So, who is playing/reading it ? What are your impressions ?

Im positively surprised from reading the reviews. It has 2 things that I like very much: 1) the "Failing Forward" concept built-in in its resolution; 2) a kind of "fiction-first" rule in the way Obligations work.

Lets talk about it.

I buy cheaper toilet paper.

Why is this in Other Games?

(yay! first post)

I bought the book earlier this week and started reading it and my first impression is more about style then about substance. Whoever thinks using small grey print on smudged background makes for a better reading experience should be forced to read their own products again in 20 years. And the GM screen is even worse.

So now I have the choice of wearing glasses for the next 400 pages, or wait for somebody else to GM this game.  Stupid eyes.  

I'll try to give a more meaningful answer after the weekend, hopefully having read a few chapters.

Quote from: Godfather Punk;679352(yay! first post)

I bought the book earlier this week and started reading it and my first impression is more about style then about substance. Whoever thinks using small grey print on smudged background makes for a better reading experience should be forced to read their own products again in 20 years. And the GM screen is even worse.

So now I have the choice of wearing glasses for the next 400 pages, or wait for somebody else to GM this game.  Stupid eyes.  

I'll try to give a more meaningful answer after the weekend, hopefully having read a few chapters.

I have to agree. I'm really intrigued by the game but my eyes glaze over every time I open the book

Small grey print, muddled background and indecipherable hyrogliphics scattered about make the book a pain to read.

Im curious about its resolution system. For one, it seems a variant of Apocalypse World "yes, but/no, but", but at the same time looks too fiddly/complex. Anyone had some actual playing time with it yet ?

Quote from: Skywalker;679269Why is this in Other Games?

It has a "narrative dice mechanic" that may or may not offend the Pundit.

Quote from: Archangel Fascist;680821It has a "narrative dice mechanic" that may or may not offend the Pundit.

There have been Edge of the Empire threads in the main forum that Pundit posted on that haven't been shifted.

I've been enjoying the emphasis on Han Solo's side of things, but as far as mechanics goes I'm going to reserve judgement until I get a chance to actually play.

Quote from: Archangel Fascist;680821It has a "narrative dice mechanic" that may or may not offend the Pundit.

Dude. Seriously.  In the name of all that's holy change that avatar.  You'll be my first ever ignore on this site just so I can keep from throwing up.

Quote from: CRKrueger;681056Dude. Seriously.  In the name of all that's holy change that avatar.  You'll be my first ever ignore on this site just so I can keep from throwing up.

That's from Village of the Damned, isn't it?

JG

Hated it.

Hate the proprietary dice.
Hate the convoluted reading of it for resolution.
Hated sharing it around the table.
Hated the lack of dice during the beta; hate the cost for a set now (and how few FLGS can get in distro order).

Hate that GMs didn't have a bold box that stated their options on ignoring the degree of success complications. (Just learned here that you can shift it to recovering or gaining stress. Had a talk later with my GM with whom we ran the beta and said it's there, said he conveyed it to us, but it was so TMI it got lost in our run throughs.)

Did I tell you I hate the proprietary dice yet? Yeah, hate those dice.

Otherwise it's absolutely nothing new, just harder to read, both book and dice. In Nomine Steve Jackson Games and others already implemented these concepts, and cleaner and more accessibly (hard to get cleaner and more accessible than d6). Brings nothing new to the table than some interesting art and typical Fantasy Fight convolution.

I'll play it again a few more times to confirm my impressions, but from what I've already experienced "been there, done that, it was cheaper, easier, faster, and more fun -- and thus in every way better -- before than now." Glad it wasn't my money. But my friend is a Star Wars fanatic, even likes the prequels, so I'm glad he's happy.

I saw they're going to charge another 30 bucks for the beta of Age of Rebellion... :rolleyes:

FFG is probably the greediest company out there right now.  I'm completely disgusted with how they've handled the Dark Heresy line (reprint, reprint, PAY FOR OUR BETA, oops time for NEW EDITION and PAY FOR OUR BETA) and now they're doing the same junk with the Star Wars line (magickkkkk dice, refusing to include rules for Jedi in a single book, more "pay to play" beta).

Quote from: Archangel Fascist;681304FFG is probably the greediest company out there right now.  I'm completely disgusted with how they've handled the Dark Heresy line (reprint, reprint, PAY FOR OUR BETA, oops time for NEW EDITION and PAY FOR OUR BETA) and now they're doing the same junk with the Star Wars line (magickkkkk dice, refusing to include rules for Jedi in a single book, more "pay to play" beta).

Dude, if Jay Little is frogmarching you to DTRPG and forcing you to download the betas, call the fucking cops on him!

More seriously regarding paytesting, remember that you do also get a credit for the cost of the beta to apply against the final game (Or rather, the PDF). So it's really more like a down-payment or pre-order.

Buyer beware though, with any paytesting / advance access, you're not getting a finalised product, and if you want that you should be waiting for the full release.