I’ll be running two games at North Texas again this year. One will be a continuation of last year’s Mirror Universe Trek game using the Flashing Blades rules.

This will be the third year that I’ve run Flashing Blades at North Texas. This year’s game will be a continuation of last year’s, with the same pregens.

French Naval officers from 1705 cross blades with Mirror Universe Trek officers and crew on a disabled and strangely deserted Enterprise. Only the boldest can survive the highest of seas and… flashing blades!

I’ll be running Flashing Blades, most likely, on Wednesday evening. I’ll update this when the official schedule comes out.

The longer description remains the same as last year:

Half of you will play characters from a world where advancement is by assassination and wealth is gained through plunder. The other half will play 1705 Naval officers. The future of the Imperium is in your hands—next to your cutlass, dagger, and pistol. Choose from Mirror Universe Original Trek characters or French Naval officers.

As with last year, I’ll be playing fast and loose with the Trek side. I’m an original series fan and, to a lesser extent, an animated series fan. That means that pretty much everything about the Guardian of Forever I’ll have taken from The City on the Edge of Forever and Yesteryear. And pretty much everything about the Mirror Universe I’ll have taken from Mirror, Mirror.

I know there’s a lot of post-original series expansion of the Mirror Universe. I know nothing of it other than things picked up second or third hand from other fans. The Mirror Universe is the evil goateed reflection of the Federation universe. The characters from it are characters that have been immersed in that evil. Some have accepted it, some haven’t, but all have chosen to live with it—they are, after all, still alive.

Pregenerated characters will be available at the game.