Did any of the 2017 conventions feature info from FFG on what releases and possible schedule thereof for Genesys related products? Like setting books, gear or talent compendiums, "monster manual" or etc.?
Do We Know Anything About the Future of Releases?
Sadly, they've been keeping things very close to the chest. That being said, they have hinted at an Android/Netrunner sourcebook and I think a Tannhaüser one as well. Don't remember for sure, though.
Some of us know more than we are letting on............
25 minutes ago, 2P51 said:Some of us know more than we are letting on............
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Anyway. Given how the Star Wars RPG releases have happened, I'm guessing splat books will be released based on settings and themes. Don't count on seeing a Monster Manual-style book with all the NPCs in one location. FFG's style is more holistic, with relevant adversaries, equipment, and rules being grouped together thematically. There's a lot of legitimate criticism of that method, but I like it -- keeps people from having to buy unnecessary books.
The only unusual thing is the radio silence on their part about what's coming next. IIRC, when Edge of the Empire came out, they had a near-simultaneous announcement about Beyond the Rim and (I think?) Enter the Unknown. Same for Age of Rebellion and Onslaught at Arda I, and Force and Destiny and Chronicles of the Gatekeeper. Of course, all those RPGs had public betas going for a year before the finished product released, so there was already a developing interest.
I don't imagine we'll be waiting long. And I think Android, Tannhauser, and Runewars will be among the first announcements.
The only ones hinted at are setting books for Android and Runebound.
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Anyway. Given how the Star Wars RPG releases have happened, I'm guessing splat books will be released based on settings and themes. Don't count on seeing a Monster Manual-style book with all the NPCs in one location. FFG's style is more holistic, with relevant adversaries, equipment, and rules being grouped together thematically. There's a lot of legitimate criticism of that method, but I like it -- keeps people from having to buy unnecessary books.
The only unusual thing is the radio silence on their part about what's coming next. IIRC, when Edge of the Empire came out, they had a near-simultaneous announcement about Beyond the Rim and (I think?) Enter the Unknown. Same for Age of Rebellion and Onslaught at Arda I, and Force and Destiny and Chronicles of the Gatekeeper. Of course, all those RPGs had public betas going for a year before the finished product released, so there was already a developing interest.
I don't imagine we'll be waiting long. And I think Android, Tannhauser, and Runewars will be among the first announcements.
Ok... So it's a given that as soon as RuneBound and Netrunner drop, Genesys will become the best system to run Shadowrun with, right? Though that isn't hard given that even the biggest Shadowrun enthusiasts will admit that the game mechanics were always the worst part of each edition.
I’m hoping they release more than just setting books, and books related to those settings.
I would like to see them expand on Genesys as universal system. I’d like to see genre books, like the way Savage Worlds has their companion books that give more extensive rules that are genre specific without being tied to a specific setting.
My hope for the system is the genre and setting books are the same book. That way if we want a Weird War setting, we just take Tannhäuser setting book, and the rules expand on how to run a Weird War setting, but uses Tannhäuser as the base examples for the book, and holds all the information for the Tannhäuser setting as well.
1 hour ago, SwivelDiscourse said:Ok... So it's a given that as soon as RuneBound and Netrunner drop, Genesys will become the best system to run Shadowrun with, right? Though that isn't hard given that even the biggest Shadowrun enthusiasts will admit that the game mechanics were always the worst part of each edition.
....and then there was Wireless....