Quote from: jeff37923 on October 22, 2021, 02:27:44 AM
Said it once, and I'll say it again........

Quote from: Habitual Gamer on October 22, 2021, 08:57:36 AM

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Quote from: Habitual Gamer 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?

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.)

Quote from: Habitual Gamer on October 22, 2021, 01:30:26 PMYou level up, and drop that 1 for another 2 (as part of the hypothetical system's rules).  So the spread is now 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.  You could reflect that with a d6 roll easily enough.  But then you level again and get another 3 card.  There's no such thing as a d7 (edit: okay, there are, but you're missing the point).  And since these are cards, they could have their rules printed on them, variant rules if you randomly draw your powers, etc. etc.

I don't hate the funky dice, but cards really would be better.  Then again, I still remember people bitching about how horrible Torg's deck was and how they refused to use it (making a self-fulfilling prophecy).

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Quote from: Habitual Gamer on October 22, 2021, 01:30:26 PMYou level up, and drop that 1 for another 2 (as part of the hypothetical system's rules).  So the spread is now 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.  You could reflect that with a d6 roll easily enough.  But then you level again and get another 3 card.  There's no such thing as a d7 (edit: okay, there are, but you're missing the point).  And since these are cards, they could have their rules printed on them, variant rules if you randomly draw your powers, etc. etc.

I don't hate the funky dice, but cards really would be better.  Then again, I still remember people bitching about how horrible Torg's deck was and how they refused to use it (making a self-fulfilling prophecy).

Gloomhaven does this exact thing and is praised to high heaven for how innovative it was. The best part about swapping out cards is that you can add character-specific cards to the deck so different classes can have entirely different dice results tables.

But, going back to FFG SW, the problem with their dice system isn't so much that cost, but the fact that it claims to have two distinct results axis (success vs fail and threat vs advantage) yet both of those axis are tied to the number of dice you roll so you'll tend to get both axis of good results or both axis of bad results. It's just badly designed.

Quote from: King Tyranno on October 27, 2021, 10:10:09 PMThe only FFG RPGs I liked were the 40k ones. And they weren't even really theirs. They were made by Black Industries which itself was heavily inspired by WFRP. I don't want funky dice. I don't want stupid gimmicks. I want mechanics that make sense and rules I can actually explain to other people in a couple minutes or less.

Quote from: King Tyranno on October 27, 2021, 10:06:52 PM

Quote from: jeff37923 on October 22, 2021, 02:27:44 AM
Said it once, and I'll say it again........

D6 had many issues. Especially if you wanted to play a jedi. It could clunk like nobody's business. I actually prefer using something like Traveller or Stars Without Number for SW.

Quote from: crkrueger on October 30, 2021, 08:43:25 AMEdge is going to start with Genesys Star Wars reprints, putting them back in circulation.  The pause was just the normal part of moving corporate shit around.