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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9651698" data-attributes="member: 907">I, for one, like it, and I've said multiple times that the Age of Rebellion beginner set + web enhancement are among the best RPG experiences I've had. For me, the web enhancement provides a mini-campaign direction and just enough detail on each part to provide a skeleton around which the GM can do their own stuff, without being hampered by too much detail.But it's not like the system is perfect. The dice are cool and all, but are pretty expensive* and often hard to get a hold of – moreso now that the system has been shifted to Edge Studios rather than FFG. And while they can often create cool situations, it can be exhausting to do stuff with the advantages/threats all the time.I am more forgiving of the three different branches than [USER=6775134]@kronovan[/USER]. I think they bring more focus to each game, and the selection of careers, opponents, tech, and other stuff in each one really shape those campaigns. Or at least I can buy it when it comes to Rebels vs Edge. Perhaps the Force stuff could have been in a neutral book that could be used with either one of the other two – particularly with the default being that the game is set between A New Hope and Empire, having a whole group of force users with specialization into multiple distinct areas seems weird. It would probably have worked better in a High Republic setting.* Technically, they're not really more expensive per die than regular Chessex dice, but regular polyhedrals are used in hundreds of different games while these are only used in this one, so it feels more expensive. Plus, the dice sets are really too small – ideally they should come with five each of the ability, proficiency, difficulty, and challenge dice, two or three each of the boon/bane dice, and one force die, in order to enable you to do any roll with one set.</blockquote>

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