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Author Topic: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP  (Read 4481 times)


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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2021, 02:58:52 PM »
If they're keeping the "funky dice" mechanic I just lost interest.

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2021, 03:13:02 PM »
The game is going to be the same as FFG with the Genesys dice, just under the new studio under Asmodee.  Pretty sure Edge will be doing the RPGs, FFG will be doing the board games.   I don't know who has or will have the miniatures.

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2021, 03:34:48 PM »
The game is going to be the same as FFG with the Genesys dice, just under the new studio under Asmodee.  Pretty sure Edge will be doing the RPGs, FFG will be doing the board games.   I don't know who has or will have the miniatures.

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2021, 03:52:01 PM »
I'm curious to see what they feel they have left to do.  IIRC there were splat books for all the careers already and they've covered the Republic and Rebellion eras already.  I know the rpg isn't canon but I wouldn't expand into that era until it's more developed.  I wouldn't touch the Sequel era with a 10' pole (even though I personally was amused by the movies).

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2021, 04:22:22 PM »
The FFG cycle of RPG publication:

1)  FFG starts publishing RPGs, and they're not (all) terrible.  Some are even, dare I say, good.
2)  Production slows.
3)  FFG cancels their TTRPG publishing.
4)  All is quiet for a time.
5)  FFG announces they are committing to publishing TTRPGs again!
6)  Goto 1.

I think this is the third time they've pulled this cycle.  Maybe 4th?

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2021, 07:28:36 PM »
The FFG cycle of RPG publication:

1)  FFG starts publishing RPGs, and they're not (all) terrible.  Some are even, dare I say, good.
2)  Production slows.
3)  FFG cancels their TTRPG publishing.
4)  All is quiet for a time.
5)  FFG announces they are committing to publishing TTRPGs again!
6)  Goto 1.

I think this is the third time they've pulled this cycle.  Maybe 4th?


They're even bringing Midnight back, unfortunately as a 5e game. I'd have been pretty happy to see it using Genesys.

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2021, 11:12:46 PM »
If they're keeping the "funky dice" mechanic I just lost interest.

I hear ya man.  I'm very much in the "Get off mah lawn with yer weirdo dice!" camp and was highly skeptical of the game initially but my group tried it and once we figured out how to decode the dice, it was a hoot.  'Tis the opinion of but one anonymous dude in internetland, but I think it's well worth giving it a go.

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2021, 01:57:56 AM »
This is going to be a new Star Wars rpg. Edge says they want to keep the FFG version in print, but Sam Stewart did say this will be different in the email I got.

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2021, 01:59:20 AM »
The FFG cycle of RPG publication:

1)  FFG starts publishing RPGs, and they're not (all) terrible.  Some are even, dare I say, good.
2)  Production slows.
3)  FFG cancels their TTRPG publishing.
4)  All is quiet for a time.
5)  FFG announces they are committing to publishing TTRPGs again!
6)  Goto 1.

I think this is the third time they've pulled this cycle.  Maybe 4th?

Edge is not FFG. A lot of people assume it is, but it's not.

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2021, 02:27:44 AM »
Said it once, and I'll say it again........


"Meh."

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2021, 07:25:14 AM »
I keep misreading the thread title and hoping for a Cinematic Unisystem version.  :(

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2021, 08:57:36 AM »
The FFG cycle of RPG publication:

1)  FFG starts publishing RPGs, and they're not (all) terrible.  Some are even, dare I say, good.
2)  Production slows.
3)  FFG cancels their TTRPG publishing.
4)  All is quiet for a time.
5)  FFG announces they are committing to publishing TTRPGs again!
6)  Goto 1.

I think this is the third time they've pulled this cycle.  Maybe 4th?

Edge is not FFG. A lot of people assume it is, but it's not.

You're right.

I was trying to say FFG had gotten in and out and back in to the TTRPG biz multiple times now.  With Asmodee gutting their TTRPG branch and moving it to Edge, maybe FFG is finally, really done.

And while I get a lot of people hate "funky dice" for Genesys*, I'm kinda' curious to see what a TI or Midnight game would bring. 

(*I used to be one of them.  "Why use a weirdly marked up d8, when you can use a regular d8 and a reference sheet" was my way of thinking.  And it still holds merit!  But ultimately it's just a variation of "new things are bad" thinking, and I'd rather not reflexively hate on that when it's just a matter of familiarity.)

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2021, 09:34:14 AM »
(*I used to be one of them.  "Why use a weirdly marked up d8, when you can use a regular d8 and a reference sheet" was my way of thinking.  And it still holds merit!  But ultimately it's just a variation of "new things are bad" thinking, and I'd rather not reflexively hate on that when it's just a matter of familiarity.)
And price. Those custom dice ain't cheap, are hard to get in some places, and you can only use them for one game system.

And when one day the publisher drops the game line, and the dice are no longer produced, even with the books available from eBay it's still an extra hurdle* to pass if you want to get into that game.
(unlike for example OD&D for which the dice are still readily available).

*) (yes, I have the free dice roller app that includes the FFG SW funky dice :) )

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Re: Edge Studio acquires Star Wars rpg IP
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2021, 10:00:31 AM »
(*I used to be one of them.  "Why use a weirdly marked up d8, when you can use a regular d8 and a reference sheet" was my way of thinking.  And it still holds merit!  But ultimately it's just a variation of "new things are bad" thinking, and I'd rather not reflexively hate on that when it's just a matter of familiarity.)
And price. Those custom dice ain't cheap, are hard to get in some places, and you can only use them for one game system.

And when one day the publisher drops the game line, and the dice are no longer produced, even with the books available from eBay it's still an extra hurdle* to pass if you want to get into that game.
(unlike for example OD&D for which the dice are still readily available).

*) (yes, I have the free dice roller app that includes the FFG SW funky dice :) )

I get that, but the custom dice are still the same number of sides as regular old school D&D dice.  So you have a funky 8 sider.  You assign the Heart to 1, Star to 2, Horseshoe to 3,
Clover to 4, Blue Moon to 5, and so on with the rest of the Lucky Charms, using a reference card to remind you what rolling a 1 versus a 4 does.  Which is not all that different from needing a card to remember what a Clover does versus a Blue Moon (hint: one of them changes the color of your poop if you eat too much).

Point being though, is that it -is- a weird move by FFG/Edge to use the funky dice in the first place, because it's not all that different ultimately from using a regular funky die.  And if all dice are funky anyway, I'm not sure it's worth getting -too- worked up about if it means missing out on a genuinely neat game.