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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #255 on: <07-27-11/2318:15> »
According to my brother WEG is done, gone, out... but...

One of the management team from the prior-WEG (Matt something - I can't remember it right now) is purchasing all the title rights from WEG at $500 a book (not exclusively Star Wars either, but with an emphasis). He's also been buying up the titles from individuals that owned the rights from when WEG liquidated at whatever their cost. It's a slow process to say the least. Lucas is holding the rights to all D20 Star Wars since he's still making money off of them. He won't relinquish a lot of the Star wars PnP rights until after Old Republic releases and he sees how this new entry to the universe is grasped by the market (there's a lot of speculation on what he has planned since he wants to wait, but he's tight lipped).
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #256 on: <07-29-11/0139:03> »
Quote from: Onion Man on <07-25-11/0434:51>
West End Star Wars for life.

West End Star Wars = teh awesome
d20 Star Wars = teh cancer

Eh. I played both. I liked both.

Well. Um. The d20 version, my main character got to 11th level and still had a BAB of 1. So I may not have been playing the way most other people did.



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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #257 on: <07-29-11/0600:41> »
never cared too much for D20 or saga star wars. it wasnt very balanced.

i always liked the WEG D6 system. it wasn't bogged down by too many rules and regulations, it gave more freedom to the game for more expression of character and imagination. so of my craziest most favorite game sessions were star wars D6. we found out that star destroyer bridges aren't immune to light sabers. that the guy with 2D in blaster can out shoot the several guys with 7D+ in blaster. and that it doesn't matter how powerful you think you are, angering the barabel is ALWAYS a bad idea.

for those of you still playing D6 star wars or if your bored of arguing the finer inconsequential points of shadowrun and whatnot, drop by the D6 holocron site and give it a perusal.


http://d6holocron.com/wiki/index.php?title=D6_Holocron_Wiki

i like:
Shadowrun...4th is special i started on 3rd and i liked it.
AD&D 2nd revised...everything 3.0+ was a video game on paper...
Star Wars D6...D20 and saga sucked so bad that darth lucas yanked the licensing for it.
ive had an off again on again relationship with white wolf: werewolf...lacked a long campaign ability
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #258 on: <08-02-11/1400:23> »
Hey Star Wars fans!

It's been announced: Fantasy Flight Games has picked up the rights to the Star Wars games.
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #259 on: <08-02-11/1729:56> »
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Hey Star Wars fans!

It's been announced: Fantasy Flight Games has picked up the rights to the Star Wars games.

Interesting I wonder what the RPG system is going to look like when or if they come out with it?  On that note I think that Lucas laughs every time he goes to the bank with some new game company's money for the licensing.
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #260 on: <08-02-11/1817:16> »
Well, couldn't be any worse than the neglect WotC gave it.

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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #261 on: <08-02-11/2000:25> »
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Well, couldn't be any worse than the neglect WotC gave it.

Yeah, all those sourcebooks, miniatures and 2 editions, it's like they forgot it was there.  ::)
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« Reply #262 on: <08-02-11/2003:28> »
Far less than there could have been, or should have been.  And often far too late to take advantage of the advertising that was going on for other parts of the Star Wars Universe that was happening.  WEG did more, in a worse time for gaming, and NO MOVIES COMING OUT.

The minis, yes, those were supported quite well, I will admit.
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #263 on: <08-02-11/2009:01> »
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Far less than there could have been, or should have been.  And often far too late to take advantage of the advertising that was going on for other parts of the Star Wars Universe that was happening.  WEG did more, in a worse time for gaming, and NO MOVIES COMING OUT.

The minis, yes, those were supported quite well, I will admit.

Jedi Book
Sith Book
Old Republic book
New Order Era Book
Military Book
Threats
Starship book
Planetary Guides
Clone Wars Era Book

Thats a good bit of support right there
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #264 on: <08-02-11/2017:35> »
I'm probably just bitter.  :(
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #265 on: <08-02-11/2031:45> »
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I'm probably just bitter.  :(

It's ok, just let go of the pain...you can love a Star Wars RPG again  ;)
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #266 on: <08-02-11/2113:40> »
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I'm probably just bitter.  :(

It's ok, just let go of the pain...you can love a Star Wars RPG again  ;)
No.  Hold on to that pain.  Embrace the bitterness, the anger, the resentment.
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #267 on: <08-02-11/2345:31> »
A lot of those books conflict with the Star Wars universe in some way or another, hence them losing the license... FFG are the guys who took over the Warhammer Fantasy RPG. There's still a lot of uproar about they changes they made, I've never played the new system, so I wouldn't know. My bro says there's nonstop talk about what FFG is gonna do. I'll fill ya in when I hear stuff, but I haven't been active in the gaming communities in a long time and I don't really keep my ears to the ground much.
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« Reply #268 on: <08-02-11/2355:21> »
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A lot of those books conflict with the Star Wars universe in some way or another, hence them losing the license... FFG are the guys who took over the Warhammer Fantasy RPG. There's still a lot of uproar about they changes they made, I've never played the new system, so I wouldn't know. My bro says there's nonstop talk about what FFG is gonna do. I'll fill ya in when I hear stuff, but I haven't been active in the gaming communities in a long time and I don't really keep my ears to the ground much.

Got a citation for that?  From my understanding (and my obsessive reading of the sourcebooks) WoTC kept canon when it came to the movie era material, and the Exapnded Universe stuff didn't deviate from other  published material (Plus Lucas says EU stuff isn't canon anyhow). WoTC losing the license was a business decision based on sales,rather than some sort of punitive measure from LFL. At least that's what I gather from publicly made statements. 
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Re: Favorite Non-Shadowrun RPG (Rules and/or Setting)

« Reply #269 on: <08-03-11/0023:23> »
Quote from: CanRay on <08-02-11/2003:28>
The minis, yes, those were supported quite well, I will admit.

The reason for this, why there were plenty of minis the last few years but almost no books, was that WotC had a limited number of product SKUs they were permitted under their license to introduce every year.

From discussions with former WotC authors, there HAD been several other Star Wars RPG books in development.

However, the books were not selling. The minis were. Guess which products got made and which got the axe?



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