And the Winner Is...

Congratulations to Adam Dickstein of New York City! I shuffled up the entries, rolled a "3", and Adam was the lucky winner of the Enterprise Translation Giveaway, and will receive the extra copy of my translation of Tsukuda Hobby's 1983 Japanese TRPG Enterprise.

As it turns out, Adam was co-author of one of my all time favorite Trek supplements, Last Unicorn Games' brilliant 1999 release Among the Clans: The Andorians for LUG's Star Trek Roleplaying Game, so I'm pretty thrilled about that. Adam's been involved in the comic and RPG industries for over 20 years, also enjoys Japanese TRPGs, and maintains the blog Barking Alien. Adam's reply to his favorite Trek RPG system?

"My favorite is the Last Unicorn Games ICON System version, although I have to say that the FASA game holds a special place in my heart. It was the very first game I bought with all my own money at the FLGS I still go to all these years later."

Ahh, a man with good taste.

I want to thank everyone else for entering, and hope you'll enter future contests here at Groknard.

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Reminder: Enterprise RPG Contest Deadline 3/14!

Real life hit a recessionary speedbump today, so I'll probably be offline for a few days while I sort some things out. I'll have an article up on Star Trek Games this weekend, so be sure to hop over there for news about a new Star Trek Movie game and a great article about Star Trek Customizable Card Games (CCGs).

In the meantime, don't forget that the deadline is rapidly approaching (Saturday!) ffor my contest in which you could win a copy of my translation of the Japanese TRPG Enterprise.

Details here, but here's the short version of the rules:

• Deadline for entries is Saturday March 14, 2009 11:59PM Pacific
• Read and agree to the Contest Rules & Terms (PDF) that cover my butt.
• Send your e-mail entry to enterprisecontest@gmail.com with the subject "Enterprise Contest", provide your name, return e-mail address and location, and list the official name, year of publication, and publisher of each of the officially licensed Star Trek roleplaying games released over the years (hint: there are more than 3, less than 6), and indicate your favorite, if any.
• One entry per person! You must be 18 or over, but you may enter from anywhere in the world.
• You agree that, should you win the contest, the publication is a gift for your own personal and noncommercial use. If you have a problem with this or any of the Contest Rules & Terms, please don't enter the contest.
• No purchase necessary.

The winner will be chosen at random from e-mails received and be the first one to correctly answer the questions 1-3 above. I'll contact the winner by e-mail on March 15, 2009 and he or she will have 3 days to confirm.

Good luck!

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Contest! Enterprise RPG Translation Giveaway!

My translation of the Japanese TRPG Enterprise is finished, my copies back from the printer, and I'm dying to share it with one lucky reader of Groknard! What better (and completely legal) way to do that than to have a contest in which I give away a copy of it?

That's right, you could be the winner of this professionally printed, 60 page, saddlestiched copy of my English translation of the rare 1983 game that I keep going on about (if you've missed my coverage of it, you can catch up here). If you love Trek RPGs, then there are few unique collectibles such as this, the next best thing to having the original box set itself. The book includes the complete rules, the adventure scenario, maps, a GM reference and a pull-out insert of double-sided character sheets. Just add dice (two 20‐sided percentile, numbered 0‐9 twice, and one 6‐sided) and friends. Check out PDFs of sample pages here and here.

The rules are straightforward:

• Read and agree to the Contest Rules & Terms (PDF) that cover my butt. Also outlined here is the Privacy Statement (short version: I'm not using your e-mail for anything except this contest, no catches)
• Send your e-mail entry to enterprisecontest@gmail.com with the subject "Enterprise Contest", provide your name, return e-mail address and location, and list (c'mon, it's a contest, you gotta work a little for it!) the official name, year of publication, and publisher of each of the officially licensed Star Trek roleplaying games released over the years (hint: there are more than 3, less than 6), and indicate your favorite, if any.
• Entry must be recieved by Saturday March 14, 2009 11:59PM Pacific
• One entry per person!
• You must be 18 or over. You absolutely may enter from anywhere in the world (I'm consantly amazed by the geographic diversity of my readers!)
• You agree that, should you win the contest, the publication is a gift for your own personal and noncommercial use. I do ask that you respect the spirit of the contest, the original work and my own work, and that you not reproduce, redistribute, attempt to license, or republish the work outside the constraints of personal fair use. If you have a problem with this or any of the Contest Rules & Terms, please don't enter the contest.
• No purchase necessary. I think I have to say that. And don't rip that tag off your furniture.

The winner will be chosen at random from e-mails received and be the first one to correctly answer the questions 1-3 above. I'll contact the winner by e-mail on March 15, 2009 and he or she will have 3 days to confirm. Once that's said and done, I hope to be able to announce you as the winner on Groknard (but will respect your privacy if you wish), and I'll package it up and send it anywhere in the world that you happen to be.

If this goes well, I hope to do more contests like this in the future. If you have any questions, please contact me at robert AT robertsaintjohn.com, and good luck!

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