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Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game

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The Star Wars Roleplaying Game was the first licensed roleplaying game set in the Star Wars universe. It was published by West End Games from 1987[1] until they lost the license in 1998. A German-language version was published by Welt der Spiele a few years later.

One player is the gamemaster who runs the gameworld, being something like the director and referee, while four to eight other players have a single character or role to play. Several events (like damage from fights) are determined by dice. Gameplays were short one-shot adventures or longer, more elaborate campaigns.[1] The player characters have various skills and equipment and some can even use the Force, albeit with the danger of turning to the Dark Side if a character does not behave properly, at which the player would lose control of the character.

The rules of the game were developed by Greg Costikyan.[1] Three versions of the main rulebook were published: first edition, second edition, and "Revised and Expanded" second edition. All three were based on West End Games' D6 System.

The West End Games sourcebook collection is made of almost 100 books—not including second editions and compilations—plus 15 quarterly magazine issues under the title Star Wars Adventure Journal.[1] They also edited several books related to, but not belonging to, the Roleplaying Game line, including Star Warriors, the board games Escape from the Death Star and Assault on Hoth; the two-player game Lightsaber Dueling, the Introductory Adventure Game, Star Wars Miniatures Battles, the Live-Action Adventures and single-player adventure books.

The books contained not only game scenarios and guides, but also detailed descriptions (and expansions) of familiar locations, items, species, creatures and characters from the original trilogy, along with new ones. The Clone Wars was one of the themes that were off-limit to the publisher by Lucasfilm.[1] As such, the lore produced for the RPG was one of the major sources of Expanded Universe material before the publication of Heir to the Empire in 1991 sparked new interest in Star Wars publications, and remained an important source as well. Being one of the first sources giving numbers and data to the universe shown in the films, several of the statements given by the sourcebooks have been retconned or corrected to better reflect the films and Expanded Universe fiction. Among the best known corrections are the continuity issues involving the Super Star Destroyers and the "discovery" of the Mon Calamari by the Galactic Empire.

When Timothy Zahn was hired to write what became The Thrawn Trilogy, he was sent a box of West End Games Star Wars books and directed to co-ordinate his writing with the background material already developed in the roleplaying game.[2] After the novel trilogy's success, West End Games created a series of sourcebooks inspired by Zahn's work.

In 1999, West End Games lost the Star Wars RPG license. The new licensee, Wizards of the Coast, began production of a new roleplaying game using their d20 System. As for West End Games, in 2004 they started publishing D6 Space, a generic space opera game system based on the former Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, but not including specific Star Wars content. In 2012 Fantasy Flight Games released their own Star Wars RPG called Edge of the Empire.

In the early 1990s, before the promulgation of the modern Internet, the FidoNet Star Wars Echo ran a message forum for playing the West End Games Star Wars Roleplaying Game on-line on BBS.

In 2017, Fantasy Flight Games announced a 30th Anniversary Edition's reprint of the first edition's rule- and sourcebook, scheduled originally for Q4 2017,[3] but was pushed back several times until its July 5, 2018 release.

Source books[]

First Edition[]

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Title ID Number Released
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game WEG40001 1987[4]
The Star Wars Sourcebook WEG40002 1987[5]
Star Wars Campaign Pack WEG40004 1988[6]
Adventure: Tatooine Manhunt WEG40005 1988[7]
Imperial Sourcebook WEG40006 1988[8]
Adventure: Strike Force: Shantipole WEG40009 1988[9]
Adventure: Battle for the Golden Sun WEG40017 1988[10]
The Star Wars Rules Companion WEG40043 1989[11]
Adventure: Starfall WEG40016 1989[12]
Adventure: Otherspace WEG40018 1989[13]
Adventure: Otherspace II: Invasion WEG40028 1989[14]
Adventure: Scavenger Hunt WEG40020 1989[15]
Adventure: Riders of the Maelstrom WEG40021 1989[16]
Adventure: Crisis on Cloud City WEG40022 1989[17]
Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope WEG40038 1989[18]
Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin WEG40023 1989[19]
Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back WEG40039 1989[20]
Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races WEG40041 1989[21]
Rebel Alliance Sourcebook WEG40054 1990[22]
Adventure: Black Ice WEG40030 1990[23]
Adventure: The Game Chambers of Questal WEG40033 1990[24]
Adventure: The Isis Coordinates WEG40036 1990[25]
Adventure: Death in the Undercity WEG40037 1990[26]
Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi WEG40040 1990[27]
Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters WEG40027 1990[28]
Cracken's Rebel Field Guide WEG40046 1991[29]
Death Star Technical Companion WEG40008 1991[30]
Adventure: Domain of Evil WEG40034 1991[31]
Adventure: Graveyard of Alderaan WEG40019 1991[32]
Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One WEG40050 1991[33]
Star Wars Gamemaster Kit WEG40048 1991[34]


