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2010-12-15, 03:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
And it's not Mongoose
I wonder who it is?
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2010-12-17, 07:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2006
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- Kanagawa, Japan
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
Hmmn. I guess it has to be one of the bigger players like Paizo or White Wolf, but I guess AEG, Cubicle Seven and Weiss Productions amongst others are known for picking up properties.
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2010-12-17, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2009
Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
White wolf would be interesting, but kind of unlikely I think.
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2010-12-17, 07:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2004
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
White Wolve: ideas
1) Jedi: the Force awakening.
2) Star Wars: A different emotion (instead of a new hope).
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2010-12-17, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2007
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
I seriously don't think it's White Wolf, if they had purchased it, I'm pretty sure the rumor mills around the various LARPing organizations connected to WW (which I'm a part of) would have started about it.
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2010-12-17, 09:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2007
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
I hope to God it's Green Ronin. Star Wars mixed with the M&M system sounds amazing to me.
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2010-12-17, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2007
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
However, I am sure many will find it intriguing that the licence covers card games, RPGs, and... miniatures. Now, the company concerned is not known for its miniatures lines...
White Wolf Star Wars is the kind of thing that would make WW fans *and* Star Wars fans cry, and I'd be very surprised if it were the case.
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2010-12-17, 10:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2008
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- A house.
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2010-12-17, 10:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2010
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- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2010-12-18, 12:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2009
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- In a box of dice
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2010-12-18, 12:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2007
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
They did, but there's the possibility that they realized the mistake of letting Hasbro's near-monopoly on toy-and-game related Star Wars merchandise (excepting, of course, LEGO and video games) lapse. Or that they managed to grab a renewal on the license at a lower price point than what Lucas Licensing was looking at back when WotC dropped the lines.
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2010-12-18, 01:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
Not Green Ronin.
Speculation over here seems to be putting Fantasy Flight Games at the forefront.
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2010-12-18, 02:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
Agreed. The L5R card game was second only to M:tG for some time, and persists even now with a none-too-moderate following of players. AEGs followed that up with a variety of RPGs including four editions of L5R, Spycraft, Stargate SG-1 (proving they can deal with a license - they did nothing wrong when they lost it, it was all on MGM's part), and 7th Sea.
I'd put good money on it being AEG. I just hope they can edit it better than they've done with RPGs in the past - AEG products have become known for below-average editing, largely due to the "garage business" nature of the company. L5R RPG editors didn't even get proof copies of their books to ensure that the printer did their job right!Originally Posted by Dervag
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2010-12-18, 05:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
SJG says no, Green Ronin says no, Mongoose says no, Margret Weis says no, Fantasy Flight games says "We do not comment on speculation. Any and all public knowledge is available on our website." Hmmm.
Based on the resources available to the respective companies, I'm thinking Fantasy Flight is a lot more likely than AEG.
Looks like this might mean some awesome Star Wars board games, which I'm all for.Last edited by raitalin; 2010-12-18 at 05:47 AM.
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2010-12-18, 05:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-12-18, 08:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
Do we really *need* another SW game though? Just to get it back in print? We have the Revised D20 version and SAGA. My SW needs have been met forever. What are people looking for in the game that hasn't already been done? Plus there is the fan created material out there for Savage Worlds and it's free.
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2010-12-18, 09:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2009
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2010-12-18, 10:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2006
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- Kanagawa, Japan
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
– Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
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2010-12-18, 11:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
I'd like it to be AEG that got the licesnse. I might even be tempted to pickup a copy of the game if it is.
As for their editing, it has improved. The Legend of the Burniong Sands book only had minor issues, certainly no worse than any other company. The same goes for the 4th edition L5R core book. I've not seen the newr books for the 4th edition line, but they do seem to have learned (and changed their practises) since the 3rd edition revised disaster.
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2010-12-18, 04:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
Re: Someone has bought the Star Wars licence...
I'd also guess Fantasy Flight Games. They do have experience and infrastructure for making RPGs, card games, and miniature games as covered my the license. Also, have a minimal presence in the latter area (their experience is more fitting with highly detailed game pieces than full miniatures), which would fit with the comments about the mystery company's experience with miniatures.