Not sure how much of this has been covered already, but here we go...
So I was browsing through the FFG shop and I noticed that each publication announced and released for Edge of the Empire and Age of Rebellion has an alpha-numeric code associated. For example, the Beginner Game for EotE has the code "swe01."
This lead to 2 other interesting observations: (1) The releases/announced releases for EotE and AoR seem to match up and (2) I noticed a possible pattern with the releases/announced releases for EotE. Below is a small chart showing the possible pattern:
Edge of the Empire
swe01 – 12/14/12 – Beginner Game
swe02 – 07/05/13 – Core Rule Book
swe03 – 07/05/13 – Game Master’s Kit
swe04 – ??/??/?? – Roleplay Dice
swe05 – 09/06/13 – Beyond the Rim (Adventure Module)
swe06 – 12/06/13 – Enter the Unknown (Explorer Career Expansion)
swe07 – 01/14/14 – Suns of Fortune (Corellian Sector Supplement)
swe08 – 02/28/14 – Dangerous Covenants (Hired Gun Career Expansion)
swe09 – 03/??/14 – The Jewel of Yavin (Adventure Module)
swe10 – (Unknown Career Expansion)
swe11 – (Unknown Sector/System Supplement)
swe12 – (Unknown Career Expansion)
swe13 – (Unknown Adventure Module)
swe14 – (Unknown Career Expansion)
swe15 – (Unknown Sector/System Supplement)
swe16 – (Unknown Career Expansion)
Age of Rebellion
swa01 – Q2 2014 – Beginner Game
swa02 – Q2 2014 – Core Rule Book
swa03 – Q2 2014 – Game Master’s Kit
After swe04 (which is the dice) a pattern seems to emerge. It seems to go as follows:
Adventure Module, Career Expansion, Sector/System Supplement, Career Expansion.
If the above is true, we can make some interesting speculations:
- There will be at least another 7 books released for EotE to finish out the careers.
- After The Jewel of Yavin is released we should see another career expansion, followed by another sector/system supplement, followed by another career expansion and so on.
- If you look at the release dates, since Enter the Unknown we have been getting a new release every month to month and a half. This leads me to believe that The Jewel of Yavin may be pushed back to sometime early April, as it is still listed as being "on the boat" and shipping takes another week or 2.
- What will swa04 be? A new set of dice perhaps?
- Looking at the release dates for the Beginner Game and Core Rule Book for EotE, I'm thinking the Beginner Game for AoR will be released sometime in April while the Core Rule Book will probably be released sometime in late June or possibly July, along with the Game Master's Kit.
I fully understand that dates can vary for any number of reasons, so again this is just highly speculative based on the available information. Anyway what are your thoughts?
NOTE: I couldn't find the official release date for the Roleplay Dice.
