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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:41 pm    Post subject: Star System: Every Star A Destination/new book of adventures Reply with quote

Star System: Every Star A Destination

There is a new D6-Compatible book that is put together by a bunch of WEG alumni. Apparently it is eight adventures in a science fantasy setting. It's not Star Wars (for legal reasons probably), but it looks like it's made for us folk.

Eric Trautmann announced it on Twitter. It's available for print and pdf on September 7.

https://twitter.com/mercuryeric/status/1300510882716295168

Look at the names on the cover. JUST LOOK AT THEM!!!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:34 pm    Post subject: Re: New book of adventures Reply with quote

cheshire wrote:
There is a new D6-Compatible book that is put together by a bunch of WEG alumni. Apparently it is eight adventures in a science fantasy setting. It's not Star Wars (for legal reasons probably), but it looks like it's made for us folk.

Eric Trautmann announced it on Twitter. It's available for print and pdf on September 7.

https://twitter.com/mercuryeric/status/1300510882716295168

Look at the names on the cover. JUST LOOK AT THEM!!!

Yes! When I asked for more details, this was the reply I got:

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It is an anthology of 8 adventures, each written by former West End Games writers and editors, ready to be dropped into any D6 space-fantasy (wink, wink) campaign.

This is the first of a new line of products. There will be more.

Wink wink indeed! I'd like to get a physical copy if possible. It's nice to get a new book for this dead game, authored by authors of the dead game, even if it officially can't be affiliated with the IP of the dead game.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm so excited! Embarassed
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I don't know if they're going to offer a physical and PDF combo, but I'm planning on getting a physical and PDF combo.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I may have to alter the deal at home and make room in the budget for these.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LoL, Gareth-Michael Skarka blocked me on FB over a difference of opinion on DisneyWars, and he's the founder of Adamant Entertainment. Still, I may have to hold my nose and open my wallet because 7 out of 8 is still pretty good.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheshire wrote:
Yeah, I don't know if they're going to offer a physical and PDF combo, but I'm planning on getting a physical and PDF combo.


Most of Adamant's stuff is available as POD, so I would guess that there will be a physical book you could buy.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

CRMcNeill wrote:
LoL, Gareth-Michael Skarka blocked me on FB over a difference of opinion on DisneyWars, and he's the founder of Adamant Entertainment. Still, I may have to hold my nose and open my wallet because 7 out of 8 is still pretty good.


Yeah, and especially since Eric Trautmann fronted the money to pay the authors and artists himself, supporting this particular product would be a great way of rewarding that kind of ethical treatment of content creators, especially since a lot of content creators have been hit hard by the cancellation of GenCon.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:07 pm    Post subject: It's available for sale now! Reply with quote

Star System: Every Star A Destination

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/320518/Star-System-Every-Star-A-Destination

The PDF, printed book, and PDF+Printed combo are all $24.98, so the combo is priced to sell. Even with media mail shipping plus state and local taxes, the total for me was $31.70, which is still a great deal over only getting the PDF for $24.99.

I've taken a quick glance at the 137-page PDF. It's Open D6. The default game system is "D6 Plus," a variant of D6 Space with minor tweaks that make it seem even easier to adapt to Star Wars. The nostalgic style seems to be very early-90s, WEG SW RPG 2e (Blue Vader). The purchase includes bonus PDFs with parts of the main PDF that have permission to print for personal use. And of course there is a memoriam for Daniel Scott Palter near the start of the main PDF.

I am so glad to have this and can't wait for physical book (which could be a few weeks).
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I grabbed one too. This is just like an old-school WEG book. The adventures begin with an Introduction and a sidebar that features as quick-start overview. It makes it an easy scan if you're looking for what do to for an upcoming adventure. Just a few minutes tells you if it's a match, adaptable, or just skip on to the next one.

There are already a couple that I think would have a place in my current campaign, and I'm still skimming the first half of the book.

Priced this low, there's no reason not to jump on this if you get inspiration from WEG adventures.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gonna have to wait til payday... Sad
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My POD book shipped Thursday, sooner than expected.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine just arrived in the mail a few minutes ago, so it went out and got here fast. I even selected Media Mail shipping, so I was expecting a lot longer wait.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I received my soft cover copy of the book yesterday. Nice to have a book in my hands, even though I own the PDF of it.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mine came today. I flipped through it and it looks really cool.

This was my first DriveThruRPG POD book. Based on this good experience, my next POD purchase is the original Star Frontiers box set in single color hardback book form. It's a scanned image book so I know the quality will not be as good, but it is a lot cheaper than getting the box set on eBay.
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