#West End Games

[oldschoolfrp]

Roleplaying tip: Use props to get into character and keep players excited and engaged (The Bot Abusers Manual, supplement for Paranoia, West End Games, 1992; interior art credited to Rob Caswell with Michael Vilardi)

#Paranoia #Rob Caswell #Michael Vilardi #West End Games #DM tips #gaming humor #WEG #C-3PO #C 3PO #1990s

[hegodamask]

“Andor Sourcebook” by Josh Clark - a detailed, fifty-page document made in the style of the West End Games’ Star Wars ttrpg books

View the whole thing here

Artist’s Twitter and Ko-fi

#star wars #andor #ttrpg #andor sourcebook #cassian andor #mon mothma #syril karn #dedra meero #luthen rael #Saw Gerrera #west end games #had to repost this here because it's incredible! he's written detailed lore for all the locations and organisations

[vintagerpg]

Better dead than Red! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at the Cold War curiosity The Price of Freedom (1986). Basically Red Dawn (or Red Scare) the RPG, it seems like a serious attempt at creating a game in the mode of similar military-focused, conservatively minded box sets that were coming out at the same time. On the other hand, it’s by Greg Costikyan (Star Wars, Paranoia, Violence, Toon) and because of his work on those games, I feel like it is very much taking the piss. Just look at that gloriously ridiculous cover!

#tabletop rpg #roleplaying game #dungeons & dragons #rpg #d&d #ttrpg #podcast #Greg Costikyan #West End Games #Price Of Freedom

[alphamecha-mkii]

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (West End Games) - Lords of the Expanse - Tapani Class Frigate

#Star Wars #Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game #West End Games #Lords of the Expanse #Tapani Class #Assault Frigate #Sci-Fi #Mecha #Spaceship

[grayrazor]

One funny consequence of the official dimensions for pretty much every Star Wars ship being so off is that ILM apparently used those wonky TTRPG proportions instead of just going into the vault and looking at the actual model, and so the Tantive IV in Revenge of the Sith is like a chibi superdeformed version.

I guess maybe the ship hit puberty between episodes III and IV?

#star wars #star wars d20 #west end games #ttrpg sourcebooks #wookieepedia #scaling #scifi #spaceships #tantive iv #sundered heart #tantive iii #revenge of the sith #not sure what's up with all those LEDs on the ep. iii model either #maybe bail organa went through a gamer phase?

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: Roleplaying Game (West End Games) - Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook Cover Art by Alan Pollack

#Star Wars #Star Wars: Roleplaying Game #West End Games #Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook #Covers #Cover Art #Rebel Alliance #Sci-Fi #Alan Pollack

[htis]

WEG Platt's Smugglers Guide (1997)

#star wars #west end games #Star Wars RPG #platt okeefe #Expanded Universe

[hishgraphics]

Screencaps at the Nevarro school from The Mandalorian episode "The Siege" in 2020.

Illustration from Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game Second Edition by West End Games in 1992 by John Paul Lona.

#star wars #star wars rpg #star wars the roleplaying game #west end games #the mandalorian #grogu #nevarro #star wars d6 #din djarin

[legendscon]

Guest Announcement: Michael Kogge

Michael's Star Wars Legends work includes the popular "Despotica" short story that was written for Hyperspace, and MANY articles in magazines such as Star Wars Insider and Star Wars Gamer. He also wrote for West End Games (Galladinium's Fantastic Technology) and Fantasy Flight (Star Wars: Edge of the Empire). Michael will be participating in panels and signings throughout the weekend at Legends Con!

Join us for a celebration of all things Expanded Universe at the Marriott Conventino Center in Burbank, CA on September 9th & 10th.

