The Bad Batch--May the 4th Be With You

After watching the final season of The Clone Wars, I was intrigued by the announcement of a new animated series featuring the misfit clones who call themselves The Bad Batch. Moving into the time period following Order 66, I think this has some interesting potential. It strikes me as being something like a Star Wars version of The A-Team, with them taking jobs to help people in need while also evading pursuit by the authorities. 

Here's the trailer for it. 

Until today, it wasn't clear just when the first episode would be released, but now there's news. 

Disney+ Announces Premiere Dates, Releases New Images for Upcoming Shows

Update: Here's the article from StarWars.com. 

STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH WILL COME TO DISNEY+ ON MAY THE 4TH

-Nate

Compiled Resources for the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars RPGs

I started this blog nearly eight years ago, when Fantasy Flight Games had just released the Edge of the Empire RPG. About the same time I started a thread on their message boards to compile resources that were shared by other enthusiasts. That eventually grew to be pretty long, and was even pinned by the board moderators. Seeing as those message boards have now been shut down, as part of the Star Wars RPG transferring to Edge Studio, I figure it's appropriate to transfer that information here. I might dig through and clean up these listings, but for now here they are in a rather rough fashion. 

-Nate 

FFG SWRPG Compiled Resources List

This list includes supplements, adventures and other resources created by fans for use with the Star Wars roleplaying games from Fantasy Flight Games—Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, and Force and Destiny. I am moving a copy of it to this blog because the FFG online forum is scheduled to close after 31 January 2021. Please feel free to copy this information to other websites, too, so that it is not lost.

General Information--Wookieepedia

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

A Night at Tosche Station by Kainrath and JD Wiker

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-V4Z58LEsgslsP-0zVaP3qPdRH3GmrzR/view

A Slew of Adventures from Legends of the Galaxy 

http://www.legendsofthegalaxy.com/Adventure-Downloads/

 

Players' Tools from Legends of the Galaxy, too

http://www.legendsofthegalaxy.com/Player-Toolbox/

 

Astrelan's Starting Gear Kits

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1atKuMorsggCEyxBq8DW1kN1obFSe9_29/view

 

LIghtsaber Crystal Supplement from Immortalfrieza

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WejcWa9Nc1IBiWB9un43XJ8hE1jHSRop/view

 

PowerPoint Templates for Edge of the Empire and Age of Rebellion

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mrqh5onuc7jh0cn/EotE Module Template v0.9.1.potx?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zjk2fqm07dhbytx/AoR Module Template v0.9.potx?dl=0

 

Online Shop Generator from Celofett

https://www.swrpg-shop.com/

 

A Clone Wars Sourcebook written by Emilejos 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ptE6veAlSFwprTNxB-6BC2e1PXkPKUV/view

 

A Star Wars Language Translator by Arlo Di'Lya

http://starwars.myrpg.org/coruscant_translator.php

 

GroggyGolem's Resources (Dropbox) 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mej3dn1j943w88n/AACUQydF-PN2BDIjNU8wYwZMa?dl=0

 

Form-Fillable Character Sheet from Caied

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16057259/Edge-of-the-Empire-CharacterSheet-Fillable-v3.pdf

 

Form-Fillable Companion Sheet from SaraMcDohl

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rtg1sz6uvkwnx59/Companion%20Sheet%20%28Fillable%29.pdf

 

Form-Fillable Vehicle Sheet from Sara McDohl

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3u9o0kk0j7zcp74/Vehicel%20Sheet%20%28Fillable%29.pdf

 

Weapon Modifications Sheet from Bennxn

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38409638/EOTEWEAPONSHEET.pdf

 

NPC Cards from 9littlebees

Letter Size

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2t5l_Ykgao_cUtwVExFNkk0c1E/edit?usp=sharing

A4 Size

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2t5l_Ykgao_YV9rWXo1MGtTUDg/edit?usp=sharing

 

SW Sheets courtesy of duffn

https://swsheets.com/

 

390 Names for NPCs from B.A. Simon

http://aux5.com/images/7/77/Star_Wars_-_Game_of_the_Name.pdf

 

Consolidated Index

http://www.alphachronicles.com/FFGSystem/FFG_Index_1_0_0.pdf

 

One Shot First Supplement from Maveritchell

http://thompsonpeters.com/eote/modules/

 

