tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post6398870682590423508..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: School’s Out Week: Star Was (D6)Michael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-4209494200319744552011-05-27T06:34:40.668-04:002011-05-27T06:34:40.668-04:00Having played the D6 SW game continuously since 19...Having played the D6 SW game continuously since 1988, I can say without a doubt, that you have just as expansive a realm of possibilities as any other game universe – especially if you rule out everything post 1998 and take a realistic view.<br /><br />That means 25,000 years of history, 500,000+ sectors, over 36 million+ worlds... It can be immense and 99.999% of the galaxy is not even mentioned (and that's just the 60º wedge that the "Known Galaxy" occupies). <br /><br />While it is true that there can be a lot of overshadowing by the major players in the story and a lot of railroading, it is ultimately how you approach it. Just because you can't save the galaxy does not mean saving a bunch of Twi'leks from slavers or running a cargo of illegal drugs to help some kid get the meds she needs are not heroic acts the players can relish.<br /><br />Hell, one of my favorite scenes in my entire history as a gamemaster was when two of my players decided to tango in a restaurant on Dac.Brentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-53362566838058937402011-05-25T22:03:03.162-04:002011-05-25T22:03:03.162-04:00@Anthony re. Z-95
No way! :D
*corrected, humbled...@Anthony re. Z-95<br />No way! :D <br />*corrected, humbled in acquiring new arcane knowledge*<br />I love the fact that much of the good stuff doesn't come from Lucas. ;)Billiam Babblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504438538787804477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-5299538446439306232011-05-25T21:29:07.375-04:002011-05-25T21:29:07.375-04:00And now to assert my nerd cred.
The Z-95's fi...And now to assert my nerd cred.<br /><br />The Z-95's first appearance is actually in the 1979 novel "Han Solo at Star End." and the fact that I read that when it came out when I was 9 makes me feel old. :)<br /><br />Doing what's now called a Star Wars "Infinities" campaign, where things take a "what if path" different from the movies is actually one of my favorite things to do these days. <br /><br />Of course, I also like to set campaigns after the first movie and ignore everything else EXCEPT for those early Marvel comics. Very different feel, even from ESB. Oh, and "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" and the aforementioned Han Solo novels. A different feel, definitely.Anthony N. Emmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017952532295866111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-87593038161135025632011-05-25T20:12:20.933-04:002011-05-25T20:12:20.933-04:00I've always wanted to run a pre-Battle of Yavi...I've always wanted to run a pre-Battle of Yavin Rebellion game where the characters are the equivalent of a French Resistance cell in a bustling city, carrying out sabotage and rescuing prisoners under the nose of the Empire. There's room for all sorts of characters and specialists in a premise like that.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348128429151023348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-42845060222814536622011-05-25T18:44:03.046-04:002011-05-25T18:44:03.046-04:00Your "prepared script" was awesome! I pl...Your "prepared script" was awesome! I played a fast and loose Star Wars type game many years ago, sans rules! We just winged it, I had a rubix cube that I pasted numbers on to use for a die, a "magic 8-ball" Yoda for advice ("search your feelings," "you know it to be true," etc) and it was the most fun I ever had playing an RPG.<br /><br />DaveLDaveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01837748113498012191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-41669626046579365222011-05-25T11:18:37.521-04:002011-05-25T11:18:37.521-04:00(re-edit)
