Opinions on books

Esjs · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject: Opinions on books

I've been kind of interested in some WEG material for a while and I was wondering if anybody had any reviews of the following items. Are they worth getting or just a waste of ink? Tell me what you think...

any edition

any "canned" adventures (have you played or GM'ed any that you like or hate?)

Thanks.

Gry Sarth · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:38 pm Post subject:

GG9: Scouts - Don't have, but it seems quite limited. if you're not planning on running a scout campaign, it's probably quite useless.

Gamemaster Screen: 2nd Editions Revised and Expanded - A MUST HAVE, in my opinion. The screen itself is great, with all the useful info you need in a game, and then some. But the booklet included with it is also priceless. Quick and clean stats and visuals for all your basic needs of bad guys, street folk, vehicles and ships. This is a really great help for adding something quickly to your adventure. And there's still lots more info in there than you would expect.

Stock Ships - Just aquired it recently and loved it. The ships included aren't that cool and are limited to the light freighter category, with the occasional space yacht, ranging from 30-50meters. However the richness of information on each one and the detail deckplans makes this very useful. I find that using a ship with a deckplan makes the experience a lot more realistic for players. I would truly recommend this book.

Hellcat · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:26 am Post subject: Re: Opinions on books

Crell Damar · Line Captain Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 845

Galaxy guide 8 is really cool if you're interested in having a set of tables and such to work from for designing new species and planets. It also has 4 or 5 new templates (scout based of course) and several ships.
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Grimace · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject:

I've written up reviews for two of the three, and thanks to Gry Sarth I've now got Stock Ships to look over. You can find the review for GG8 here http://www.geocities.com/grimace997/StarWars/scout.html.

You can find the review for the Revised Gamemaster Screen here http://www.geocities.com/grimace997/StarWars/game2.html

I've got other reviews, if you're interested, here http://www.geocities.com/grimace997/StarWars/List.html

Hope this helps.

MA-3PO · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:23 am Post subject:

Hi! This is my first post on Rancor Pit although I've been addicted to SWD6 for well over 10 years. It's great to join you guys.

Anyway, I've just picked up one of the last books I've been missing, The Tales of the Jedi Companion. So far it looks great! This might be for Jedi what GG6 Tramp Freighters was to smugglers. I was just wondering what you guys thought of this book. Anything I should be careful of? Some of these powers look like GM char only stuff...

elomchamp · Cadet Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 12

Hey there Cadet MA-3PO. I'm a cadet too, But I'm no droid: I'm a Gen'dai.

elomchamp · Cadet Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 12

Greetings there Esjs.

Esjs · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:25 am Post subject:

MA-3PO · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:58 am Post subject:

Esjs · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:28 am Post subject:

elomchamp · Cadet Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 12

*Smile*Ensign aye?

mserabian · Cadet Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 4

Can anyone tell me the differences between these books or do they all contain mostly the same information?

The Star Wars Sourcebook
The Star Wars Move Trilogy Sourcebook
The Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook Special Edition

I have the first edition of The Star Wars Sourcebook - what's in the others that's not in it?

thanks

mal

MA-3PO · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject:

The Star Wars Movie Trilogy Sourcebook and The Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook Special Edition are almost the same. The SE version is a lot prettier and features added stats for new things seen in the SE release of the trilogy. These books focus on anything seen on screen in the movies. This is good for adventures where players interact with people, places, things they saw on film.

The Star Wars Sourcebook on the other hand is another one of the "must haves" for SWRPG. It goes into depth on things such as spacecraft systems, droids, equipment. It goes into deeper detail than what is covered in the movie books. It offers a good explanation on how everyday items in the SW universe work.

garhkal · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:34 am Post subject:

GG8. Scouts... Well other than the information on playing scouts, setting up new worlds, it did have a few new ships and templates. Though the only problem i had with the new ships, is none of them listed a cost or availability....
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