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Right now, there's no answer on either of those. For the turret, I'd consider it a modification and put a price tag of 1000 credits buying the parts and a Hard Mechanics check to make the modification. On the Wayfayer's cargo container... that's a tougher one, as there's not really anything to...

For those interested, the adventure has now made its way to game store shelves. The review I did can be found here: http://gsa.thegamernation.org/2013/09/02/rpg-review-beyond-the-rim-an-edge-of-the-empire-adventure/

Which could be a contributing factor as to why it was removed from the Beta. There's also the Bounty Hunter and Hired Gun specs from EotE for additional combat options as well.

You know, I'm wondering if FFG really needs to do a separate splatbook for each career, as there's some overlap that could warrant combining some of them. Such as Bounty Hunters and Hired Guns, with their book also covering new combat-related gear in addition to suggestions for...

Indeed, Military Training was removed from the Beta book. It might show up in the full rulebook, but more likely it'll appear in a supplement if at all. Which is a shame as I think it would have been a neat option for characters like Leia who probably began play with a non-combat career like...

I grabbed a copy of this at GenCon before it sold out. I haven't read it in-depth (yet), but overall it looks to be a pretty solid Star Wars adventure. It follows the films in that the PCs find themselves traveling to three separate locations as part of the overall story arc. There's not a...

I'm finding the unique dice are working pretty darn well. As for number of dice, since the book encourages the GM to make their rolls out in the open, I think two sets of dice would be quite sufficient. You could also ask the players to chip in a few bucks each to help offset the costs of the...

By the same token, I've heard a few stories of how things were fine up until that final encounter. Though having the GM in this instance spend a slew of Dark Side Destiny Points and having both sets of TIES attacking probably didn't do the PCs any favors. I've had mixed results, with the first...

Probably quite easy. I know there's been an attempt to do a Mass Effect hack (treating biotics in a method similar to Force powers) over on the D20 Radio forums, and it's drawn a lot of favorable comparisons to Firefly/Serenity in terms of the general feel that FFG has presented. So folks...

As long as you come into it with an open mind, particularly about the specialized dice, I think you'll really enjoy yourself. Speaking of dice, for those not eager to shell out $15 for a set of dice, FFG does have a pretty nifty dice roller app available for iPod/iPad/iPhone and Android...

If folks are interested in how EotE plays, check out "The Real Edge" episode of the Real Gamers podcast. http://realgamerspodcast.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-real-edge.html Direct Link http://ia801705.us.archive.org/27/items/EdgeOfTheEmpireBB1Shot/Edge%20of%20the%20Empire%20BB%201%20Shot.mp3...

I'm in much the same boat, and while the minis definitely aren't required for EotE, I've found them useful in making sure everyone's on roughly the same page about who's where in a particular scene, especially for combat.

One thing to bear in mind for EotE is that the players can't really just sit back and let the GM alone interpret the dice results. In fact, it honestly seems that Jay Little and the EotE design team are expecting players and GMs to work together to turn the results on the dice into part of an...

I honestly do feel that Monopoly is one of those games that just needs to go away for a good, long time, and for me it's to the point where I count it as a point of pride to not own any version of Monopoly. Side note, i was able to derail a "let's play a game" idea at a family get-together some...

Having played this prior to it being released, a fair warning that this is a fairly silly and non-serious adventure. It's great for a campy one-shot with shout-outs galore to various tidbits from the movies and the EU as well as other non-Star Wars sources that still bear a holiday theme. But...

I agree it looks really daunting on paper, and felt the same way as you do Wednesday Boy. But once you see it in action, the dice are incredibly easy to adjudicate. Both times that I introduced a group to the game (1st time without the Beginner Box), the players got the hang of the dice within...

Edge of the Empire Updates Pretty sure this isn't exactly news, but Fantasy Flight Games has been publishing a weekly update for Edge of Empire, with Update Number 5 probably due to be published tomorrow. I did an overview of Updates 1 thru 4 over at the GSA website, providing the main...

Honestly, it plays a lot better than it reads. But then, so do quite a few RPGs, D&D included (and not just 4e) Also, it's a Beta book and really only intended to get the critical information across to players and GMs with as little page count as possible. Also, a lot of the mechanical stuff...

I've both run and played EotE, and I'd have to say it compares quite favorably to WEG, and combat-wise is an improvement over the WotC versions There's more to characters than just their skills like you had in WEG, but neither is EotE a level-based game, permitting you to advance your...

Also, if anyone is interested in reading some reviews of the Beta by folks that have actually played or run the game, there's a couple of them on the GSA website: Poking Around at the Edge of the Empire | The GSA Offers both positives and negatives, with the author's POV being that of someone...