Second Edition[]

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Title ID Number Released
Star Wars Miniatures Battles 1991[35]
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition 1992[36]
Mission to Lianna 1992[37]
The Abduction 1992[38]
The Politics of Contraband 1992[39]
Star Wars Gamemaster Screen 1992[40]
Wanted by Cracken 1993[41]
Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley 1993[42]
Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts 1993[43]
Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook 1993[44]
Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim 1993[45]
Twin Stars of Kira 1993[46]
Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook 1993[47]
The Last Command Sourcebook 1994[48]
Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters 1994[49]
Goroth: Slave of the Empire 1995[50]
Alliance Intelligence Reports 1995[51]
Galladinium's Fantastic Technology 1995[52]
The DarkStryder Campaign 1995[53]
Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, Second Edition 1995[54]
Heroes & Rogues 1995[55]
Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded 1996[56]
Tales of the Jedi Companion 1996[57]
The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook 1996[58]
The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook 1996[59]
Instant Adventures 1996[60]
Live-Action Adventures 1996[61]
No Disintegrations 1997[62]
Imperial Double-Cross 1997[63]
Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids 1997[64]
Mos Eisley Adventure Set 1997[65]
Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy 1997[66]
Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition 1997[67]
Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear 1997[68]
The Black Sands of Socorro 1997[69]
Cracken's Threat Dossier 1997[70]
Secrets of the Sisar Run 1997[71]
Pirates & Privateers 1997[72]
Alien Encounters 1998[73]
The Far Orbit Project 1998[74]

Solitaire adventures[]

Title Released
Jedi's Honor 1990
Scoundrel's Luck 1990

Board games[]

Title Released
Star Warriors: Starfighter Combat in the Star Wars Universe 1987[75]
Assault on Hoth 1988[76]
Battle for Endor 1989[77]
Escape from the Death Star 1990[78]

Sources[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
  2. ↑ Timothy Zahn, in the Foreword to The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
  3. ↑ Don't Underestimate the Force on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
  4. ↑ Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
  5. ↑ The Star Wars Sourcebook
  6. ↑ Star Wars Campaign Pack
  7. ↑ Tatooine Manhunt
  8. ↑ Imperial Sourcebook
  9. ↑ Strike Force: Shantipole
  10. ↑ Battle for the Golden Sun
  11. ↑ The Star Wars Rules Companion
  12. ↑ Starfall
  13. ↑ Otherspace
  14. ↑ Otherspace II: Invasion
  15. ↑ Scavenger Hunt
  16. ↑ Riders of the Maelstrom
  17. ↑ Crisis on Cloud City
  18. ↑ Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope
  19. ↑ Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin
  20. ↑ Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
  21. ↑ Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
  22. ↑ Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
  23. ↑ Black Ice
  24. ↑ The Game Chambers of Questal
  25. ↑ The Isis Coordinates
  26. ↑ Death in the Undercity
  27. ↑ Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi
  28. ↑ Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
  29. ↑ Cracken's Rebel Field Guide
  30. ↑ Death Star Technical Companion
  31. ↑ Domain of Evil
  32. ↑ Graveyard of Alderaan
  33. ↑ Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
  34. ↑ Star Wars Gamemaster Kit
  35. ↑ Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
  36. ↑ Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
  37. ↑ Mission to Lianna
  38. ↑ The Abduction
  39. ↑ The Politics of Contraband
  40. ↑ Star Wars Gamemaster Screen
  41. ↑ Wanted by Cracken
  42. ↑ Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
  43. ↑ Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts
  44. ↑ Star Wars Gamemaster Handbook
  45. ↑ Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim
  46. ↑ Twin Stars of Kira
  47. ↑ Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
  48. ↑ The Last Command Sourcebook
  49. ↑ Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters
  50. ↑ Goroth: Slave of the Empire
  51. ↑ Alliance Intelligence Reports
  52. ↑ Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
  53. ↑ The DarkStryder Campaign
  54. ↑ Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, Second Edition
  55. ↑ Heroes & Rogues
  56. ↑ Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
  57. ↑ Tales of the Jedi Companion
  58. ↑ The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
  59. ↑ The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
  60. ↑ Instant Adventures
  61. ↑ Live-Action Adventures
  62. ↑ No Disintegrations
  63. ↑ Imperial Double-Cross
  64. ↑ Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
  65. ↑ Mos Eisley Adventure Set
  66. ↑ Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy
  67. ↑ Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
  68. ↑ Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
  69. ↑ The Black Sands of Socorro
  70. ↑ Cracken's Threat Dossier
  71. ↑ Secrets of the Sisar Run
  72. ↑ Pirates & Privateers
  73. ↑ Alien Encounters
  74. ↑ The Far Orbit Project
  75. ↑ Star Warriors: Starfighter Combat in the Star Wars Universe
  76. ↑ Assault on Hoth
  77. ↑ Battle for Endor
  78. ↑ Escape from the Death Star

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