That Blasted Samophlange said:

Awesome spot! I hope it does, they should have mentioned it if it does. Regardless I'll be buying a few sets.

As for affortability, its certainly pricey, but 20 year old me would have found a way to buy them just like current me… heck teen me bought the RCR which was $55+tax when I bought it (alledgedly weak canadian dollar and obsene difference in US and Canadian book prices at the time, and I had yet to discover amazon). The biggest difference is the need to buy dice and the book at the same time… but kids are innovative and starving so I could roleplay didn't seem a big deal when I was young.

If WFR is any indication, there should be some really great supplements and expansions for the setting. Sure it’s a little pricy, but the quality is super high .

Those dice packs are gonna go fast , though. Keep an eye out for Pre-Orders!

Can't wait book & dice set to come out.

YES PLEASE!

Scott McFarland said:

I can't wait to get my hands on that GM screen. With the quality of art we've seen so far (and the quality of FFG's components in general), I'm quite excited. The SAGA screen was nice and all, but the whole 'photo collage' angle (coupled with the fan-pandering of Leia in her bikini) left a bad taste in my mouth. The art on the outside of a GM screen should fire the imagination, not remind you of movies that you may/may not have liked!

A big part of me expected to see a bunch of tokens in such a product from FFG, but I really like that they're not trying to push the 'miniatures' angle. Don't get me wrong - I loves me my SWM, but the lack of their necessity in this game is refreshing.

As for dice, I've just been waiting to buy another set without buying the Beginner Game again!

$15 for the dice is expensive but I'll eat it. I just won't allow my players to use the dice app. We roll for real in my games. I'll buy one set of dice from my FLGS and the rest online for a cheaper price.

My first set of D&D dice in the mid-80’s cost $12 dollars. And that was for 7 dice, all one color with no special characters on them. Believe me, this is cheap for a set of custom dice!

Lord_Toast said:

No. They are expensive. The cost for producing these dices is a lot less now than it was in the mid-80's.

Ulairi said:

Based on what? The cost of the various base chemicals in the plastic have been going up and up because of demands and reduced supply.

Plus 30 years of inflation would mean that dice that were $15 in the 80s would be over $60 today. So the fact that these are $15 means that they are, relatively, cheaper than dice from times past.

I'm looking forward to the Core Rulebook being released.

At first I wasn't too sure about the dice mechanic, but after getting to play through a little of the Beginner Game, I like it.

I don't mind paying about $1 per die for quality custom dice (By comparison, if you go to the Chessex site, it's about $0.55 per die for standard dice, so it isn't unreasonable).

My only problem is that I'd like the fine folks at FFG to release a Complete Dice Set that has the maximum amount of each type of die that could possibly be rolled at once (when we were trying out the Beginner Game, there were instances where we had to re-roll an Ability Die because there was only three and we needed four).

It should be relatively easy for them to figure out how many of each are needed.

Otherwise, if they don't want to release a Complete Dice Set, I hope they decide to give an a la carte option where we can buy "X" of each die individually.

Just my 2 credits worth.

The GM Kit screen. What to expect? Will it be hardcover material like many recently, or flimsy cardboard like the WoTC 3e screens? For those who have more experience with FFG RPG stuff…

Jeffrywith1e said:

The screens for the 40k RPGs are "hardcover", so I'd expect the same.

It's a great time right now to commend FFG for their online freeware products.

Quite honestly, we were all spoiled by Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars site on wizards.com with all of the free online supplements they produced. This was something I greatly appreciated and come to expect. This stuff really works -- it drives interest and keeps people excited about the game in between releases.

We're barely out of the gate and with the beginner game, we already have an adventure and additional character folios.

Keep this up and they'll have a successful game for many, many years to come!

gribble said:

Thanks, gribble. That is what I expected, so I'll probably not be surprised.