Starship Tempest

A Star Trek roleplaying game podcast using the Star Trek Adventures roleplaying system published by Modiphius. Set in the Star Trek universe in the "Lost Era", between the Original Series and Next Generation eras.

Bonus: How to Play STA - Core Mechanic

Learn the bare bones of how to play Star Trek Adventures in under six minutes. This bonus episode walks you through the game's core mechanic - Tasks - in its most basic form, as well as the basics of spending and earning Momentum.

09-12
05:29

Bonus: Discussing a Listener Email

In this first supplemental episode, Brian, Ryan, and Tara discuss an email from a listener about a tendency of the male players to talk over the only female one, what it means, and how to improve as players and people moving forward. 

11-26
30:21

Bonus: How to Play Star Trek Adventures 2

In this bonus episode, Brian dives further into the nitty gritty of how to play Star Trek Adventures, laying out some of the finer points of mechanics that affect a player's odds of success.

12-02
07:33

Bonus: Discussing Lower Decks Season 1

In this bonus episode, Brian, Ryan, and Travis discuss their thoughts on the first season of the Star Trek animated series "Lower Decks."

12-09
55:03

Bonus: Tempest Lore

In this bonus supplemental episode, Ryan, Brian, and Tara are joined by listener and Patreon supporter - but not a prior long time Star Trek fan - about what aspects of the Tempest campaign and how it fits into the larger timeline and universe of the Star Trek franchise.

12-16
01:12:35

Bonus: Becoming RPG Players

Join Brian, Tara, Ryan, Travis, and Matt as we reflect on diving into RPGs for the first time for most of us and what we've learned and adapted to over the course of the first season.

12-23
49:23

Bonus: Interview with Aliza Pearl

Aliza Pearl, T'Lan from Geek and Sundry's "Shield of Tomorrow" series and now GMing her own Klingon based campaign on Queue Times on Twitch, joins Brian for an interview about Star Trek and Star Trek Adventures, roleplaying games and GMing, race and social issues in the space, and a webseries from 10 years ago that it turns out they both worked on without realizing it until this interview.

12-30
01:29:33

Bonus: Ryan and Brian Discussion

Ryan and Brian talk about what makes Star Trek special, moments that stuck out to them over the course of recording season 1, and an old fanfilm idea that and how it may yet see the light of day.

01-06
46:21

Bonus: Talking Discovery Season 3

Join Brian, Ryan, and Tara as they talked about what they liked and didn't like about the most recent season of Star Trek: Discovery, which just wrapped up its third season.

01-13
01:19:04

Bonus: Talking Picard Season 1

Join Brian, Ryan, Tara, Travis, and Travis' partner Keeley as they talk about their thoughts and reactions to the first season of Star Trek: Picard.

01-20
01:28:23

Bonus: Our Treks to Trek

Join Ryan, Tara, Brian, and Matt as they talk about...well, a whole lot of things, but one of them is their personal journeys into Trek fandom. Come for the nostalgia and reminiscing, stay for the cats and toddlers mucking up the recording session!

01-27
01:10:50

Tempest Talks 2: The USS Banal

Join Ryan, Brian, and Tara as they introduce and...explain...?...a one off parody project they made a decade ago, long before Starship Tempest - imagining what the captain's log of one of Starfleet's less enterprising ships might sound like. Video available on the Starship Tempest YouTube page.

09-22
19:09

Tempest Talks 3: Talking Prodigy

Join Ryan, Brian, Tara, Matt, and Travis as they discuss the upcoming Star Trek show, "Star Trek: Prodigy."

10-06
01:06:31

Tempest Talks 4: Shatner in Space!

Join Ryan, Brian, and Travis (and Tara...sort of) from this discussion from the morning of William Shatner's trip into space aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

10-20
59:41

Bonus: Welcome to Mt. Absalom - "Unwell" by Hartlife NFP

Enjoy this introduction to a podcast produced by dear friends and supporters of Starship Tempest, the incredible (and award winning!) storytellers at Hartlife NFP! Welcome to Mt. Absalom, the small town setting of "Unwell" a midwestern gothic mystery about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of both blood and choice.

11-10
20:37

Tempest Talks 6: Brian Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One shot game)

Join Brian and Travis in the first of a series of Kobayashi Maru one shot scenarios GMed by Travis. This week see how Brian fares against Travis' version of the no win scenario and in the coming weeks, tune in for other players and patreon supporters!

11-17
01:15:37

Tempest Talks 7: Matt Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One Shot)

Join Matt and Travis in the second in a series of Kobayashi Maru one shot scenarios GMed by Travis. This week see how Matt fares against Travis' version of the no win scenario!

12-01
01:48:50

Tempest Talks 8: Ryan Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One Shot)

Join Travis and Ryan as the Tempest's captain tries his hand at the infamous no win scenario.

12-15
01:50:46

Tempest Talks 9: Tara Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One Shot)

Join Travis and Tara as she tries her hand at Star Trek's infamous no win scenario.

12-22
01:23:25

Tempest Talks 10: Patrons Take the Kobayashi Maru! (One Shot)

Join Starship Tempest Patreon supporters Mariana and Calvin as they take Travis' version of the infamous Kobayashi Maru test.

12-29
01:45:02

Scot

Love it. It feels similar to The Adventure Zone, but for the "Star Trek Adventures" RPG. Great chemistry between the cast.

09-09 Reply

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