At a Crossroads--A Sourcebook for Jospro Sector from Lagspike

https://app.box.com/s/j6paepfovb2jhyygcvctgtaotrr8go1n

V1.1: https://app.box.com/s/pi1hfcn24ijgo93k768n3ilkhhoqe0xn

 

Adventure Template for Force and Destiny in LibreOffice from Depicacyx

https://www.dropbox.com/s/79y4l65u5aarp4q/Force and Destiny Adventure Template - LibreOffice.zip?dl=0

Adventures

"The Stars are Silent" by LuckyBunny 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Npjkgt9A4DyIxgMCkraOmhEwQ5r3gheN3HFCxgJXtQQ/edit#heading=h.l797bdmot9cd

"Murder on the Merciful" by Andynorton

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15GN1nF_yRoj1BrvqnXt-VMfSpKRkEyeZ/view

"Hunter and Hunted"

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmu66yhee2ybjau/HaH%20Revised.pdf

"The Enemy of My Enemy"

http://www.d20radio....myofmyenemy.zip

"Only Two Ways Home"

http://triumphdespair.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/only-two-ways-home/

"How the Grrth Stole Life Day"

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/t2uz5bqotrpbb/How_Grrth

"Rendezvous at Ord Mantell" (Conversion)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-bx0pVzywUJc3h3NldUVlhKa3M/edit?pli=1

"Echoes of the Past" (Multiple Versions)

Echoes of the Past (with ungridded maps)

Echoes of the Past (with gridded maps)

Echoes of the Past (pdf only for web viewing)

"Bendu's Shadow/Stalitz Flight"

https://app.box.com/s/jrfqk52bxnnzplojp4kf

https://app.box.com/s/qix8j7rmeilgu3g3u57w

"Fane of the Sith Lords"

http://triumphdespair.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/fane-of-the-sith-lords/

"Dreamscape" by Castlecruncher

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17u_MDzi1k-reasfntlaSB0Fxn8oG3hbYxVpO8Lk5fy0/edit

"Mists of Myrkr"

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DOgh4L-pqaTHVwMmt0S2NqQkE&usp=sharing

"Pride and Piracy"

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DOgh4L-pqaem5YS2MtSjdSY0E&usp=sharing

"The Scrapheap King"

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DOgh4L-pqaQW9oTFlVT1lIMWc&usp=sharing

"The Price Is Might"

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DOgh4L-pqaMEhXWlFtZlprVDQ&usp=sharing

"The Quarantine Quandary"

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DOgh4L-pqaNnRhYUZHR2lrM3c&usp=drive_web

"Cold Comfort"

https://drive.google.com/?tab=mo&authuser=0#folders/0B9DOgh4L-pqaVEpXZE1SaVo4Z1U

"Shadow of the Broker: Trust Fall"

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DOgh4L-pqafjdrR2hUUFMwNVpMYVBfVW4xeXFoRmctSmtiZUdDRExILURHVHp1YkJfMzg&usp=sharing

"Shadow of the Broker: The Laws of War"

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9DOgh4L-pqafmZtQXhIY2VHZklQV3BBVjZSQktFTFl5MmszQnA2dldUUUpWS3YzbWtZNFE&usp=sharing

Conversions of WEG Modules by Kyla

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/177664-weg-modules-for-aor/

A Campaign for Imperial Storm Commandos, with Pre-GEns, by Lagspike

https://app.box.com/s/yeabou6jt02qbnpcrjxnoja5uqvgn3i3

 

Star Wars RPG Homebrew Distillery by DangerShine Designs

http://starwarsrpghomebrewdistillery.weebly.com/

 

Operational Costs (by RebelDave, RusakRakesh and others)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-cK7UE7hkkcTzJocVowQnJwRkk/view

 

Trade Route Economics Spreadsheet by Nevermind

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Kc1WTVH7ALVnBzN1lGaTRESnM/view

User Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Kc1WTVH7ALdy1YeEcxOWFZSVk/view

 

Star Wars: Rebels Sourcebook (courtesy of Jaspor, et al)

http://rebels.d20radio.com/

 

Cartol's Emporium of Useful Things (by Jegergryte)

https://jegergryte.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/somewhere-in-the-arkanis-sektor/

 

