Star Trek: The Next Generation Original Series" in 1969, the "Star Trek" franchise had continued with "" (1973–74) and a series of films, all featuring the original cast. In the 1980s, franchise creator Roddenberry decided to create a new series, featuring a new crew embarking on their mission a century after that of "The Original Series". "TNG" featured a new crew that starred (for the majority of its seven-year broadcast run) Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker, Brent Spiner as Lt Commander Data, Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf, LeVar Burton as Lt Commander Geordi La Forge, Marina Sirtis as
Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game printing. Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game is a role-playing game set in the fictional "Star Trek" universe, designed by Last Unicorn Games (LUG). Due to licensing issues, LUG did not release the game as a single core rulebook and setting supplements for the various series, but instead intended to release a corebook for every series. The "Star Trek" license was lost to Decipher before a "" rulebook could be released. "Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game" received the 1998 Origins Award for "Best Role-playing Game". Last Unicorn Games was one