Star Wars: Saga Edition

Game Day: Enter the Sith

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After five sessions of fighting pirates and swoop bike gangers, the heroes of my Knights of the Old Republic campaign went up against their first Sith: Kaldros Ygin, an arrogant self-assured student of the Dark Lady Aldera. I’ve been dropping hints over the last few weeks that Ral Duris, leader of the pirates of Zebulon … Read more

Storm the Galaxy with the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide

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An armored Sith lord and a woman in brown clothing hold lightsabers aloft.

One of the challenges of running a Star Wars campaign is finding a way to incorporate plenty of Jedi and their Sith nemeses without tearing asunder the canonical Star Wars timeline. The Expanded Universe has helped with this, providing a number of Dark Apprentices to serve as fodder for Jedi who some how escaped Palpatine’s … Read more

D&D 4E to Star Wars Creature Conversions

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One area where Star Wars: Saga Edition could use some help are its creatures. There are certainly a number of them out there, particularly the iconic ones from the movies, but the system tends to come up a little short with more mundane critters. After my third session of Star Wars, I thought back our … Read more

Game Day: Bloggers of the Old Republic

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Three weeks into our new Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic campaign it became obvious: we needed a blog. Or at least, I needed a blog. Even without leaving the Vargis Tau star system and its binary world of Zebulon we’d still managed to accumulate a dozen-odd NPCs, three or four ships, three adventure … Read more

Importing 4E Skill Challenges into Star Wars: Saga Edition

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Skill challenges were one of the best things to come out of our D&D 4th Edition playtest.  Building on earlier versions that appeared in Spycraft and Unearthed Arcana, skill challenges provided an in-game mechanic for resolving non-combat conflicts and complex tasks. We used it to handle the exploration a lava tube complex leading to a … Read more

Organizing a Solar System of Miniatures

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A plastic case with separate sections containing small plastic figurines. Each section is labeled.

My gaming group’s used minis in our Dungeons & Dragons campaign for years, and when we playtested Star Wars we continued that tradition. I’m blessed with two players who have large collections of Star Wars minis that I can borrow and I’ve spent the last few days organizing them. One thing I’ve learned from my … Read more

Star Wars: Saga Edition – Annotated Playtest #2

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Star Wars-themed miniatures face off on a desert-colored battle map. A Saga Edition rulebook appears to the lefthand side.

Our Dawn on Zebulon prelude campaign for Star Wars: Saga Edition hit Episode II last night, and I think to say we’ve hit our stride. Even with two new players joining the session with no Saga experience, our second game went as well as the first. Unlike our initial game, which focused on three Jedi … Read more

Star Wars: Saga Edition – Annotated Playtest #1

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Various scenes from the Star Wars movies cover a game master screen. In front of the screen is a small ceramic statue; behind it are several Star Wars books.

Our Star Wars: Saga Edition campaign kicked off on Friday with our first full-fledged Knights of the Old Republic session. Since my Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Annotated Playtest went over so well  I decided to do the same for this Saga Edition. This one will work a little differently; instead of annotating a single … Read more

Game Day: Dawn on Zebulon

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Our first official Star Wars Game Day is upon us. After two weeks of playtesting starship combat, we’re launching into a first-level prelude campaign with about half of our regular players in attendance (the other half having family/work commitments).

Set in the time of the Knights of the Old Republic, the campaign begins on the Outer Rim binary planet of Zebulon in the Vargis Tau system. Zebulon’s comprised of two worlds: the primary, Zebulon Prime, and its sister/moon, Zebulon Beta. The later of these is home to the Jedi academy that will serve as home base for the Jedi in the campaign.

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