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My game was run for my teens and their teen friends. So I had a social contract with them: If you, for example, knock out an Imperial guard and shove him in a closet or such, he is defeated. You don't ...

One way of doing it is to ignore Sectors and Hyperspace lanes, but still use the "official" SW Galaxy map (from the Essentials Atlas and later FFG). Just count "grids" for distance ...

Also consider that "Hyperspace Routes" are a product of the early Expanded Universe novels and WEG D6 sourcebooks. And "Sectors" as political subdivisions of the galaxy did not exi ...

they are dead.

Unless you want to be merciful - and they lose a leg.
(time for a cybernetic).

I 100% agree with you.

So I don't really do exact distances, unless the PCs use microbinoculars. Otherwise I just use 'range bands' (we play a 1e/MiniSix simplified mashup); i.e. "The tower is at Medium Range away" ...

I have a surprising amount of sympathy for fascist ISB Supervisor Dedra Meero.

Yes, I think she's going to find her ideals and the Empire's ideals are going to diverge next season. The character ...

I voted "NO", simply because I am not a "FATE" guy, in any incarnation.

I'm much more of a trad game type player and GM.

So we use 1st Edition, but we have incorporated set target numbers to hit, instead of reaction rolls, from MiniSix BareBones.

So we no longer roll seperately for Dodge, Parry, Strength v Damage, e ...

I run a MeWe page for each of my campaigns (my co-DM also runs a page for each of his campaigns). On those pages, we schedule the next session ("Events"), we post game synopsis, upload relev ...

Like I said, it has been a decade or longer.

I know that even after a mid-length campaign (several months), I still couldn't figure out how combat/soak/damage worked. I'm not dumb, I've played doze ...

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I played a Savage Worlds Star Wars game ten or more years ago.

Savage Worlds is not my thing. I really dislike the system, and I feel like I'm the only one in the world who doesn't like it.

James Earl Jones died yesterday, at the age of 93.

A sad day for all Star Wars fans

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-dead-star-wars-lion-king/ ...

This gives some interesting adventure possibilities - where some worlds (i.e. adventure locations) could be considered tax "safe havens" or some kind of jurisdiction or rules where there is ...

As many people are transitory (stock light freighter crews, etc.), I would assume that as far as the Empire is concerned, taxes are collected at the planetary level and on mega corporations (if they h ...

