Star Wars

The Advantage of Episodic Storytelling in the Star Wars RPG

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Rebellion Era Campaign GuideWhen I ran my Dungeons & Dragons/World of Greyhawk campaign, I constantly spawned new subplots, new NPCs, and new locations. It was intentional; my goal was to throw a wide net of possible plotlines, and let the players choose which ones to follow. By campaign’s end we probably had hundreds of unresolved storylines, but it wasn’t a problem because the important storylines – the defeat of the giants in the Grand Duchy of Geoff, the defeat of the orcish overlord Turrosh Mak, the liberation of Obsidian Bay – did reach their climatic ends.

Star Wars Roundup: Saga Edition Cancelled, Sniper Feat, Travel in Star Wars

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Without a doubt, the big news Star Wars this month is the announcement that Wizards of the Coast is not renewing its Star Wars license and is ending the Star Wars: Saga Edition RPG and Star Wars Miniatures product lines. It’s a sad day for Star Wars gamers but I suspect that the game will … Read more

Thoughts on the end of Star Wars: Saga Edition

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Some suspected it, but now it’s official: Wizards of the Coast is dropping the Star Wars license, and with it, the Star Wars: Saga Edition role-playing game and its counterpart, the Star Wars Miniatures Game. It seemed likely that this would happen sooner or later once D&D 4E was released; I’m sure it’s difficult for … Read more

Star Wars Round Up: Dawn of Defiance Ends, Galaxy at War Minis, Joruus C’baoth

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After two years, Wizards of the Coast’s Dawn of the Defiance RPGA campaign has concluded with Episode #10: Jaws of the Sarlacc. In this week’s Star Wars roundup I’ve got a link to the module as well as Rodney Thompson’s retrospective on the campaign. In other news, there’s Galaxy at War miniatures previews, a new … Read more

Star Wars RPG Roundup: Canon Fights, Rodney Interview, Initiative Trackers, Make Your Own Crawl

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The WotC’s preview for Galaxy at War leads off this week’s Star Wars RPG round up. After that, I’ve got the blog round-up which includes posts about dealing with Star Wars canon issues, how to write a crawl, and the challenges of switching from a fantasy to science fiction mindset. I also found a number … Read more

FollowFriday: Star Wars: Saga Edition

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A whole host of people involved in Star Wars: Saga Edition in one form or another have joined Twitter over the last few weeks. It’s great to see — D&D 4th Edition and Pathfinder have sizable fan bases on Twitter, but until recently Star Wars has been lagging. Hopefully with these new additions we’ll see a … Read more

Star Wars RPG Roundup: Dawn of Defiance, Rebellion Era Campaign Guide, Order 66

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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.

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Game Day: The Final Flight of the Aeon Harrier

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Our Star Wars campaign reached a major milestone last Friday: our heroes bought their first starship. The group is loosely divided into two factions: the Jedi padawans and the crew. The later group served aboard a ship known as the Aeon Harrier, which the Jedi occasionally contracted out for missions. It served as the group’s … Read more

Game Day: Random Stellar Encounters II

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Another week, another game of Star Wars. The adventure rolls on with a special flashback episode. Last week, our band of heroes learned of 32 Belasco Division E-company (aka the Early Birds), an Old Republic Army advance assault unit that went missing on Toprawa during the Great Sith War. This week, we’ll be playing soldiers … Read more

Game Day: Random Stellar Encounters

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We played our first Star Wars game since December on Friday. Prepping the session had me digging through my various web resources looking for inspiration (and new entries for the campaign blog). They’re a useful collection of tools for anyone running a Star Wars/scifi game, so I thought I’d share them. Star Wars Galaxies at … Read more