FFG Star Wars RPG - Age of Rebellion - Beta Preview

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**Manchu**

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4291

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Age of Rebellion is the second of these installments and focuses squarely on the two military powers that are warring for the fate of the galaxy – you and your friends take the roles of heroes of the Rebel Alliance and fight against the tyranny of the Empire. Accordingly, characters and adventures in Age of Rebellion lead to an entirely different experience than those in Edge of the Empire. When your X-wing squadron is flying into battle against a swarm of TIEs, or when an AT-AT’s cannon fire has pinned you down, you’re not likely to worry about the outstanding debts that you may owe a Hutt crime lord. Instead, Age of Rebellion explores the challenges the Rebel Alliance face while trying to fight for freedom against a much greater military force. You’ll find opportunities to gather intelligence, rally support for your cause, take part in guerilla strikes, and dogfight opposing starfighters in dramatic space battles.

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Heading off an obvious question at the pass:

each Star Wars roleplaying installment is fully cross-compatible, the Age of Rebellion beta can also serve as a supplement to your ongoing Edge of the Empire campaign, introducing a wealth of new playable species, careers, specializations, talents, and opportunities for adventure

**warboss**

SO.. do you *need* the other books or does the whole ruleset get reprinted in each book?

**Manchu**

My understanding is that each of the three core books will contain the basic rules, similar to the 40k RPGs.

**Azazelx**

Three? Good to see they're not milking it.

I assume the third one is going to be either Imperial or Jedi character based?

**Manchu**

Yeah, as announced last year, the third will be about Force Users.

**Ahtman**

Azazelx wrote:
Three? Good to see they're not milking it.

Dark Heresy
Rogue Trader
Deathwatch
Black Crusade
Only War

**warboss**

I thought it was a good idea to have different games with tweaked rules for the Dark Heresy "regular" human level, dedicated "astartes" level in Deathwatch, and the combo in the chaos one but only war and rogue trader and only war really felt like unnecessary milking of the customer. YMMV. I hope they don't do that with Star Wars. I'm pretty much waiting till the "jedi" release before checking out the game at all.

**Azazelx**

Ahtman wrote:
Azazelx wrote:
Three? Good to see they're not milking it.

Dark Heresy
Rogue Trader
Deathwatch
Black Crusade
Only War

Yeah, very aware of that. I'm wondering if Star Wars will end up going down the same lines...

Edge of the Empire
Rebellion
Jedi
Imperial Forces

Decline of the Jedi (TPM)
Clone Wars Republic (inc republic commando)
Order 66 and Birth of the Empire

Also - new ones to "compliment" the upcoming films...