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d6 Star Wars, Revised, Updated, and Expanded

Started by jeff37923, February 21, 2015, 11:07:10 PM

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Skywalker

#30
February 24, 2015, 02:12:35 PM
Quote from: Patrick;817390There is a lot in the book from The Force Unleashed video games as well as Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO.  I think this is a beautiful project and very well done, but I suspect it will be taken down soon.

In my experiences, if you use art without permission, the artist is generally OK with it provided you credit them. That only seems fair.

On saying that, as pointed out, I expect the artist no longer have any say as the art seems mostly commissioned for various high profile projects.

Critias

#31
February 24, 2015, 04:23:35 PM
I thought the pic on page 20 was pretty amazing, myself.  Lots of them are pieces I've seen from the card game, etc, but that one was new (and pretty badass).

Nice find, and a welcome addition to my already-massive D6 collection.  It's a very "Vampire, 20th Edition" sort of love letter, and that's awesome.
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Ladybird

#32
February 24, 2015, 06:50:56 PM
Quote from: Endless Flight;817378Maybe Fantasy Flight could claim a loss. They acquired the Star Wars RPG license knowing there was no other fresh product vying for gamers attention. This alters that even though it's an old system and it's free.

It's not really fresh, though, and the entirety of SW D6 has been online for a while; their due diligence must have picked up on that.

I'm playing 1e, but I'm glad to see a solid game not simply being left to fade away.
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Skywalker

#33
February 24, 2015, 07:21:59 PM
Quote from: Ladybird;817484It's not really fresh, though, and the entirety of SW D6 has been online for a while; their due diligence must have picked up on that.

I suspect that the infringement of the art may be more likely to cause an issue than an infringement of the system.

Matt

#34
March 03, 2015, 09:36:25 PM
Quote from: Skywalker;817142A 1e equivalent with material from the 1e sourcebook added in would have been absolutely boss IMO (and 250 pages shorter :)).

Yeah, it would beat carrying both books around for games.

Warthur

#35
March 04, 2015, 06:26:56 AM
Quote from: Endless Flight;817378Maybe Fantasy Flight could claim a loss. They acquired the Star Wars RPG license knowing there was no other fresh product vying for gamers attention. This alters that even though it's an old system and it's free.
This.

Plus Disney could claim a loss from whatever impact this potential competition has on the royalties they get from FFG.

Moreover, Fantasy Flight's licence is almost certainly an exclusive one, which means that Disney have promised them they won't give their blessing to competing Star Wars RPGs. This would mean that not only could Disney not give this work any sort of approval, but they may also figure they are obliged to send a cease and desist once they become aware of this so as to honour their agreement with Fantasy Flight. (There may even be clauses in the licence specifying who's responsible for enforcing appropriate IP rights and what they need to do about infringing works.)
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Warthur

#36
March 04, 2015, 06:38:09 AM
Quote from: Skywalker;817488I suspect that the infringement of the art may be more likely to cause an issue than an infringement of the system.

Yeah, that plus the trademarks would be the major issues.
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#37
March 04, 2015, 01:19:39 PM
I've never played this version of Star Wars, and kinda want to...

Beagle

#38
March 04, 2015, 02:48:18 PM Last Edit: March 04, 2015, 02:50:22 PM by Beagle
Quote from: Warboss Squee;818839I've never played this version of Star Wars, and kinda want to...

Then do it. Star Wars D6 is not without flaws (no system is), but the good stuff certainly outweighs the bad stuff and it is easily an extremely accessible game. I played it with my siblings when they were 9 and 7 (I think) and they never had problems to understand how the game worked - and that was certainly not because I was so great at explaining this stuff.
You can basically just pick it up, create characters within minutes (if you use the provided templates) and just play it with utterly minimal setup, making it one of the most convenient RPGs I have ever played.

crkrueger

#39
March 04, 2015, 02:52:53 PM Last Edit: March 04, 2015, 02:58:04 PM by CRKrueger
They obviously had no permission, but who cares, the point is moot as the Intarwebz have it and they're never giving it back.  Lawsuit, no harm.  C&D, most people will get it someplace else anyway.  Disney, can probably handle it's own legal issues without all the corporatist handwringing.

It's a great product that shows that fan-made material, similar to some computer gaming mods, can be superior in quality and design to high-gloss schlock shat out by the big boys.
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lacercorvex

#40
May 08, 2017, 02:44:47 AM
Wow! My favorite d6 Star Wars system revised by fans, for fans, I'm very impressed, this is the smack down hunny chops, I only glanced at the PDF , but I'm on board with it,. Hey more content is more content, thanks to every person who helped with this PDF, you people are awesome , I was just looking at my old 2eRe book when I found this PDF, the force maybe?
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