSim
JP40FR_L10: 8.5x11 Spinal Label Set JP40FR_L11: 8.5x11 Jack Photon Logo Stickers JP40FR_L12: 8.5x11 T-Shirt Graphics
JP40FR_X01: 13x19 Box Set Box, Box1 JP40FR_X02: 13x19 Box Set Box, Box2 JP40FR_X03: 13x19 Box Set Box, Box3
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Post by Falconer on Aug 12, 2023 12:35:16 GMT -5
This site is so dead... Not sure posting matters here now. No sense in worrying about that. We’ve built a great archive of game material, no matter how snail-like. People still stop by.
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Jack Photon
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Post by Jack Photon on Aug 12, 2023 15:22:31 GMT -5
Falconer, reading your signature line, this joke just popped into my head.
SCOTT: Open a channel, Lieutenant. This is the commander of the USS Enterprise. All cities and installations on Eminiar Seven have been located, identified, and fed into our fire-control system. In one hour and forty five minutes, the entire inhabited surface of your planet will be destroyed. You have that long to surrender your scotch whiskey, trova, tranya, saurian brandy and all other fermented beverages. Comply!
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Post by Jack Photon on Aug 28, 2023 15:41:05 GMT -5
Second NPC Pack release in the series GM19, NPC Pack: Medical Division Twenty Pre-Rolled NPC’s and five blanks to customize. Five Administrators / Five Doctors Five Nurses / Five Lab Techs Throw those cardboard NPCs away! Bring your games to life with living NPC’s; each with important notes such as ‘that time when’ to give you story hooks and leads to explore with your players in your campaign. Now at the Internet Archive for preview and download: archive.org/details/gm-19-npcpack-medical-230828-hi
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Post by rredmond on Aug 31, 2023 14:31:54 GMT -5
Website looks good!
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Jack Photon
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Post by Jack Photon on Nov 17, 2023 22:57:25 GMT -5
Thanks rredmond. My site needs a quick revamp as a number of pages are out of date.
Additional note: I did a couple hours interview on youtube last night. talking FASA trek, my version, AD&D 1e and general gaming.
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