I'm in pre-game planning for a Star Wars mini campaign for my Minions.
I'm using 1st edition Star Wars WEG. I have the rulebook and the Sourcebook.
I want to start the game the morning after the big "Yub, YuB" party on Endor.
For my first arc I'm going to take a cue from a Marvel SW story I remember from way back-
I loved this story back in the day. But then y'all know I have a fondness the The Magnificent Seven. Special thank you to Zen Tiger's Superblog for the .cbr download of the Marvel series.
Also, as far as inspiring reference material-
Can any of you guys guide me to the better offerings of Star Wars literature? As a big Sword & Sorcery geek, I know that there is a lot of Schlock out there waiting for the unwary.
The only tip I have is that the "Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina" is a nice set of stories. Any others??
The Han Solo stories (I only ever found two, I believe there were three) were great, as was 'Splinter of the Minds Eye' - see the latter around in second hand bookshops.
ReplyDeleteSeconding 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye', and the Brian Daley Han Solo stuff... curses, beat to the punch.
ReplyDeleteYou can glean a lot from wookiepedia. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
The Han Solo Trilogy (Han Solo at Stars End, Han Solos Revenge, Han Solo and the Lost Legacy) and Splinter of the Minds Eye are defiantly the best the EU has to offer. There was also a Lando Prequel trilogy, but it was a preview of all the bad things the EU would become. The Heir to the Empire Trilogy is set post empire and is actually not too bad, and is considered by many to be the best of the Pre-Episode I EU novels.
ReplyDeleteThe following contain short stories and are a mixed bag. Tales from Jabba's Palace and Tales of the Bounty Hunters.
Here's another vote for the Han Solo trilogy.
ReplyDeleteI'd also add the Star Wars Tales tradepaperbacks to that list. I've read and enjoyed Vol. 1 + 2:
http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/11-248/Star-Wars-Tales-Volume-1-TPB
http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/11-744/Star-Wars-Tales-Volume-2-TPB
Add another vote for "Splinter of the Mind's Eye". Though I must admit I read it about 30 years ago, and my recommendation may be tainted by nostalgia. I also thoroughly enjoyed Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. West End produced a sourcebook for the Thrawn Trilogy as well.
ReplyDeleteI would be interested to hear the results of your adventures. I asked my oldest heir (a victim of gamer ADD already) to narrow down our games/campaigns to the one he wants to play the most. He chose Star Wars. So I picked up a copy of WEGs 1st edition and would like to try it though I haven't played d6 before.
ReplyDeleteOh, and what the hell? What's with the giant green rabbit? I know Star Wars has a lot of aliens but a giant green rabbit?
ReplyDeleteIt seems you and I share the same affinity towards both the Magnificent Seven and this particular Star Wars storyline. I've probably ran my players through the M7 storyline more times than I can count. There's literally no end to the possibilities of what might happen.
ReplyDeleteHey guys, I will look for the Brian Daley books- I forgot he wrote Star Wars stuff. I really loved his Coramonde series-quite a bit of early Legends of Steel was pulled from Coramonde.
ReplyDeleteNarmer- the Giant green Rabbit is Jax-blame Roy Thomas. Jaxx called himself a Lupus Carnivore. But he never identified his planet. Maybe he was some kind of genetic experiment. I'm surprised Roy didn't throw in a duck, there was a lot of that going on back then.
Coincidently, one of the characters in the story is a old guy named "Don-Wan Kihotay" supposedly a Jedi Knight.
I bet the character from this story had something to do with the Quixotic Jedi template found years later in the WEG Star Wars game.
I'd second Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina, Bounty Hunters, and maybe add ...of Jabba's Palace. The original Timothy Zahn "Heir to the Empire" trilogy is what got me back into SW hardcore (and playing SW-D6) - his later duology ties up some loose ends from it. Zahn's first trilogy's plotting was based on the original trilogy - and he always opened with a Star Destroyer! For comics, I liked Dark Empire, and the X-Wing series has some good moments as well.
ReplyDeleteHave you played the Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR and KOTOR II)video games? There is a lot of good inspiration for Pre-Prequel gaming in them.
ReplyDelete"Don-Wan Kihotay"
ReplyDeleteWow.
I loved those Brian Daley Han Solo stories. There are three -- I was delighted about ten years ago when they released all three in an omnibus. You might be able to find that on www.addall.com. (I just realized I loaned out my copy to someone who hasn't brought it back, or I'd give you the exact title.)
ReplyDeleteYou should also look into Leigh Brackett's work. She was writing Star Wars type stuff 25 years prior to Star Wars, with feature characters pretty similar to Han Solo. It's not technically Star Wars... but remember, the last thing she ever wrote was the first draft screeplay of The Empire Strikes Back. She's the queen of space opera without the corn -- gritty noir feel with hard-bitten characters.
Howard Andrew Jones
Paul- we seem to share much in common dude. We must set up a meet if you ever find yourself in Northern Ca.
ReplyDeleteTommy- Never played the video games- I run across them sometimes at Goodwill. I'll keep an eye out for them.
Gamer Geek - I currently the various Tales of...books on my reminder list at paperback swap.
Howard A. Jones-I have the Brackett books (Ginger star...) I also have a compilation of Northwest Smith tales from C.L. Moore that many have said are reminiscent of Han Solo.
I just found book 1 in the Han Solo Trilogy- The Paradise Snare by A.C. Crispin over at Goodwill.
I would also recommend the Heir to the Empire trilogy. Pretty good stuff. I also remember enjoying "I, Jedi" by Michael Stackpole.
ReplyDeleteMan, that is one nifty Goodwill you shop at. Mine never has anything cool.
ReplyDeleteI can't vouch for The Paradise Snare -- only Han Solo I ever read were the Brian Daley.
Ginger Star's good, but there's not a whole lot of space travel in that series. There's a Best of Brackett volume still in print with a whole lotta' space travel and sword-and-planet type stuff in it.
I've got some duplicate WEG SW stuff is you're interested. I'm UK-based but snail mail shouldn't be too expensive if we can come to some sort of swap/deal.
ReplyDeletePeter- very cool. Email me at boojiesdad@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteAnd we can talk further. I'm not sure if I have anything that would interest you but we'll have a go at it.
Jeff
The best advice is hidden in your own post. Magnificent Seven... take non-Star Wars (and non-sci-fi) stories and adapt them into the Star Wars universe. Borrowing from existing Star Wars stuff is actually a good way to *limit* ideas. The movies broke new ground all the time with new planets, new aliens, new ships, etc. (at least when they were at their best), so do the same in the game. Be inspired by other adventurous, exciting stuff!
ReplyDeleteSolid advice Anon. I'll remember that.
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