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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 108726" data-attributes="member: 363">I really had no idea Star Wars d20 was doing poorly. Suspending the publication of Star Wars Gamer seems a pretty good indication of that. I don't think the game was poorly designed - I just think it suffered from being rushed out. Had it gone through a few more months - or even a year - of development and playtesting, all the bugs would've been worked out of it. So, while it's not the design of the game, exactly, it still had plenty of problems.As it is, the books are actually pretty good. The Dark Side sourcebook is a great read, and gives a lot of ideas for villains that would work in most science fiction games, especially those that are more comic-bookish in feel. And it looks great.Star Wars Gamer is/was a great magazine. In some ways, I looked forward to reading it more than Dragon. It seems/seemed very much like Dragon back years ago, covering all manner of games. Had it covered stuff other than Star Wars (but hey, look at the title), it would've been the best science fiction game magazine I'd ever seen. I hope it doesn't disappear for good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 108726, member: 363"] I really had no idea Star Wars d20 was doing poorly. Suspending the publication of Star Wars Gamer seems a pretty good indication of that. I don't think the game was poorly designed - I just think it suffered from being rushed out. Had it gone through a few more months - or even a year - of development and playtesting, all the bugs would've been worked out of it. So, while it's not the design of the game, exactly, it still had plenty of problems. As it is, the books are actually pretty good. The Dark Side sourcebook is a great read, and gives a lot of ideas for villains that would work in most science fiction games, especially those that are more comic-bookish in feel. And it looks great. Star Wars Gamer is/was a great magazine. In some ways, I looked forward to reading it more than Dragon. It seems/seemed very much like Dragon back years ago, covering all manner of games. Had it covered stuff other than Star Wars (but hey, look at the title), it would've been the best science fiction game magazine I'd ever seen. I hope it doesn't disappear for good. [/QUOTE]

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