Seeing we're going from the Edge of the Empire to the Age of Rebellion, what would the chance be to produce a role playing game with similar fashion in the old republic setting? I'm not talking a copy of the MMO or old video game RPG's, but rather an original story at a point in the Star Wars timeline that would be prior to the age of Star Wars Episode 1.

There's so many thousands of years in the old republic era that it's almost hard to ignore all the possibilities of settings. Not that I wouldn't design my own

There was an old RPG book for the Old Republic setting made a bit ago, but the hard copy is quite expensive. A new edition by FFG would be ideal!

Any ideas would be welcome!

A setting book would be nice.

Uh, like this. (You meant this one, right? Yes, very expensive.)

Honestly, I'd say it'd be pretty easy to just run the games as they are now in the KotOR setting. The galaxy hasn't changed that much. The only thing that we're missing (so far) is the Jedi stuff, but that'll be forthcoming.

The tech was better back then.

I'd say odds of an Old Rep book are fair to good once FaD has been released. Odds will improve if EA releases another KotOR game as well. LucasFilm may be under the mouse these days, but I suspect they'll continue the cross marketing strategy that seems to have (mostly) worked for them for years.

yeah and jedi were more powerful, they could use the force to heal, who needs a doctor

I wouldn't be surprised about an OR book after F&D either. F&D is supposed to allow us to play full-on Jedi, and everything else from EotE/AoR works fine in the OR. Once you have the rules for Jedi, you can easily play a mainstream OR Jedi game. As it is now, you can play fringer or non-Jedi FS in the OR pretty easy.

I'd say odds of an Old Rep book are fair to good once FaD has been released. Odds will improve if EA releases another KotOR game as well. LucasFilm may be under the mouse these days, but I suspect they'll continue the cross marketing strategy that seems to have (mostly) worked for them for years.

never going to happen, they already said The old republic, is Knights of the old republic 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, etc

why make a new game when they can just add content to their online rpg, besides it's free to play as well, so kinda hard to make people pay for books to a setting thats free to play online.

They don't know their fan base if they think an Old Replublic version of Suns of Fortune won't sell.

I'd say odds of an Old Rep book are fair to good once FaD has been released. Odds will improve if EA releases another KotOR game as well. LucasFilm may be under the mouse these days, but I suspect they'll continue the cross marketing strategy that seems to have (mostly) worked for them for years.

never going to happen, they already said The old republic, is Knights of the old republic 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, etc

why make a new game when they can just add content to their online rpg, besides it's free to play as well, so kinda hard to make people pay for books to a setting thats free to play online.

Technically it is happening already then. But you take me too literally. If another Old Republic product comes out that's expected to make a lot of money or otherwise gain popular support and public attention (be it an RPG, or a 3rd Person Shooter, or a sandbox FPS, or an MMO card game, or a cancer drug) Lucasfilm will almost demand a supporting RPG supplement.

Shadows of the Empire got 3 RPG books, Force Unleased got a Book and a pile of Minis. And that's not even including all the music CDs, action figures, books, comics, lego sets, electric toothbrushes, ect.

Lucasfilm's "thing" is taking one new star wars product and turning it into an entire array of merch.

A setting book would be nice.

Uh, like this. (You meant this one, right? Yes, very expensive.)

That's the one!

Might have to e-book that one...

There are a few things that can be added with a setting in the old republic timeframe, such as certain species that were more dominant or technologies that were lost later on. In some ways I find the old republic time to be richer as well as more advanced. There's pretty much everything that there is later (and more), and thanks to the Knights of the Old Republic story, there was even the star forge that created fleets of ships, so "death starish" or doomsday weapons were already around, to spawn that sense of unlimited terror the later deathstar gives.

I would say low until they announce a series of non-line specific sourcebooks.

A setting book would be nice.

Uh, like this. (You meant this one, right? Yes, very expensive.)

Wow, I might be tempted to sell mine...

Once we have F&D we will have everything we need to run in any era. I could see setting books for running games set in those eras, but not full on rulebooks.

Setting books with some era-specific crunch is always nice.

A setting book would be nice.

Uh, like this. (You meant this one, right? Yes, very expensive.)

$80? Who in their right mind would pay that??!!

I've paid well over the odds for RPG books. Perks of having a good job.

I don't see why you couldn't run a KotOR game using the three FFG SW books anyway. All the basics are still the same; lightsabres, wookies, twi'leks, minions in cumbersome armour.

And Revan was a girl

While if I was being forced to play the kotor games or be shot in the fleshy part of my thigh, I would opt for the bullet, there are many people who want this book, and it would make sense to make a time period book in the vein of Suns of Fortune, that is compatible with all three books.

You are right Maelora, that there is no reason whatsoever that this couldn't be done with the existing book lines as is. (This is including Force & Destiny). In fact this is part of the reason the old republic holds no interest to me - the design/sound/plot of the games and setting are rehashings of the classic time period.

This book would do well, but I wouldn't buy it.

Once the Force book comes out, I am thinking I might want to suggest an old Republic game to my group even without a sourcebook. I think there's enough source material out there that it would be fairly easy. I've played a ton of games int he movie eras over the last decades, a change of pace might be nice.

A setting book would be nice.

Uh, like this. (You meant this one, right? Yes, very expensive.)

Wow, I might be tempted to sell mine...

I actually have 2 on my shelve and I am not selling... Don't know why...

I will sell you my SW Saga Edition, Old Republic book if you want, lol.

As for FFG's version, I doubt it. I anticipate Force and Destiny to have the rules you need, up to you to devise the game world I'd imagine.

You are right Maelora, that there is no reason whatsoever that this couldn't be done with the existing book lines as is. (This is including Force & Destiny). In fact this is part of the reason the old republic holds no interest to me - the design/sound/plot of the games and setting are rehashings of the classic time period.

I'm not sure how you arrive at that conclusion. There's no over-arching Empire, and the Jedi are quite numerous. It makes for quite a different tone, and the possibilities are a lot more open. I prefer it over the "classic" period.

Such a book (more than likely a sourcebook on par with Suns of Fortune) would be nice, and more likely to come out after Force & Destiny gets released in 2015.

I doubt they're going to do a fourth core rulebook, as FFG's already caught enough flak for their "three core rulebooks" approach.

Right now, the only thing getting in the way of running a KOTOR/SWTOR game currently is the lack of material on the Force. Between EotE and the AoR Beta, you've got the basic core of "good guy" powers, with the only things lacking in terms of powers being a "direct damage" type of power and a "healing" power. I've taken stabs at those two in my Ways of the Force fan supplement. As for Jedi PCs, there's a couple different homebrew attempts at a Jedi Career out there, with DarthGM's "Edge of the Jedi" being my preferred option of the lot (and just because he name-drops my stuff).

As for the Saga Edition KOTOR book... I've seen prices for that go as high as $200+, mostly as it was a frequently requested sourcebook idea back during the RCR days, and the supply wasn't enough to meet the demand. You can probably find it for more reasonable prices, though that will likely entail a lot of web searches and more than a bit of luck.

With the canon mashup, are we sure Old Republic is official official? I assume they are mostly wiping out the stuff after RotJ.

I would definitely buy a Sourcebook.

A setting book would be nice.

Uh, like this. (You meant this one, right? Yes, very expensive.)

80 bucks? The price has gone down!