“There
will be times when the struggle seems impossible.”
— Nemik’s
Manifesto
Watching
the
Star
Wars
series
Andor
has me thinking about running a
D6
Star Wars Roleplaying Game
campaign again (assuming I had any interested players...). Back
in my younger years, toward the end of the 20th century, I would have
hoped to see a specific roleplaying game sourcebook covering all
elements we saw in
Andor:
planets, weapons, characters, locations, vehicles, starships,
organizations, character templates, and
gamemaster advice
But after
30 years,
multiple versions of an official
Star
Wars
roleplaying game, and a flood of
Star
Wars
media I’m
encouraged
I — and
maybe the
hobby overall
— have
grown
from
focusing
on formally published game supplements to embracing the wealth of
media
resources
available in
today’s
information
landscape so
fans can create their own do-it-yourself roleplaying game experiences
in their favorite
settings. So
I’m re-watching the media, browsing through relevant sources (and
eyeing new ones), and, in reflecting on the kinds of stories in a
resistance-driven “Dawn of Rebellion” era, looking to similar,
adjacent resources for knowledge and inspiration.
