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Hello all I'm back with the review I had promised, edge of the empire in my opinion is one of the best RPGs I've played and run it's set in the edge of the galaxy were you can be smugglers and bounty hunters in a gritty world of crime and high adventure if your wanting rebellion against the empire games you can do but I'd advise using Age of Rebellion and for jedis and with this game can run it but again Force and Destiny is a game that specialties in it but they do all work and run together seamlessly but back to Edge of the Empire it has a fast dice mechanic that doesn't take an our to work out if you hit or not and they add a lot of narrative gameplay and it really gets the star wars feeling with it's races and classes.
·Dice there is a variety of dice in the game all custome dice (which some people might hate but I'm definitely a fan) they have on them symbols that represent hit, miss, advantage, disadvantaged triumph and dispear you role your collection of your dice (green, light blue or yellow) and the opposing dice (purple, black or red) and count out the number of each symbol and see which comes out on top after they have been canceled out by each other and then implement it in a narrative way I personally adore the dice mechanic.
·The core role book holds the main fan favorite race's you see in the movies and some unusual race's with Wookiees, Trandoshans, Twi'leks, Rodians, Bothans, Droids, Gands and as expected Humans. They all have there own differences and there own skills that show off the race's specialties, the game runs on 6 core sets you have BRAWN (the characters physical straight and fitness) AGILITY (the characters reactions and over all speed it covers shooting and such) INTELLECT (how smart the character is and it comes into play a lot in the game) CUNNING (how street wise and how much the character can work out his surroundings to be stealthy) WILLPOWER (is pretty self explanatory its how good the character is in a difficult situation and how well he can cope with the stresses of life on the rim) and finely PRESENCE (it is basically just speech it covers most social interactions and such and can also be how scary you are)
· And lastly the classes I in the core book you have all the ones you'd expect for a nitty gritty game set in the eyes of the galaxy here is a quick list they all fall into careers and speciations so I will do them in that format
Bounty hunter: Assassin (out and out tag them and bag them) Gadgeteer (uses tech to catch them all) Survivalist (goes out hunting them in the wilds over the hills and far away)
The colonist: Doctor (out to heal who they can in this twisted universe of death and destruction) Politico (just wants to talk it all out peacefully) Scholar (well someone has to do the dirty work of recording all the battles and finding the artifacts)
The explorer: Fringer (jack of all trades master of none just out to survive in the galaxy) Scout (if you need a guide through the roughs of dagoba or someone to find you a hyper lane there your man) Trader (just out there to buy and sell to manages many credits as they can)
The hired gun: Bodyguard (if you pay them enogh they will take a bullet for you but if not they will please themselves) Marauder (anyone order opponent jam? Well the marauder can sort that out there fists or melee weapon is there best friend and they use them well) Mercenary (you pay them they'll do whatever you want for the right price of course guns don't load themselves with ammo)
The smuggler: Pilot (you want that cargo taking fast just give me the word and well have it there) Scoundrel (can't trust em as far as you can throw em but in the right situation and right pay off they will be your best friend) Thief (watch your pockets when there around but they can be a good help to get that nice gun you've always wanted for free)
The technician: mechanic (a must on any ship they can fix it up nicely and keep your rust bucket running smoothly) outlaw tech (want your ship to go a lot faster than it should and not appear on radars well it's this guys speciality) Slicer (a hacker by all accounts but they get the job done you need that safe opening they can do it just give them time and the tools)
Bounty hunter: Assassin (out and out tag them and bag them) Gadgeteer (uses tech to catch them all) Survivalist (goes out hunting them in the wilds over the hills and far away)
The colonist: Doctor (out to heal who they can in this twisted universe of death and destruction) Politico (just wants to talk it all out peacefully) Scholar (well someone has to do the dirty work of recording all the battles and finding the artifacts)
The explorer: Fringer (jack of all trades master of none just out to survive in the galaxy) Scout (if you need a guide through the roughs of dagoba or someone to find you a hyper lane there your man) Trader (just out there to buy and sell to manages many credits as they can)
The hired gun: Bodyguard (if you pay them enogh they will take a bullet for you but if not they will please themselves) Marauder (anyone order opponent jam? Well the marauder can sort that out there fists or melee weapon is there best friend and they use them well) Mercenary (you pay them they'll do whatever you want for the right price of course guns don't load themselves with ammo)
The smuggler: Pilot (you want that cargo taking fast just give me the word and well have it there) Scoundrel (can't trust em as far as you can throw em but in the right situation and right pay off they will be your best friend) Thief (watch your pockets when there around but they can be a good help to get that nice gun you've always wanted for free)
The technician: mechanic (a must on any ship they can fix it up nicely and keep your rust bucket running smoothly) outlaw tech (want your ship to go a lot faster than it should and not appear on radars well it's this guys speciality) Slicer (a hacker by all accounts but they get the job done you need that safe opening they can do it just give them time and the tools)
All in all if your a fan of star wars or even just sci fi criminal games or films this is a must if I could give it more it would but I will have to give it 10/10 it is a awesome game to play and so much fun to run you can just be like a little kid playing han solo
It's been a long one but I think you all deserve it we hope now we can both post now that the blog will be running at a minimum of two posts a week so until next time have a grate day and keep calm and play games!
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