| Star Wars Miniatures | The Star Wars Miniatures collection offers a great board game that doesn't require too much time or space to play. The miniatures are also exactly the right size for use with the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, which I would highly recommend. The old roleplaying system was made by West End Games, which I haven't tried.
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Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Saga Edition | 
| Authors: Owen K.c. Stephens, Rodney Thompson
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $22.78
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Avg. Customer Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 20980
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0786943564
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.93
EAN: 9780786943562
ASIN: 0786943564
Publication Date: June 5, 2007
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Product Description
Immerse yourself in the excitement of the greatest space fantasy of all time!
This new edition of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game encapsulates all six feature films while presenting a thorough revision of the rule, making the game easier to learn while improving the overall game experience.This new edition includes new character abilities and options, a world gazetteer, statistics for key characters from all six Star Wars films and the Expanded Universe, and guidelines on how to use Star Wars miniatures and battle maps in play.
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 5-star Game System December 5, 2008
I'll just keep this short and sweet, because almost 40 other people have already agreed with me and stated why this book deserves 5 stars.
It does. Not only is it head and shoulders above the first two d20 Star Wars systems, it's one of the smoothest, most well-written d20 system games ever (including possibly 4th Edition D&D).
So I'm just gonna cast my 5 stars and leave it at that. If you've been on the fence about this book, now is the time to jump off and click Purchase.
Does it stack up to the revised edition? September 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this and most of the suplements. I've also been a long time player of the previous D20 versions of the star wars roleplaying game and own all the supplements for it. That being said I'm going to give you a quick run down of what I thought was better and worse as compaired to the previous edition.
First there is infinatly less paperwork. Character creation and leveling are greatly simplified. If you've played for very long you have undoubtedly had a few of those sessions where you only have one core book for your group. As a result of the need to pass it around while everyone picks news skills and feats you lose a whole game session to book keeping. It will still take awhile to create a first character, but once your familiar with the general concepts and archetypes available, you can easily create a character in 15 - 20 minutes or less. further more, creating higher level character's is greatly simplified. skills and abilities apply retro-activly, so no more wasting hours building a level 15 replacement character level by level.
combat rules. At first appearance the new rules favor minitures. I know i've seen many people complain about how useless the game is without them. As a long time hater of minitures I can attest that I felt this way at first glance. How ever, after playing for awhile with the new system, I must confess that I found the opposite to be true. The new combat rules are greatly simplified and thus easier to abstract to play without minitures than the previous versions.
Here's an example. to through a grenade in the previous version, you had to role to attack a square, then there was all the scatter which inevitably involved digging out the book and looking up tables, then looking at it's burst radius. rolling damage and making reflex saves.
In the new verion you simply make an attack role against the reflex defense of everyone in the blast radious, then roll damage accordingly. it could be done in 2 rolls. and easily with out minitures. ex: player 1: I throw a grenade into the the group of stormtroopers that just entered the room. GM: ok, make your attack and damage rolls.
Now, all the things that I like being said, let's talk about it's weaknesses.
this one is a mixed bag. Non-force using character's are alot stronger in this one. I've had great fun playing a mandolorian which I've found to be well balanced against the party Jedi. However, sometimes the weaker Jedi aren't exactly what you want. If you want to do a campaign that focuses heavily on Jedi and other force users, then I think the older revised edition really shines in this department, especially when combined with some of the optional rules that are available in the revenge of the sith guide (free download from wotc).
My other complain would be the absurd amount of typo's in this book. there's alot. oh well.
All in all, If your a fan of the star wars RPG I think this is worth picking up. definatly get the Star ships book if you plan on running much space combat, as the starship stats is definatly lacking, and also pick up the bad guys book, as the npcs are equally lacking in this new edition.
Star Wars RPG Core Rulebook, Saga Edition August 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Star Wars RPG Core Rulebook, Saga Edition is the ultimate guide for the entire Star Wars universe. Based on all six movies of the Star Wars saga from The Phantom Menace(Episode I)- Return of the Jedi (Episode VI) and also includes the new movie Episode III-Revenge of the Sith. This book is for both PCs and Gamemasters alike with character creation, equipment, force powers, skills, feats, a gm section, and everything else to help both PCs and Gamemasters get everything they need for a great time with Star Wars. The Star Wars RPG Core Rulebook runs through three different eras in the Star Wars universe: Rise of the Empire (Episodes I-III), The Rebellion (Episodes IV-VI), and The New Jedi Order(Based on the books and comics). The book is good to have everything you need to start your first adventures, sessions, and campaigns in the game and will also help with the sourcebooks coming with the next months. For fans of the RPG and the Star Wars universe this is a definite must buy.
 More source needed June 15, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love the game but.....The rule book is not really laid out well. Character creation is the same as any game using the D20 system but the character creation process doesn't flow. The layout of the book causes one to constantly flip back and forth between sections. I also found fields on the included character sheet, such as Initiative that I can't find described in the book in a way that makes me think it should be on the character sheet. The powers, skills and talents section are pretty descriptive. Where I think the book was lacking was in source material. The available equipment, armor and weapons was a pretty short list and excluded items such as the sword. The choice of races is pretty limited. Some races such as Gammorean have so many limitations a player character would be suicidal to select them. To get around the limited gear, I got out KOTOR and KOTOR II fired up some saved games and went to a few merchants to build up my options. With only 4 types of armor in the core rules, PC's don't have many options. As big as the Star Wars universe is, there isn't much source. I suggest getting involved in an online gaming community. All in all a good buy but don't expect to be wowed.
Really useful little book! June 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought a copy of this book & gave it to my friends for Christmas. We use it quite frequently when we game & we always have a blast. It's got stats for various races, ships, etc. Quite a thorough little book & I'd really recommend it if you're into playing Star Wars campaigns.
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