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Topic: What do YOUR players do with captured prisoners?
ThrorII Replies: 5 Views: 257	Forum: Star Wars Games Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2025 2:17 am Subject: What do YOUR players do with captured prisoners?
ThrorII Replies: 5 Views: 257	My game was run for my teens and their teen friends. So I had a social contract with them: If you, for example, knock out an Imperial guard and shove him in a closet or such, he is defeated. You don't ...
Topic: I don't like the official Star Wars galaxy map
ThrorII Replies: 13 Views: 1320	Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 10:26 pm Subject: I don't like the official Star Wars galaxy map
ThrorII Replies: 13 Views: 1320	One way of doing it is to ignore Sectors and Hyperspace lanes, but still use the "official" SW Galaxy map (from the Essentials Atlas and later FFG). Just count "grids" for distance ...
Topic: I don't like the official Star Wars galaxy map
ThrorII Replies: 13 Views: 1320	Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 1:10 am Subject: I don't like the official Star Wars galaxy map
ThrorII Replies: 13 Views: 1320	Also consider that "Hyperspace Routes" are a product of the early Expanded Universe novels and WEG D6 sourcebooks. And "Sectors" as political subdivisions of the galaxy did not exi ...
Topic: Being stomped on by an AT-ST?
ThrorII Replies: 10 Views: 8085	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Sun May 04, 2025 9:25 pm Subject: Being stomped on by an AT-ST?
ThrorII Replies: 10 Views: 8085	they are dead. Unless you want to be merciful - and they lose a leg. (time for a cybernetic). I 100% agree with you.
Topic: Telling time and distances.
ThrorII Replies: 9 Views: 6091	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:47 pm Subject: Telling time and distances.
ThrorII Replies: 9 Views: 6091	So I don't really do exact distances, unless the PCs use microbinoculars. Otherwise I just use 'range bands' (we play a 1e/MiniSix simplified mashup); i.e. "The tower is at Medium Range away" ...
Topic: Andor [Spoilers Allowed]
ThrorII Replies: 70 Views: 121053	Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:35 pm Subject: Andor [Spoilers Allowed]
ThrorII Replies: 70 Views: 121053	I have a surprising amount of sympathy for fascist ISB Supervisor Dedra Meero. Yes, I think she's going to find her ideals and the Empire's ideals are going to diverge next season. The character ...
Topic: Star Wars for Fate Accelerated Ideas
ThrorII Replies: 5 Views: 38676	Forum: Star Wars Games Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:03 pm Subject: Star Wars for Fate Accelerated Ideas
ThrorII Replies: 5 Views: 38676	I voted "NO", simply because I am not a "FATE" guy, in any incarnation. I'm much more of a trad game type player and GM.
Topic: New GM - what edition, your thoughts?
ThrorII Replies: 15 Views: 16293	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 7:39 pm Subject: New GM - what edition, your thoughts?
ThrorII Replies: 15 Views: 16293	So we use 1st Edition, but we have incorporated set target numbers to hit, instead of reaction rolls, from MiniSix BareBones. So we no longer roll seperately for Dodge, Parry, Strength v Damage, e ...
Topic: Campaign Logs
ThrorII Replies: 18 Views: 26165	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 2:24 am Subject: Campaign Logs
ThrorII Replies: 18 Views: 26165	I run a MeWe page for each of my campaigns (my co-DM also runs a page for each of his campaigns). On those pages, we schedule the next session ("Events"), we post game synopsis, upload relev ...
Topic: Impressions of Savage Worlds for Star Wars?
ThrorII Replies: 9 Views: 23308	Forum: Star Wars Games Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 4:55 pm Subject: Impressions of Savage Worlds for Star Wars?
ThrorII Replies: 9 Views: 23308	Like I said, it has been a decade or longer. I know that even after a mid-length campaign (several months), I still couldn't figure out how combat/soak/damage worked. I'm not dumb, I've played doze ...
Topic: Report Spammers
ThrorII Replies: 143 Views: 291078	Forum: The Rancor Pit Users/Forums Info Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2024 5:35 pm Subject: Report Spammers
ThrorII Replies: 143 Views: 291078	"Hello, fellow humans!"
Topic: Impressions of Savage Worlds for Star Wars?
ThrorII Replies: 9 Views: 23308	Forum: Star Wars Games Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2024 5:34 pm Subject: Impressions of Savage Worlds for Star Wars?
ThrorII Replies: 9 Views: 23308	I played a Savage Worlds Star Wars game ten or more years ago. Savage Worlds is not my thing. I really dislike the system, and I feel like I'm the only one in the world who doesn't like it.
Topic: James Earl Jones dies at 93
ThrorII Replies: 6 Views: 19103	Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2024 5:42 pm Subject: James Earl Jones dies at 93
ThrorII Replies: 6 Views: 19103	James Earl Jones died yesterday, at the age of 93. A sad day for all Star Wars fans https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-dead-star-wars-lion-king/ ...
Topic: Taxation and enforcement in the galaxy
ThrorII Replies: 15 Views: 21019	Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2024 6:18 pm Subject: Re: Taxation and enforcement in the galaxy
ThrorII Replies: 15 Views: 21019	This gives some interesting adventure possibilities - where some worlds (i.e. adventure locations) could be considered tax "safe havens" or some kind of jurisdiction or rules where there is ...
Topic: Taxation and enforcement in the galaxy
ThrorII Replies: 15 Views: 21019	Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 5:59 pm Subject: Taxation and enforcement in the galaxy
ThrorII Replies: 15 Views: 21019	As many people are transitory (stock light freighter crews, etc.), I would assume that as far as the Empire is concerned, taxes are collected at the planetary level and on mega corporations (if they h ...