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PLEASE NOTE: COVER ART IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FOUR VERSIONS OF CAPTAIN'S LOG. THE CONTENT IS THE SAME FOR EACH.

BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE

“THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS THE UNKNOWN; ONLY THINGS
TEMPORARILY HIDDEN, TEMPORARILY NOT UNDERSTOOD.”
-CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK

The Captain’s Log Solo Roleplaying Game is a 326-page, full-color standalone PDF rulebook that provides a complete, streamlined version of the award-winning 2d20 System used for the Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game, which you can use to create your own Star Trek stories with a dynamic character formed from your own imagination.

Whether you are venturing into the cosmos alone, conducting Galaxy-spanning missions cooperatively with friends, or exploring the unknown with a gamemaster facilitating your adventures, use the guidance and random tables contained in Captain’s Log to generate countless hours of memorable adventures in the Star Trek universe.

Create an original character and then use the tools in this book, combined with your fertile imagination, to fashion your own fascinating Star Trek-style stories. Play in any era of Star Trek - from the 21st century to the 32nd century and everything in between. Explore strange new worlds, new civilizations, and all the wonders of the universe!

What will you discover while exploring the final frontier?

The 326-page, full-color Captain’s Log Solo Roleplaying Game PDF features:

A streamlined 2d20 ruleset that enables countless ways to play.
Lifepaths and roles for any type of character, not just Starfleet captains.
Story-driven solo gameplay that promotes drama in a safe space.
A Star Trek primer including society, technology, and eras of play.
Rules for creating or randomizing your own starship or starbase.
Options to play the game solo, collaboratively with friends without a gamemaster, or collaboratively with a gamemaster
Guidance on implementing the rules and telling your own stories.
Over 100 random tables and storytelling matrixes usable in all kinds of games,
including alien worlds and polities, allies and enemies, mission themes, maintenance downtime, and so much more!
Available in four different covers inspired by your favorite Star Trek eras: the original series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine/Voyager, and Discovery.

This PDF is a standalone product.

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Georg M August 25, 2024 9:04 am UTC

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I really like the other STA books, and supplement books that i have in my collection so far, however i really wish that i had known this book incorporates post Rick Berman Trek into its lore and information before
I spent money on it. Modern Star Trek is a blight on the franchise and these books are better when they make it easy to pretend nothing has been filmed since nemesis.

Craig W January 10, 2024 9:03 pm UTC

I have been reading this slowly (really need more free time...) and am finally getting to the gameplay section. Looking at the ships, I see that the Constitution refit was left out. That seems a rather odd omission to make.

Jim J April 21, 2024 10:52 pm UTC

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Constitution-class is on page 148. No statistical change to create a refit version unless you want to change the stats. Only meaningful change for the purposes of the game is the look of the ship.

Daniel T December 15, 2023 2:37 am UTC

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Page 188, the Example of Gameplay section talks about the Captain's "oeuvre". Based on context, I believe the word should be "forté" instead, meaning the Captain's strong point.

Gary T September 03, 2023 6:37 pm UTC

Is there a list of errata covering the different PDF versions? I currently have PDFs v1.3 and 1.4, I'd like to see what differs from my hardback version.
Thanks,
Gary

Jim J September 04, 2023 2:05 am UTC

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Sure; version 1.3 corrected an error with the bookmark structure. The form fillable sheet was also updated to fix a form error on page 3 of the download.

Version 1.4 contains the following key changes (and a few minor typo fixes):
Page 78: Removed duplicated information at the bottom of the right column.
Pages 85-88: Provides alternate focus table layouts to allow for more random distribution of results.
Page 94: Renamed Liberated Borg to Borg (Liberated) to match the entry and reorganized the table alphabetically.
Page 143: TOS era ship list: Removed Centaur from the list and added Walker, and reorganized the table alphabetically.
Page 174: Provides alternate table layouts for starship talents to allow for more random distribution of results.

Gary T September 04, 2023 3:01 pm UTC

Thanks so much, appreciate it

Fabian L September 05, 2023 8:54 pm UTC

I'm thinking about getting a retail copy of the book. will the updated tables be available as separate download?

Jim J September 05, 2023 10:12 pm UTC

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Not by themselves, but since you get a free copy of the PDF with a print purchase, you could print out the changed pages and use those with your print copy.

