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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 9854367" data-attributes="member: 6988941">Right, because shopping and comparable mundane concerns are not a big part action-adventure movies in general. And that's fine for an RPG leaning into just being a movie. If you want the max cinematic version of Star Wars ttrpg I think I already mentioned the knock off Star Wars options for Outgunned which is a super fun game, but probably not one most people would want to have as the staple of their rpg diet (I love it, but it glories in being an action movie by railroading and leaning into tropes in a way that gets old if you play it all the time). I think many (if not most) gamers want a little simulationism and resource management in their ttrpg diet; want to feel like they're playing a person in the Star Wars universe, not just a character in a Star Wars movie; or at the very least want the "you can do anything" part of ttrpgs to also include buying stuff, which of the various anythings players might try is one of the ones that most benefits from official support from the game designers.But yeah, you can do a Star Wars game without shopping, you're just limiting the type of Star Wars experience players can have. In FFG Star Wars terms an Age of Rebellion type game rarely would miss having shopping, one does not expect rebel pilots to have to go buy new blasters. An Edge of the Empire type game meanwhile is probably a lot more concerned with money and the things it can buy.</blockquote>

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