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Someone asked Rodney Thompson that question on Twitter, and he said there weren't going to be any Star Wars announcements at GenCon that he was aware of. He did later mention that he's the lead developer on Dark Sun though.
Before the Wizards forums went down for maintenance, there was speculation over there that Rodney's Dark Sun gig might be behind the apparently reduced Star Wars release schedule for 2010. (Based on the announced schedule so far, it looks like Star Wars will get a release every three months in 2010, instead of every other month like in 2009.)
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My Saga Edition folder at Mediafire.com: - Galactic Gazetteer-style planetary writeups - updated November 18, 2009 adding Corellia and Nubia
- Point Buy calculation spreadsheet - updated May 8, 2008
- Saga carrying capacity spreadsheet - updated Aug 6, 2009 for all character sizes & Str scores
- Plus a few other (hopefully useful) things
Since neither I nor Chris Perkins went to GenCon this year, there wasn't really anyone to run a Star Wars seminar, so no, there was no big news. Lots of people were there playing it, though, which made me happy!
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So out of all the books released what are the "must have" books?
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The Rebellion Era is underwhelming as a game setting so no surprise there.
Star Wars was a ten times more fun as a setting when you didn't have Jedi breeding like rabbits, and a thousand times more interesting before the Sith became common.
Star Wars was a ten times more fun as a setting when you didn't have Jedi breeding like rabbits, and a thousand times more interesting before the Sith became common.
I have to agree with this, but I'm an old guy and dislike the new movies, they had no heart. That's the best way that I can describe it.
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So out of all the books released what are the "must have" books?
General consensus seems to be that the core rulebook, Scum & Villainy, and Starships of the Galaxy are the most essential. The Force Unleashed also has some prestige classes and rules additions that make healing easier, make droids more playable, and add crafting rules to the game.
Just a heads up, Starships of the Galaxy and the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide have become difficult to find, so expect some sticker shock if you go looking for those books online.
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That wasn't known? He told me that at Origins.
I don't recall any mention of it over at the Wizards Star Wars forum prior to Rodney's tweet about it. Given that a number of folks over there are as much fans of Rodney himself as of Saga, I'd be surprised at people keeping quiet about it. Also, Rodney's tweet made it sound like it had been a secret before GenCon, since Dark Sun itself wasn't announced until then.
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My Saga Edition folder at Mediafire.com: - Galactic Gazetteer-style planetary writeups - updated November 18, 2009 adding Corellia and Nubia
- Point Buy calculation spreadsheet - updated May 8, 2008
- Saga carrying capacity spreadsheet - updated Aug 6, 2009 for all character sizes & Str scores
- Plus a few other (hopefully useful) things
I don't recall any mention of it over at the Wizards Star Wars forum prior to Rodney's tweet about it. Given that a number of folks over there are as much fans of Rodney himself as of Saga, I'd be surprised at people keeping quiet about it. Also, Rodney's tweet made it sound like it had been a secret before GenCon, since Dark Sun itself wasn't announced until then.
He didn't tell us what the setting was though we tried to get it out of him but he did say he was lead developer.
He didn't tell us what the setting was though we tried to get it out of him but he did say he was lead developer.
Ahh, if that tidbit filtered back to the Star Wars forum, I missed it. I expect it didn't though, because if someone knew, they'd have started a "What is Rodney's secret project?" thread.
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My Saga Edition folder at Mediafire.com: - Galactic Gazetteer-style planetary writeups - updated November 18, 2009 adding Corellia and Nubia
- Point Buy calculation spreadsheet - updated May 8, 2008
- Saga carrying capacity spreadsheet - updated Aug 6, 2009 for all character sizes & Str scores
- Plus a few other (hopefully useful) things
General consensus seems to be that the core rulebook, Scum & Villainy, and Starships of the Galaxy are the most essential. The Force Unleashed also has some prestige classes and rules additions that make healing easier, make droids more playable, and add crafting rules to the game.
Just a heads up, Starships of the Galaxy and the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide have become difficult to find, so expect some sticker shock if you go looking for those books online.
I don't recall any mention of it over at the Wizards Star Wars forum prior to Rodney's tweet about it. Given that a number of folks over there are as much fans of Rodney himself as of Saga, I'd be surprised at people keeping quiet about it. Also, Rodney's tweet made it sound like it had been a secret before GenCon, since Dark Sun itself wasn't announced until then.
Thanks! Out of what you mention I do not have Starships of the Galaxy.
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Thanks for the heads up on rarity, I found it for $26 at one of my normal on line resources, plus $3 shipping. I ordered the Dark Side source book while I was at it too.
__________________ It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. NEVER hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you, IF it goes against the obvious intent of the game. As you hew the line with respect to conformity to major systems and uniformity of play in general, also be certain the game is mastered by you and not by your players. Within the broad parameters give in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Volumes, YOU are creator and final arbiter. By ordering things as they should be, the game as a WHOLE first, your CAMPAIGN next, and your participants thereafter, you will be playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons as it was meant to be. May you find as much pleasure in so doing as the rest of us do.
Thanks for the heads up on rarity, I found it for $26 at one of my normal on line resources, plus $3 shipping. I ordered the Dark Side source book while I was at it too.
Hmm... since you apparently saw one RCR book at your local source (as there's not a Saga Dark Side book at this time, nor has one been announced), double check and make sure you got the square, 160 page, 'first printing December 2007' Starships of the Galaxy, not an older book (I think there was an RCR Starships of the Galaxy).
Hmm... since you apparently saw one RCR book at your local source (as there's not a Saga Dark Side book at this time, nor has one been announced), double check and make sure you got the square, 160 page, 'first printing December 2007' Starships of the Galaxy, not an older book (I think there was an RCR Starships of the Galaxy).
Ah, yes it does look like I got an old Dark Side book, the Starship one has this WOTC ID number:
WOC2171472
and looks to be the right one.
__________________ It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. NEVER hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you, IF it goes against the obvious intent of the game. As you hew the line with respect to conformity to major systems and uniformity of play in general, also be certain the game is mastered by you and not by your players. Within the broad parameters give in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Volumes, YOU are creator and final arbiter. By ordering things as they should be, the game as a WHOLE first, your CAMPAIGN next, and your participants thereafter, you will be playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons as it was meant to be. May you find as much pleasure in so doing as the rest of us do.
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