I bought Traveller after reading a revie...(re-edit)<br />I bought Traveller after reading a review claiming it would be like Star Wars, back when mainstream Sci-FDi RPGs were only a handful. It can be very sandbox. It's very NOT Star Wars. It's not even very Space Opera. Perhaps Star Frontiers would have been a better purchase, but it still wasn't quite "Star Wars".<br /><br />I rather like Star Wars D6... <br /><br />Quick flash forward to SW d20:<br />Never quite understood the need for 7th level stormtroopers. ;) -I don't care how "elite" they are - they should be "blaster-fodder" (but the legacy of the d20 Star Wars game is many adjustments to D&D - like survivable hps for 1st levelers - but there's whole essays on this I'm sure ...) I do have a soft spot for my WotC SW Saga Edition.<br /><br />WEG/D6<br />Although starting characters could flunk a lot of difficult tasks with low skills pips/points. The armour system was beatifically simple. helmet +1, vest +1, trooper armour +1D, as were skills and damage.<br /><br />Some of the character templates were a bit clunky (owning stock light freighter=massive debt). The earlier books were considerably simpler than the later rules - and they were set in "classic" Star Wars (within the 3 original movies) - but you NEVER played the characters in the films. I have a few modules and they were pretty badly written - you would have to railroad the players through tough encounters (reminding me of TSR Indiana Jones), but the simplicity of system and the premise of the game was ace. I didn't get into the new novels, so much of the Expanded Universe was lost on me. Thrawn-who? <br />The first edition is a little flawed but still lovely in it's goal and completeness. Very "pulp"!<br /><br />Incidentally, I'm pretty sure a good amount of modern SW lore was established by these games (simultaneously with the some of the video games)<br />It was WEG SW range which gave us the Z-95 Headhunter (using an early design sketch of an x-wing) and Jodo Kast (Boba Fett lookalike) and some earlier classes of Star Destroyer. As a DM - the environment felt familiar enough and there was just enough scope for customisation. I only played a few games, they were fairly thrilling - a lot of dice on the table, mind. ;)<br /><br />Thanks for the memories. :)Billiam Babblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504438538787804477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-81392961144837192022011-05-25T11:03:24.829-04:002011-05-25T11:03:24.829-04:00You know, I always wondered why so many people fin...You know, I always wondered why so many people find the d6 system to be perfect for <i>Star Wars</i> because it never struck me as such. Maybe they just play fast-and-loose enough that the system doesn’t really matter much as long as it stays out of the way.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-30915969264010270742011-05-25T11:01:11.655-04:002011-05-25T11:01:11.655-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Billiam Babblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504438538787804477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-68332508040806560012011-05-25T10:40:34.672-04:002011-05-25T10:40:34.672-04:00I'm not certain how much additional coverage o...I'm not certain how much additional coverage of the New New Hope game will appear here over the summer, but I will offer this:<br /><br />In classic WEG Star Wars fashion, I had everyone read from a prepared script at the start of the game. This took a lot of the exposition off of my shoulders and the players seemed to enjoy it. You can read that script for yourself by <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?i9fktt4xtj16x87" rel="nofollow">downloading it here.</a>Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-30166956459037467672011-05-25T10:28:05.962-04:002011-05-25T10:28:05.962-04:00Ditto on the funness of the SW d6 premise and the ...Ditto on the funness of the SW d6 premise and the desire to hear more about it. The few Star Wars campaigns I've run (and it's been a loooong time) had the players as far removed from the main action as possible so they could be the heroes. Your alternate timeline idea is even better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-77631466430273124132011-05-25T10:21:52.267-04:002011-05-25T10:21:52.267-04:00Sounds fantastic! I have fond memories of D6 Star ...Sounds fantastic! I have fond memories of D6 Star Wars, even though we only played it once. I'd love to try out something along the lines of what you are doing.<br /><br />And re: being second fiddle to famous character in established IP. I've been running a Buffy the vampire Slayer game for many years now and we go around the problem by setting prior to the events in the show. Our conceit is that the events of the show will still happen, but (6 seasons into our series) that is still over six months away. Our Slayer will have to die, but everybody accepts that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-48942942688805221022011-05-25T09:54:39.169-04:002011-05-25T09:54:39.169-04:00That's a thoroughly excellent premise for a ga...That's a thoroughly excellent premise for a game of D6 Star Wars. I hope you continue to post about this, because I'm very intersted to see where it goes and to what extent the players attempt to replicate (or not) the actions of Luke, Han, Chewie etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com