After seeing several Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition round ups over at RPG Bloggers, I decided that Star Wars: Saga Edition could use a little link love as well. There's not as much news for Saga Edition as there is for 4E, so expect these digests to be posted once or twice a month. In this round up I look at Wizards of the Coast's new web articles, a new lightsaber form at Saga-Edition.com, and the latest episode of the Order 66 podcast.
WotC: Role-playing Game
- Dawn of Defiance #9: The Sword of the Empire: The latest installment of Wizards quasi-living RPGA Star Wars campaign.
- Rebellion Era Campaign Guid Excerpt 1: SpecForce: Guerrilla, Infiltrator & Marine: A look at the Rebellion's special forces unit.
- Rebellion Era Campaign Guide: Excerpt 2: TIE Experimental Starfighter: Tie fighters are so ... ordinary. Meet a bunch of lesser known variant TIE fighters.
- Rebellion Era Campaign Guide: Excerpt 3: Zann Consortium: A criminal syndicate from the Rebellion Era.
WotC: Miniatures Game
- Jedi Academy: Miniatures Preview 12: The youngling. It'd be nice to get one of these minis, as we just added a Twi'lek youngliing to the campaign. Of course we'd need to mod the figure somewhat...
Blogs
- Saga-Edition.com: Variant Styles of Shien: A look at lightsaber styles in which you hold the blade in a reverse grip, with the sword pointing down. It's a style favored by Vader's Apprentice and Ahsoka Tano. This write-up includes new talents and lightsaber forms for Reverse Shien and Varient Shien
- Level 1 GM: A big galaxy far, far away… (Part 1): A newbie GM discusses the merits of playing in an established universe, and why he chose the Clone Wars as his era of choice for Star Wars
- GameCryer.com: Jedi Academy Training Manual: My review of the Jedi sourcebook for Star Wars: Saga Edition.
- A Hero Twice a Month: My Character Background for the Star Wars: Saga Edition Game: An in-character journal entry for Dr. Tam Dakkar, a Level 1 Human Noble.
Podcasts
- Order 66 Episode 76: Silent but Deadly: This week the guys look at Assassin prestige class for the Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG. Discuss it in the forum, subscribe to the feed, or download the file directly [mp3].