Campaign Websites

Bubblepopmei's Campaign

https://star-wars-edge-of-the-empire-18.obsidianportal.com/

"We Don't Need Their Scum" (2P51)

https://wedontneedtheirscum.obsidianportal.com/

"The Second Chance" (Jaspor)

https://the-second-chance.obsidianportal.com/

"Star Wars: The Next Big Thing" (I.J. Thompson)

http://rpol.net/gameinfo.php?gi=62652&date=1427322831

"Star Wars: Veil of Darkness" (GM Hooly)

http://rpol.net/gameinfo.php?gi=62652&date=1427322831

"Star Wars: Tales of the Solay Express" (GM Hooly)

https://solayexpress.obsidianportal.com/

"Tumbleweeds in Space" (RusakRakesh)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RZ6B4RAji13ARzvRKQXLvLP6eEq1Z-HjqQ1FvuKeeZg/edit

Simon Retold's Campaign Wiki

aux5.com

"Unforeseen Fates" (Atraangelis)

https://starwars-eoe-unforeseen-fates.obsidianportal.com/

"The Force Unbridled" (Kyla)

https://force-unbridled.obsidianportal.com/

"Tempest Feud" (Lady Skywalker)

http://roleplayinggames.net/cgi-bin/mainboard.cgi?&board=68

"Misery of the Corrupted" (GM Teyvill)

https://swmoc.obsidianportal.com/

"After the Fall" (ShadoWarrior) 

http://nemeses.freeforums.org/after-the-fall-f126.html

"Far Orbit Project" (ShadoWarrior) 

http://nemeses.freeforums.org/far-orbit-project-f95.html

"Fight or Flight" (swrider) 

http://nemeses.freeforums.org/fight-or-flight-f104.html

"Strike Force Isk" (ShadoWarrior) 

http://nemeses.freeforums.org/strike-force-isk-f94.html

"Trial by Fire" (ShadoWarrior) 

http://nemeses.freeforums.org/trial-by-fire-f63.html

"The Minos Cluster" (Kinnison) 

https://sw-eote-minos.obsidianportal.com/

 

Podcasts

"One Shot" Campaign

http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/campaign/

 

Alien Species

https://ia801900.us.archive.org/30/items/UnofficialSpeciesMenagerieV3rev/USM3RE_highrez.pdf

 

A Tatooine Supplement

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngqk5t0v6ch4jx7/Tatooine.pdf

 

Kainrath's Mos Shuuta Supplement

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-n7ekVbbfnRTThtSUNtaXpNY2c/view

 

A Corellia Supplement

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5t9oq57804outs6/Corellia.pdf

 

A Hutt Space Supplement

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vhbq2zl54wvbe3c/Hutt%20Space.pdf?dl=0

 

Star Wars Galaxy Maps

http://wrvh.home.xs4all.nl/galaxymap/

http://starwarsatlas.uw.hu/map/layer/wookiee.htm

http://abload.de/img/galaxymap1h0sxq.jpg

http://www.swgalaxymap.com/

http://www.swcombine.com/rules/?Galaxy_Map

 

Blogs

Tales from the Edge of the Empire

http://talesfromtheedgeoftheempire.blogspot.com/

Triumph & Despair

http://triumphdespair.wordpress.com/

Jegergryte's Cubicle

https://jegergryte.wordpress.com/starwarsrpg/the-edge-of-the-empire-supplements/

Dono's Gaming & Etc Blog

http://jedimorningfire.blogspot.com/

d20 Radio Blog
http://www.d20radio.com/main/

Sterling Hershey's Blog

http://www.sterlinghershey.com/

Shalemanse's Edge of the Empire Homebrew

http://sweotehomebrew.wordpress.com/about/

Consummate Gamer

http://fanggrip.wordpress.com/

A Few Manevers

http://www.afewmaneuvers.com/

Kainrath's Blog with Lots of Gear

http://kainrath.wordpress.com/

Bastion Kain's Blog

http://bastionkainssweote.blogspot.com/

Cardhu's Blog

http://cardhu-rpg.blogspot.ca/

Tierfon Campaign

http://tierfoncampaign.blogspot.com/

Maveritchell's Page

http://thompsonpeters.com/eote/

Sturn's Stuff

https://sites.google.com/site/sturnsstuff/starwars

 

