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Stargate SG-1 Role Playing Game: Core Rulebook
The most astonishing discovery in the universe is now yours!
From the explosive TV series comes the hottest role-playing game of 2003! Explore the farthest reaches of the galaxy as a member of the Stargate Command, the U.S. Government's best-kept secret. Engage in pitched battles with the evil Goa'uld, explore alien planets on the far end of the universe, and learn the ancient secrets of the Stargate. Fully compatible with the award-winning d20 System, using AEG's innovative Spycraft mechanics.
From the explosive TV series comes the hottest role-playing game of 2003! Explore the farthest reaches of the galaxy as a member of the Stargate Command, the U.S. Government's best-kept secret. Engage in pitched battles with the evil Goa'uld, explore alien planets on the far end of the universe, and learn the ancient secrets of the Stargate. Fully compatible with the award-winning d20 System, using AEG's innovative Spycraft mechanics.
488 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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About the author
Robert J. Defendi
22 books10 followersRobert J Defendi was one of the writers for Savage Seas for the game Exalted. He’s worked on Spycraft, Shadowforce Archer and the Stargate SG-1 roleplaying game. He wrote the current incarnation of Spacemaster. As the publisher of Final Redoubt Press, he designed and released the critically acclaimed setting The Echoes of Heaven. He’s was featured in Writers of the Future XIX, and When Darkness Comes. He’s the author of the successful podcast audiobook Death by Cliché. He’s featured in Space Eldritch and Space Eldritch II.
Death by Cliché is scheduled for release, via Curiosity Quills, in 2016.
Robert J Defendi was born in Dubuque, IA (in accordance with prophecy). He reads voraciously, if you consider audiobooks reading (which you shouldn’t). He has yet to find, conquer, and rule a small Central American country (but I think we all know that’s inevitable). He is neither Team Jacob nor Team Edward (he is sympathetic to Team Guy-Who-Almost-Hit-Bella-With-A-Truck). He shamelessly stole that last joke.
It’s Bob Defendi when he writes comedy. It’s Robert J Defendi for all other writing projects. No period after the J. Because he’s an ass who likes to make things difficult for publishers, that’s why.
Death by Cliché is scheduled for release, via Curiosity Quills, in 2016.
Robert J Defendi was born in Dubuque, IA (in accordance with prophecy). He reads voraciously, if you consider audiobooks reading (which you shouldn’t). He has yet to find, conquer, and rule a small Central American country (but I think we all know that’s inevitable). He is neither Team Jacob nor Team Edward (he is sympathetic to Team Guy-Who-Almost-Hit-Bella-With-A-Truck). He shamelessly stole that last joke.
It’s Bob Defendi when he writes comedy. It’s Robert J Defendi for all other writing projects. No period after the J. Because he’s an ass who likes to make things difficult for publishers, that’s why.
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June 13, 2017
Watched the show, loved it.
Read the book, said Meh a lot.
First off the book in itself does great as simply a book for those who liked the show, to get some behind the scenes information and information about the setting. At least seasons 1 to 6.
Where the book tanks however is the rule system, it is a flashback to the DnD d20 system that for the longest time kept me from DnD as well as quite a few D20 systems. If you are relativly new to RP, it is not a recomended D20 system. However for the more experienced you can take the setting and rather use the 5th edition DnD system.
For the system at present rewards combat, it lacks proper rules for the many other important aspects of what is Stargate. For a character like Samantha Carter, there are no proper rules for her crafting or doing much of what other classes like her typically would be doing. Rules for academic stuff like what characters like Daniel Jackson, is also a mess.
But if you want to shoot your gun at someone. Plenty of rules for that. Which hardly is what the show was all about really.
So not something i would recommend as a RP game, more as something for those curious about the lore of the show. But there are better and cheaper places for that.
Read the book, said Meh a lot.
First off the book in itself does great as simply a book for those who liked the show, to get some behind the scenes information and information about the setting. At least seasons 1 to 6.
Where the book tanks however is the rule system, it is a flashback to the DnD d20 system that for the longest time kept me from DnD as well as quite a few D20 systems. If you are relativly new to RP, it is not a recomended D20 system. However for the more experienced you can take the setting and rather use the 5th edition DnD system.
For the system at present rewards combat, it lacks proper rules for the many other important aspects of what is Stargate. For a character like Samantha Carter, there are no proper rules for her crafting or doing much of what other classes like her typically would be doing. Rules for academic stuff like what characters like Daniel Jackson, is also a mess.
But if you want to shoot your gun at someone. Plenty of rules for that. Which hardly is what the show was all about really.
So not something i would recommend as a RP game, more as something for those curious about the lore of the show. But there are better and cheaper places for that.
March 29, 2017
While the SG-1 RPG is an excellent resource for franchise information, and has some interesting attempts to reconcile contradictions or expand on off-screen events, it suffers from its choice of game engine.
The d20 System is a combat-focused game engine with vanishingly little support for interpersonal storytelling. Stargate, by contrast, is a character-driven franchise given to morality plays and interpersonal drama: its frequent physical conflicts serve as backdrops or intensifiers for the personal or moral dilemmas which drive the real story.
The result is a game that struggles to support its source material. It offers granular strategic choices in weapon selection, resource management, and field tactics, while interpersonal drama and moral dilemmas are left largely as an exercise for the reader.
The d20 System is a combat-focused game engine with vanishingly little support for interpersonal storytelling. Stargate, by contrast, is a character-driven franchise given to morality plays and interpersonal drama: its frequent physical conflicts serve as backdrops or intensifiers for the personal or moral dilemmas which drive the real story.
The result is a game that struggles to support its source material. It offers granular strategic choices in weapon selection, resource management, and field tactics, while interpersonal drama and moral dilemmas are left largely as an exercise for the reader.
February 28, 2016
The book provides a general overview of the first six seasons of the show. It also has details about the Nox, and about how Hitler had use of the stargate for a while and established a Nazi colony on another world.
Since is the primary role playing book in the series, though, the vast majority of the book is taken up with the game rules and procedures itself and hence is not as interesting as any of the other supplementary books.
Since is the primary role playing book in the series, though, the vast majority of the book is taken up with the game rules and procedures itself and hence is not as interesting as any of the other supplementary books.
June 23, 2016
Still, after all this time, immensely saddened that this RPG was killed off.
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