[FFG] WEG SW:The RPG 30th Anniversary Edition!

[KPeterson]

I couldn't resist. I preordered from FFG yesterday.

Between this Anniversary edition, and FFG"s upcoming SW wargame, Legion, my wallet is going to take a beating over the months to come.

[Bren]

[Wajeb Deb Kaadeb]

Yes, I agree that sometimes a person just discovers powers on his own. Whether this is a natural growth in the Force Users ability, or is the will of the Force expressing itself, is unknown.

But, I tend to think that the Force has a unseen hand in shaping destiny.

The people of the Star Wars universe don't seem to believe in a god or gods. Their version of intelligent design must be the Force, for those who believe in it.

[Wajeb Deb Kaadeb]

Still checking out the Sourcebook, from time to time. It truly is an amazing piece of work. I'm reading this book, seeing its quality, and it has me comparing it to other sourcebooks for other RPGs. This is one of the best! The QUALITY oozes from it.

It's all the details...all the Star Wars love that was put into the writing. I can tell that the original authors of this game were true fans. They weren't just working at a job. They were contributing to a passion.

I've just read about the X-Wing, and I love how they describe how the Alliance started using the fighters. I always thought that the X-Wing was the cream of the crop, but the book surprised me in describing it as no longer leading edge. It's a damn good fighter, but not the best ship in space. The new TIE Interceptors are 25% faster. So, the ship is starting to age. It's not obsolete, yet. It's just an example of an excellent working fighter.

I like how the description relates why the Empire will probably not start using the X-Wing--how the Alliance is not sure, despite all their efforts, that the Imperial Navy doesn't have the details needed in order to construct the fighter.

And, the Alliance struggles with the ship. They've got to create parts custom. The Alliance has so few X-Wings, too, that they are constantly "in the air" so to speak. They are grounded only for refueling and repairs.

A GM can even easily read between the lines and describe X-Wings as ships that are not assigned to any specific individual in many cases. Two squadrons share one set of ships. While one squadron is down, the other is off doing their mission, using the same X-Wings.

[Bren]

[Ray]

Despite insane shipping, I broke down and ordered this.

[Whill]

[Wajeb Deb Kaadeb]

The Sourcebook says to use 8D skill when operating systems on a Star Destroyer (Astrogation, Starship Gunnery, and Starship Piloting).

[Wajeb Deb Kaadeb]

In my casual but complete cover to cover read of the Sourcebook, I've come to the section on bulk freighters. A few thoughts strike me...

One: The Eravana, Han Solo's new ship shown in TFA, is the epitome of a bulk freighter described in the pages of this SW Sourcebook, some 40 years ago.



Two: Most bulk freighter crews (independents) scrap by, just like the tramp freights like the Falcon, barely making a living. Those on salary, working for the big shipping concerns, make a decent wage. Their major cost is fuel, and this surprises me, since the WEG D6 places so little emphasis on fuel. In fact, the topic was taken out of the Tramp Freighter Galaxy Guide between the first and second editions of the game.



Three: It says that many young people (and, I supposed, not so young people without means) cannot afford to travel between the stars. The cost of passage is too high. So, what they do is sign on for working passage on bulk freighters, working for room, board, and transport. No being paid at all.

I was thinking. This would be a great way to start a new campaign--with the PCs, all down on their luck, working passage on a bulk freighter until the adventure begins.

The idea of passage cost does show up in ANH, of course, but besides that (and Ben and Luke were desperate), I never got the feeling that it was that hard to travel between worlds in the SW universe.

Then, again, the story in the movies never really focused on the "middle class" or the "lower class". Maybe it would cost Owen Lars to go to another world--more credits than he could put together.



Four: As much as I know about the SW universe, I feel like reading through the Sourcebook is giving me not only a stronger background for the D6 game, but a much grander appreciation for the SW universe as a whole. It's all the details that are explained--little things that I would normally not think about.

It's worth the read, even if you have no intention on playing, but are just a SW fan.

[Bren]

[Whill]

[Whill]

A couple weeks ago, the status of this set was updated to at the printer. A couple weeks ago, I asked FFG for a release estimate, and they told they are still on target for 'by the the end of the year' but I'm skeptical.
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[Falconer]

I’m waiting to order, for now. Of course I have one copy of each already, but, I would buy as many as seven more of just the rulebook, if I could, so I could have enough copies for my players. But I don’t need any more of the sourcebook.

[Wajeb Deb Kaadeb]

Buy the seven and sell six of the sourcebooks on ebay to subsidize the purchase?

[Falconer]

If I have to. A lot of risk and work there that I would rather avoid though. Not to mention a huge chunk of change upfront.