Star Wars RPG - Why doesn't Wizards or RPGA care?

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#1

Lhikan

Aug 23, 2008 23:01:37
Why is it that there are, apparently, no RPGA benefits for the Star Wars RPG? No appeals to sanction an event, no way (apparently) to actually access the Star Wars Rewards program (if it exists) (the DoD standards mention The Battle of Glee Anselm card, but I've never seen the thing, and see no way to obtain it), it feels like they care just enough to make a campaign and toss it at us, without really supporting it. There are plenty of players for the Star Wars RPG. D&D has more, of course, but Star Wars players are players too!

And when will the site be made fully and easily accessible? I haven't get to the Pau'an supplement in months (lucky I printed it when I did), and DoD can only be reached from the front page. Same with almost anything else. I feel like I'm shouting in a vacuum...
#2

kenobi65

Aug 24, 2008 0:11:14
Well, honestly, there's more support for the Star Wars RPG today, from the standpoint of Rewards, than there EVER was in the days of the old Living Force campaign.

The Glee Anselm card was, IIRC, a promotional card from GenCon last summer, or maybe it was at Winter Fantasy this past winter. In any case, it's probably something you'd need to haunt eBay to find; it was never generally distributed.

In the D&D Rewards mailing last spring, of the 10 cards in the set, two were specific for Star Wars; this was the first time ever that RPGA had made SW-specific cards. The next card set should be out soon, and I imagine that there'll be a few SW cards in this set, too.

RPGA has made it possible to play the DoD modules for RPGA credit; in fact, they've stated that their using play numbers for this as a way to judge player interest in a future "full" RPGA SW campaign. So, if you really want RPGA to support SW more, play those modules, and make sure you report them for RPGA credit!
#3

wraith235

Aug 24, 2008 2:29:49
In order to sanction DoD ... they are listed in Dungeons and dragons Ordering page
#4

Lhikan

Aug 24, 2008 22:57:02
Well, honestly, there's more support for the Star Wars RPG today, from the standpoint of Rewards, than there EVER was in the days of the old Living Force campaign.

The Glee Anselm card was, IIRC, a promotional card from GenCon last summer, or maybe it was at Winter Fantasy this past winter. In any case, it's probably something you'd need to haunt eBay to find; it was never generally distributed.

In the D&D Rewards mailing last spring, of the 10 cards in the set, two were specific for Star Wars; this was the first time ever that RPGA had made SW-specific cards. The next card set should be out soon, and I imagine that there'll be a few SW cards in this set, too.

RPGA has made it possible to play the DoD modules for RPGA credit; in fact, they've stated that their using play numbers for this as a way to judge player interest in a future "full" RPGA SW campaign. So, if you really want RPGA to support SW more, play those modules, and make sure you report them for RPGA credit!

Snap, really? Will do!
#5

zertz

Aug 25, 2008 10:18:59
I've heard a rumour we are close to the required numbers, if so I think its time us SWSE RPGA members step it up and report some play.
#6

Amurayi

Aug 25, 2008 10:35:41
- there are two Star Wars RPGA reward card in the last batch of reward cards. there might be more in the next wave, too
- the current "dawn of defiance" series can be ordered in the rpga database to get reward points
- you can book any star wars home event as such as well to get reward points in the database for players and DMs
- a current rpga star wars herald test is currently in the making
- there's an exclusive adventure "betrayel of darth rivan" in the rpga database to be played in the "knight of the old republic" time


I don't see you point.
#7

Lhikan

Aug 25, 2008 17:46:47
- there are two Star Wars RPGA reward card in the last batch of reward cards. there might be more in the next wave, too
- the current "dawn of defiance" series can be ordered in the rpga database to get reward points
- you can book any star wars home event as such as well to get reward points in the database for players and DMs
- a current rpga star wars herald test is currently in the making
- there's an exclusive adventure "betrayel of darth rivan" in the rpga database to be played in the "knight of the old republic" time


I don't see you point.

I was only aware of DoD's existence, not the rest of that, so now that I know, I don't see my point either, but before I learned about this... yeah.:D
#8

trappedslider

Aug 25, 2008 18:40:03
- a current rpga star wars herald test is currently in the making

ta-da
I wrote the RPGA test questions for star wars saga and sent them to Chris. It's in the process of reviewing according to the last information I got.