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Ggban007 reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread Tell me about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire with
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While I pointed out the difference, I disagree that they're incompatible. I don't think it was strictly intended by the designers (they... -
Ggban007 reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread Tell me about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire with Like.
FFG's Star Wars is one of my favourite RPGs, and I think the proprietary dice get an unfairly bad wrap. It's quite possibly the...
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Ggban007 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/12/2025 following The Game Awards) with Like.
Treating this separately, I think the issue is that Swen (not Sven, but I assume that's autocorrect's devilish hand at work) has...
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GToday, we begin reading the Two Towers. Last we left off, the Fellowship broke apart after Boromir attempted to seize the ring from...
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Ggban007 reacted to trappedslider's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I found it! The moment everything went wrong: ON THIS DAY | In 1990, the first web server and page went live at CERN. It was only...
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Ggban007 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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GNo longer allegedly: For the book's anniversary, there was an annotated edition of Heir to the Empire published, where Zahn confirmed he...
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GMorrus is right about Star Wars being an odd duck when it comes to licenses. As unimaginable as it sounds, for the better part of a...
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GFor me it's very simple. In some cases, having a game designed from the ground up just leads to a product more coherent with the source...
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GWith the old James Bond RPG, a big part of the draw was lavishly produced (for the time) adventures mimicking the movies but with vital...
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GIt is very rare that a licensee is allowed to add to canon. I’ve been on the licensing end a couple of times and everything has to be...
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GA good licensed game will construct the mechanics to suit the setting (rather than just shoe-horning the setting into an existing set of...
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GAs a person who is generally happy to play a genre-flexible system (Savage Worlds) and that system happens to have good support for...
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Ggban007 reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread What’s the draw of licensed games? with Like.
The main draws to me are 1) a setting people care about and 2) shared baseline expectations of how things work. I do think those are...
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GOnly laughing at that bit.