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Star Wars: Age of Rebellion playtest document is out

June 1, 2012

I released a playtest version of my Dragon Age hack turning it into a Star Wars RPG. You can find it at the Dragon Age Oracle blog. It’s a playtest, and some rules are unfinished, but it is most definitely playable, up to level 10. So if you want to play Star Wars using the […]

Take the muzzle off, D&D Next is Here!

May 24, 2012

Last December, I was supposed to be part of that now famous group of people who flew to WOTC headquarters and participated in the first demonstration of what is now being referred top as “Dnd Next”, or as I call it, 5e. We were NOT told it was for 5e, but rather for a conference […]

Space Combat in my SW/Age hack

May 15, 2012

I originally posted this on my Google+ page, I am reposting it here for those not on G+. I play tested space combat in my SW/Age hack last night, and it went pretty well. I’m going to get into a bit of the crunchy AGE bits here, so bear with me if you don’t understand […]

Tempted by the Dark Side of the SW Age Force

May 3, 2012

One of the questions I’ve been asked about my Star Wars/Age conversion is about the Force. I’m pulling from a variety of sources in this conversion, but admittedly, the d6 game is a big, if not the largest, influence. So here’s how I’m handling the Force and the dark side; the Force is one of the […]

D&D&D&D&D&D

April 26, 2012

EDIT: Mike Mearls tweeted today that the board game is no hoax. Does this mean that the 3.5 reprints are a go? Interesting times indeed. “I’m just sitting here Watching the wheels go round and round I really love to watch them roll.” John Lennon Well, this certainly made for an interesting week in D&D land. […]

SW/Age hack Adversaries

April 25, 2012

Another day, another example of where I’m going with this Star Wars/Dragon Age hack. This is really starting to take shape as a playable game, if only for playtesting purposes. Here are some sample enemies: a stormtrooper, a thug, a young rancor, an average bounty hunter, and an imperial customs agent. As you can see with the rancor, the […]

Starfighter combat in SW/AGE

April 23, 2012

One of the things that has to be made up from scratch in my Star Wars/AGE hack is starship combat, which is iconic to SW, yet in AGE there are no vehicular combat rules of any kind. I decided that the easiest way for me to approach that, and in keeping with the spirit of […]

Star Wars/AGE conversion update

April 20, 2012

Some time ago I mentioned that I was slowly working on a Dragon Age/Star Wars hack, but I never really posted much more than that. Since then I’ve received a couple of emails from people interested in the project, so I decided to recharge my batteries and get to it. Over time, I’ve gotten some […]

To Grid Or Not To Grid, That Is The Question… And Another Topic…

April 18, 2012

There’s been some talk lately about the infamous “GRID” in rpg’s. It’s come up in conversations about DnDNext, and whether or not people prefer to play with it or would rather go the “theatre of the mind route”. I also heard Will Wheaton on the latest Jennisodes podcast refer to 4e as basically a “board […]

Forgotten idea from my Google Wave: “Fragility”

March 20, 2012

Google sent out an email this morning reminding folks that their Wave service was disappearing at the end of April. While I didn’t find much use for Wave, I did see its potential for being a neat way to brainstorm ideas with other people. I logged on to my account for the first time since […]