I’ve been thinking about tailoring Age of Rebellion a bit more to cultivate the kind of experiences that I like to see, both in Star Wars and based on the other FFG Star Wars games. I’ve got a few thoughts on that which I’m still hammering out. Modifications—Determine Duty (Age of Rebellion page 46) Characters still pick their Duty as
Read moreAge of Rebellion—Operating Expenses What follows is my attempt to address some of the issues I mentioend in my post mortem post for Age of Rebellion. It clarifies that the PCs will have a budget, provided by the Alliance, and that the any personal pay they might receive is outside of the scope of the campaign, while still attempting to
Read moreI’m calling this a post-mortem on FFG’s Star Wars line, but I’m really focused on the end of my time running Age of Rebellion. To be fair, it hasn’t been the longest run. For my full FFG Star Wars resume, I’ve played in two short Edge of the Empire campaigns, ran one with the Beta rules that lasted about
Read moreI think it’s about time for me to wander back to a galaxy far, far away. Specifically, I finally got my copy of Friends Like These, the most recent adventure released for the Age of Rebellion RPG. Let’s form a battle plan, shall we? Canon Notes For the more recent Star Wars products, this hasn’t come up nearly as often,
Read moreI haven’t mentioned it yet here on the blog, but I’m really enjoying the Tales from the Hydian Way podcast, a podcast dedicated to discussing the Fantasy Flight Star Wars RPGs. In their most recent episode, the subject of downtime came up, and that discussion spurred some ideas in my mind. So How Long Are We Talking, Here? My thoughts
Read moreDaunting challenges of juggling work and family obligations nearing the holidays aside, I’ve finally made my way through the next book on my backlog. Feels kind of appropriate to finish reading and reviewing an Age of Rebellion book this close to the release of Rogue One. One Moment In Time Strongholds of Resistance came out in November of 2015. By
Read moreIn Shadowrun Anarchy, the game is always moving in turns. Until everyone wants to interact at the same time, one player goes, and if they aren’t in combat, once they take an action and do everything they want to do, it moves to the next player. When all of the players are present and may need to quickly interact with
Read moreAfter tackling two adventures for the Edge of the Empire system, I thought it would be interesting to look at the first adventure to come out of the Age of Rebellion game, that adventure being Onslaught at Arda I. Previously, I had mined it for the mass combat rules and action track mechanics that the adventure introduced to the game,
Read moreUpon recently thinking about the Force Awakens, a few custom skills popped into my head. These were inspired by very specific events in the movie, and their level of utility might vary, depending on the situations and rules your group generally encounters. Custom Skill: Luck (Willpower)Some people are just born lucky, but the more they push their boundaries, the more
Read moreYesterday I saw the following thought provoking post pop up a few times in my Google+ feed: http://readthedamnbook.blogspot.com/2015/03/can-players-kill-luke-skywalker-or.html . . . and after having read it, even though it does not turn out to be completely negative in regards to canon and metaplot, I felt as if I had to write something on this same topic. The first thing I
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