OggDude's Character Generator

bit.ly/1GN0ilF

bit.ly/1yOHzko

 

Squirrelsan's Resource Thread

(Including an Excel character sheet)

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/185707-resources-i-made-for-my-campaign/?p=1757540

 

Reference Sheets from Gribble

One-Page Reference sheet

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9077657/SW-EotE-1page-Reference-Sheet.pdf

Combat Reference Sheet

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9077657/SW-EotE-Combat-Reference.pdf

Critical Cards

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9077657/SW-EotE-Critical-Cards.pdf

Talent Tree Reference

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9077657/SW-EotE-TalentTrees.pdf

 

Valiant One's Character Creation Aid

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8huqlbxaxmie36u/EotE%20Character%20Creation%20Aid.pdf

 

Daniel Cowdery's Starship and Vehicle Aid

https://www.dropbox.com/s/il1gaw12zphfheh/Starship%20Combat%20Aid.pdf

 

Ways of the Force

https://www.dropbox.com/s/st44xt9e601mnta/Ways%20of%20the%20Force%20%28v1.2%29.pdf

 

Kaalamity's Companion Sheet

http://www.hostedmoodily.com/imageups/eote/EOTECOMPANIONSHEET.pdf

 

Podcasts

"Order 66"

http://start.d20radio.com/home/the-order-66-podcast

"The Sabacc Table"

http://www.forcecast.net/story/gaming/Sabacc_Table_1_Welcome_152955.asp

 

Star Wars Crawl Generator

(Thanks to Venthrac for the mention)

http://starwars.com/play/online-activities/crawl-creator/index.html

 

Another Crawl Generator

(Thanks to ArisSN for the mention)

http://codepen.io/TimPietrusky/pen/eHGfj

 

Star Wars Name Generator

(Thanks to IceBear for the mention)

http://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/name/#star_wars

 

Star Wars Soundboards

http://starwars.com/play/online-activities/soundboards/

 

Range-Tracking Tool from CharlieBananas

http://www.mediafire.com/download/u91tbh35ufn77c0/RANGE_APP.pdf

 

A Version of the Intro PDF in French from Naglareph

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxlw5ww2a7vl0a7/Edge%20of%20the%20Empire%20Basics%20FR.pdf

 

Expanded Mos Shutta from Maveritchell

Mos Shuuta Expanded (gridded maps)

Mos Shuuta Expanded (no-grid maps)

Tatooine Props

YT-1300F "clean"

 

Stats for Rakghouls from DiegoOnasi

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jh1hcspoj68vjvt/Rakghoul.docx?dl=0

 

BrashFink's Bennie Deck a la Savage Worlds

BRASHFINK'S BENNIE DECK

 

Index of NPCs from Musket_Max

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B16uAbqroeeiQi1RLWpWUVdqY3M/edit

 

Kainrath's Loot Table

https://app.box.com/s/o4jl4sb3na0d0bpukp88

 

Stan's Combat Tracker

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Byr-i7lu1I5IQWZ6MUVPajZUaXc/edit

 

Lots of Good Artwork

http://www.swagonline.net/

 

Character Tokens by Kitty Kissz

http://kndr.io/ts/swt1/

http://kndr.io/ts/swt2/

 

Liberiton's Article about Hutt Politics

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-1UZe2YI93mRkR1aWZCYlBLRUE/edit

 

Rules for Sith Alchemy by Ian2400

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r5zt67nvh8sope4/Sith Alchemy.png?dl=0

 

French Character Sheet from Bobmoranne

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-yfNEzryDGffms1ckVuanJqelJJVlpoUVdDb0NUamExX18xRGRrZDRmVzBqakZoT093cnM&usp=drive_web

 

Resources from Joress

Swoop Bike Sheet 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3986987/FFG%20SW%20RPG/EOTE/statBlockBlank-swoopBikes.pdf

Star Destroyer Stat Sheet

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3986987/FFG%20SW%20RPG/EOTE/statBlock-starDestroyer.pdf

Squadron Stat Sheet

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3986987/FFG%20SW%20RPG/EOTE/statBlock-squadroncombat.pdf

GM Combat Tracker

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3986987/FFG%20SW%20RPG/EOTE/EOTE-GMSheet-tracker-V1-4.pdf