Buy your tickets by Tuesday, 8/29 at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/legends-consortium-2023-tickets-541786186067

#The Despotica #Star Wars Insider #Star Wars Hyperspace #Star Wars Gamer #Star Wars Lore #Star Wars Adventure Journal #Michael Kogge #Xim Week #Bacta #Star Wars Rebels #Edge Of The Empire #West End Games #Fantasy Flight #Fantasy Flight Games #Oseon #flame wind #mindharp #centrality #Xim #star wars legends

[shaneplays]

#rpg #ttrpg #ghostbusters #dice #rpg dice #west end games #weg #d6

[oldschoolfrp]

Who you gonna call? Orcbusters -- because every RPG really is about wizards and monsters in a dungeon (Jim Holloway cover for Paranoia adventure by Ken Rolston, West End Games, 1986)

#Paranoia #Jim Holloway #sci fi #wizards #wizard #Orcbusters #West End Games #WEG #Ken Rolston #laser gun #magic spell #magic #gaming humor #fantasy #lizardman #lizardfolk #lizard man #frog

[oh-no-eu-didnt]

Rendili StarDrive light corvettes were a type of patrol ship. Exclusively contracted to the Empire, light corvettes were used for planetary patrols, intended to discourage smuggling, perform inspections, and combat pirates. They were able to hold their own against many type of freighter and starfighter.

Source: Starships of the Galaxy (Art: Langdon Foss; 2007)

First Appearance: Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters (1990)

Read more on Wookieepedia.

#light corvette #starship #galactic empire #star wars roleplaying game #west end games #star wars d6 #langdon foss #star wars #expanded universe #star wars canon #star wars legends

[vintagerpg]

From 1979 to 1980, Brian Daley wrote the three Han Solo Adventures novels — Han Solo at Star’s End, Han Solo’s Revenge and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy. I could never get through them, but they, along with the Marvel comic and the non-canon Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, form up the foundation of the expanded universe.

Han Solo and the Corporate Sector (1993) is a sourcebook for the first two novels (the last is set in the Tion Hegemony). The titular Corporate Sector is run by the the tyrannical Corporate Sector Authority, a stand-in for the Empire that sets the stage for exploring Solo’s history as an outlaw and smuggler. Despite having no real opinion on the source material, this is one of my favorite sourcebooks for WEGSW.

The intention is to inject a bit of the Western into Star Wars. There is a gunslinger (Galanadro, who is a pretty cool character, honestly), a jail break, swoop racing, frontier life. It also, inadvertently, introduces a whiff of cyberpunk into the sci fi of star wars, with immoral monolithic corporations and heists and lowlifes. Most of all, it is refreshing because the Corporate Sector Authority (I would abbreviate it, but I can’t help but read CSA as "community-supported agriculture”) is not the Empire and Star Wars definitely benefits from more villains that aren’t the Empire and a new superweapon. Variety is the spice of life!

Nice art by Tim Eldred, Alan Nunis and Mike Vilardi throughout. The only real crime here is that the Lando Calrissian trilogy of novels didn’t get a similar sourcebook treatment.

#RPG #TTRPG #Tabletop RPG #Roleplaying Game #D&D #dungeons & dragons #West End Games #Star Wars #Corporate Sector #Han Solo

[alphamecha-mkii]

Star Wars: Kathol Outback - Aing-Tii Sanhedrim ship

#Star Wars #Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game #West End Games #Darkstryder Campaign #Aing-Tii #Sanhedrim Ship #Sci-Fi #Mecha #Spaceship #Kathol Outback

[daily-glup-shitto]

Today's Glup Shitto is: the Ton-Falk-class escort carrier!

Little more than a hangar bay with engines attached, the Ton-Falk was designed after the battle of the same name showed the need for more effective starfighter deployment in imperial fleets, particularly in escort roles. A box of starfighters, if you will, to celebrate boxing day.

First introduced as the Imperial escort carrier in The Star Wars Rules Companion (1983) by West End Games, the Ton-Falk has appeared sporadically in media since, though never saw widespread use from either an in- or out-of-universe perspective. It appeared in several games in the X-Wing vs TIE Fighter series, and returned to canon in the 2014 novel Tarkin by James Luceno

The Ton-Falk eventually recieved its proper name in a 2014 sourcebook, finally disambiguating it from an entirely different ship that was also referred to as an Imperial escort carrier.

Glup Shitto Classification: You only know what this thing is if you've played the right video games

#glup shitto #star wars #star wars legends #west end games #star wars expanded universe

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: The Last Command Sourcebook - Mara Jade strikes at Luuke Skywalker by Mike Vilardi

#Star Wars #Star Wars: The Last Command #Star Wars: The Last Commander Sourcebook #West End Games #Star Wars Roleplaying Game #Sci-Fi #Mara Jade #Luuke Skywalker #Mike Vilardi