To tell you the truth, the universe of Prime Directive is much more playable than the Star Trek universe anyway, while preserving most of the elements that got trekkies interested in Star Trek in the first place. While 'Prime Teams' are a Federation designation, nearly every empire has their own equivalent.Ĭhris McCubbin reviewed Prime Directive for Pyramid #7 (May 1994) and stated that 'My advice to Star Trek fans interested in Prime Directive is to play it, but play it on its own terms, as a good, solid outer space military adventure, without trying to squeeze it into the TV show's mold in every tiny detail. The concept is a specialized landing party that can perform a variety of functions, including science, negotiations, and combat. Prime Teams are a concept pioneered in the original Prime Directive game. Supplements for the Gorns, Tholians and other empires/races are in various writing stages. The core rulebook, D20 Klingons, D20 Romulans (no D20M as of Aug 2011), and D20 Federation are available for this system. Prime Directive PD20 Modern 8721 - Roleplaying on the Final Frontier using the d20 modern rules, which work better for Science Fiction than the dungeon-based V3.5 rules.This is a major redesign of the original PD20V3.5, professionally edited, eliminating the many mistakes of the original dungeon-based version and entirely re-edited for the. D20 Prime Directive and D20M Prime Directive Eventually, they approached Steve Jackson Games to utilize the Powered by GURPS format. They were primarily a wargame company, and the poor sales of the supplements were cause for a reexamination.

I'd say in all other circumstances, you probably want to get PD GURPS. It wins by a nose (except for the cover art, sorry). If money is no object and you accept you'll have to buy D20 Modern for a full game, get PD D20M. If you prefer D20 and/or classes in general, get PD D20M.

After the folding of Task Force Games and the cancellation of the original Prime Directive line, Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc., the new publishers of Star Fleet Universe games, were left with the question of what to do with PD. If you have and like D20 Modern, get PD D20M.

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