GM Sheets for Tracking Gameplay

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3986987/FFG%20SW%20RPG/EOTE/EOTE-GMSheetV1-4.pdf

 

Resources in German

http://caperiastestportal.jimdo.com/star-wars/sw-downloads/

 

Resources in Spanish

http://www.edgeent.com/

And Now for Something Completely Different

"Edge of Sanity" Lovecraftian One-Shot Adventure

Edge of the Union Western RPG

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16776996/Permalink/Fistful%20of%20Dice%20-%20Edge%20of%20the%20Union%20RPG.pdf

Edge of the Kingdom Fantasy Conversion (Blue Dog, et al) 

http://www.redshirtdown.com/kingdom/

The FFG SWRPG Forum Is Closing

 This is sad news, but not much of a surprise. I'm still not sure what is going to happen with the Star Wars RPG as Fantasy Flight Games is transferring development of roleplaying games to a new company, but they have announced that the online forum will close after 31 January 2021. For that reason, I'll be transferring the Compiled Resources Thread that I started there onto this blog over the next month. 

-Nate

Review of The Mandalorian Season 2

 Picking up where I left off last year, here are my thoughts about this season's new episodes. 

-Nate 

Chapter 9

I liked a lot of things about this episode.

• Krayt Dragon!

• It was fun to see a character from the novels make the jump onto the TV screen.

• It was also cool to see the massifs from Episode II make another appearance. I know some people have mixed feelings about the prequel trilogy, but it added a huge amount of background to the Star Wars universe.

• I like the use of sign language for communicating with the Tuskens.

• There's plenty of epic action, of a kind that I can picture being attempted during an RPG session.

I also had some questions and/or concerns.

• There's the cameo at the end of the episode. Is that really who I think it is?

Chapter 10

I liked a lot of things about this episode.

• It's interesting to see an episode in which most of it has only one character who can speak Basic.

• The rewiring of Zero was a nice touch.

• The monsters in this one made for a fearsome foe.

• It's good to see that the New Republic will have a part in these adventures.

I also had some questions and/or concerns.

• This episode felt like a little bit of a side trek. It's entertaining, but I want to advance the search for the Child's people!

• The eating of the eggs was discomforting.

Trailer for Season 2 of The Mandalorian

 At long last, the trailer for Season 2 of The Mandalorian has arrived. 

-Nate 

Wroshyr Trees of Kashyyyk

Here's my first bit of useful content in quite some time.

-Nate

The Wroshyr Tree

The very center of most settlements on Kashyyyk are the massive wroshyr trees, a towering form of local plant life that rises hundreds of meters up from ground level, creating living space for the Wookiees on their higher branches and leaving much of what lies beneath in darkness. Indeed, Wookiee architectural style is such that it works with the features of the tree, rather than replacing the existing natural elements. For example, landing pads for airspeeders and starships are built onto relatively flat branches, especially where boughs come together to create broad, open areas. Similarly, typical Wookiee domiciles fit into niches, with support structure added as needed, but removing as little as possible. For example, the map above depicts part of one such tree, with a single landing platform and three houses. Note that the circle in the center of the tree represents the average circumference of its central trunk, although this is never quite so regular in shape as would seem to be indicated.

A typical Wookiee dwelling is surrounded by a covered walkway, allowing the inhabitants to enter or exit from various directions (A). There is often a common room (B), where members of the family or friends can relax and enjoy each other's company. In the center of the structure a spiral staircase (C) provides access to the upper level. A utility room (D) could feature storage space, work tables and the home's refresher units. Meals are taken in the dining room (E), and prepared in the kitchen (F), which boasts dry and cold storage areas. Bedrooms are located on the upper level (G). 

What most beings—and especially the Imperials—don't know is that the Wookiees have managed to dig tunnels through the living limbs of certain wroshyr trees, thus creating hiding places for materials as well as routes for secret travel. Many of these are accessible via the spiral staircases of Wookiee homes; they have secret viewports for looking outside, along with broad passages that permit travelers to move equipment and supplies freely.  

Star Wars: The High Republic

The announcement by Lucasfilm of details regarding Project Luminous--now formally known as The High Republic--is an intriguing one, especially given that the future of the roleplaying game published by Fantasy Flight Games is up in the air.

-Nate