The Star Wars Miniatures game version of the Point Blank scenario is now live on the Wizards of the Coast website. It focuses on the central (non-mass combat) encounter from the RPG scenario.
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Minis Mayham Podcast appearance
Minis Mayham, a podcast on the Star Wars Miniatures game, just posted their 1 year anniversary episode. Joining the regular hosts are myself, Gary Sarli (Star Wars Saga Edition editor and Jedi Counselor) and Christopher West (cartographer for nearly all of the Star Wars Minis maps). We discuss the end of the Minis and RPG game lines, our past work on the game and our current endeavors.
You can find the episode at the link below. You can find my past interviews by clicking on Interviews in the menu bar above.
Minis Mayham 31: A Year is Here
Star Wars Saga Edition RPG and Miniatures Games Cancelled
Wizards of the Coast announced today that they are not renewing the Star Wars RPG and Minis licenses. Both lines will come to an end later this year. It's disappointing news, but I've had a bad feeling about this for awhile, so I'm not exactly surprised. Still, I'd hoped for the best. I'll post more comments later on. For now, it looks like my last Saga Edition project will be the last Saga Edition product - The Unknown Regions, out later this year.
You can see the announcement here.
Update on 2010-01-29 03:49 by Sterling Hershey
Just noticed that they also posted my latest RPG encounter today - the RPG version of 25 to Rescue. It features the Clone Wars Campaign Guide.
Update on 2010-01-30 16:13 by Sterling Hershey
FYI, starwars.com posted an article announcing WotC's decision, inlcuding comments supporting minis and RPGs as important licenses now and in the future. You can read it here.
GenCon 2009
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I had a good time at GenCon 2009 this past weekend. Played some Star Wars Saga Edition with the guys from d20radio and the Order 66 podcast. Ran around the dealers hall, talked with old friends and new, and checked out potential freelance work for future projects.
Order 66 won a silver ENnie for best podcast (after All Games Considered), so a big congratulations to them, especially as some other nominees had larger followings. The Clone Wars Campaign Guide won a silver for best supplement and Scum and Villainy won a silver for best cartography (both Star Wars Saga Editon RPG products).
However, the biggest highlight for me was participating in the benefit breakfast for Aaron Allston, hosted by the Indy Knights Star Wars fan club at the Ram. Aaron has authored Star Wars novels for some time, including several in the current Fate of the Jedi series. He suffered a heart attack with a quadruple bypass earlier this year and needs help with medical costs. A variety of Star Wars authors turned out as special guests, as well as Aaron himself. There was a good fan turnout, and everyone had a good time.
Pictured here are the guests: Troy Denning (Fate of the Jedi: Abyss, etc.), Michael Stackpole (I, Jedi, etc.), Aaron Allston (Fate of the Jedi: Outcast, etc.) with Ann Margaret Lews & Helen Keier (New Essential Guide to Alien Species) to either side, myself and Jason T Eberl (Philosophy and Star Wars).
Just to be clear, this was event was not officially affiliated with GenCon, but held off-site at the Ram, a restaurant popular with convention attendees. However, most of the guests and many attendees were also convention participants.