Fabian L September 06, 2023 7:50 pm UTC

cool. so after I buy a copy from my FLGS I just have to send in proof of purchase and they'll send me the PDF?

Jim J September 06, 2023 8:15 pm UTC

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Correct. Send proof of purchase to [email protected] and they'll send you a link to the PDF download package.

Fabian L September 06, 2023 8:49 pm UTC

what can I use as Proof of purchase?

Jim J September 06, 2023 9:21 pm UTC

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A picture of the receipt or a picture of you holding the book usually suffices.

Bob P August 07, 2023 2:52 am UTC

another 5-star rating (bought direct, sorry DT). But hey, it's not just for solo. This is a nice less-crunch version of STA, and I'm glad to have it.

Craig W August 03, 2023 6:14 pm UTC

I'm glad I re-read the descriptions more carefully because I was set to order tOS,tNG and DS9, thinking they were 3 separate guides...

So, the one book covers everything, including info on the tech, characters, and lore of tOS, tOS (Movies) tNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, and more?

I have wanted to play Trek solo for a long time, so this looks great, but when playing as a captain, how do you handle the rest of the crew, especially on away missions?

To date, the closest I have found to what I wanted was a game called Welcome Aboard, Captain, which has you playing the captain, (as the title suggests...) but you have stats and rules for your crew and how they can assist you. What about this? Most solo games are lacking in support for NPCs...

Jim J August 03, 2023 6:18 pm UTC

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Yes, all four cover variants include the same information about tech, characters, eras, etc.

Crew is abstracted by using the ship's department scores, or you can create sheets for each NPC if you want. The focus of the game is on your character, but there's nothing stopping you from creating sheets for some or all of your NPC crew.

Craig W August 03, 2023 6:55 pm UTC

Great, thanks for the response. I don't imagine I would want to create a series of character sheets to keep track of (though maybe...), but just to be clear, there are rules of some sort that support the other characters taking action? For example, if I am ordering my helmsman to take evasive maneuvers, that would be based on *their* abilities as opposed to something on my own character sheet? Or would that require that individual characters be created?

That may sound like an odd question, but I do like to differentiate between the various levels of ability possessed by different characters.

Jim J August 03, 2023 7:45 pm UTC

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The crew is represented by the ship's statistics, which are the six departments available - Command, Conn, Security, Engineering, Medicine, and Science. Each department is rated 1-5 and you'd use that to roll for any NPC task if you so choose.

If you want to get more granular to a specific NPC, you'd want a character sheet for them, or at least some basic stats, such as deciding they have a 10 in their key attribute and a 4 in their key discipline.

James J August 14, 2023 3:21 am UTC

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Basically you can either use the crew average from the ship stats, or make character sheets for specific group members that you might rely on regularly. It's as much detail as you want. These rules are an abbreviated rule set that facilitates solo play, with less complication in resolution, taken as a subset from the core Star Trek adventure rules which are set up for a group. The solo rolls allow you to play solo or because of the story facilitating charts, you can play with other players using the charts together without a GM, or you could actually use the rules with a game master just as a simpler, easier to play rule set without the full crunchy details of the Star Trek Adventures but they're all compatible so you can mix and match any books of the system or any supplements.

If you want to have a setup where you have the individual skills of specific characters you're going to need a character sheet at least at the level of a supporting character if not a full character.

Michael B August 03, 2023 5:05 pm UTC

Ordered the hardback shortly after announcement, got the PDF right way, too bad I can't rate it here: 5 Stars.

There's something for everyone here, even if you're like me, not as immersed in the fandom as some others. Everything is broken down for you, easy to understand and follow.

Each generation is further broken down given a good once over in case you're not familiar with it. The fun part is you don't have to be a captain, you can play any role you want, even as a janitor if you're feeling the Space Quest vibe.

Solo Star Trek has always been something I wanted to experience, sadly I know Zero people that would be interested. It was worth the cost of admission and I'd recommend it to anyone, not just Star Trek fans.

There is so much here you could easily use it for customized adventures or mix and match with existing systems.

Patrick G August 03, 2023 11:22 pm UTC

Contact [email protected] with proof of purchase and ask them to put a copy of the one you bought in your DriveThru account. They'll usually get it done within one business day, though with it being GenCon I might give them a little extra time.