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Questions about Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Fantasy Flight Games)

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Who made the Star Wars Roleplaying Game published in 2012?

Fantasy Flight Games published the Star Wars Roleplaying Game starting in 2012 after acquiring the license from Lucasfilm Ltd., which was announced at Gen Con 2011. Since 2020, the game line has been maintained by Edge Studio, a subsidiary of Asmodee.

What are the three game lines in the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars Roleplaying Game?

The three main game lines are Star Wars: Edge of the Empire (2013), for characters on the fringes of galactic society; Star Wars: Age of Rebellion (2014), for rebel soldiers fighting the Empire; and Star Wars: Force and Destiny (2015), for Force-sensitive characters and surviving Jedi.

How does the narrative dice system work in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game?

The system uses seven custom dice types that show symbols rather than numbers, resolving actions on two axes simultaneously: succeed or fail, and lucky or unlucky. Players can succeed at a task while generating negative side-effects, or fail while producing useful advantages for future actions.

What awards did the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars Roleplaying Game win?

Edge of the Empire won RPG Game of the Year at the Golden Geek Awards in 2013 and the UK Games Expo Award for Best Role-Playing Game the same year. Force and Destiny won the Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Game and Fan Favorite Role-Playing Game in 2016, and Edge of the Empire won the Origins Fan Favorite award again in 2017.

What eras of Star Wars does the Fantasy Flight roleplaying game support?

The game primarily supports the era of the original Star Wars trilogy. Sourcebooks extend coverage to the Clone Wars era via Rise of the Separatists (2019) and Collapse of the Republic (2019), the early Rebellion period via Dawn of Rebellion (2018), and the sequel trilogy era through the Force Awakens Beginner Game (2016), though sequel era support is limited.

What happened to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game when Fantasy Flight Games shut down its RPG line?

In 2020, Fantasy Flight Games announced it was discontinuing its tabletop roleplaying game lines. Asmodee transferred the Star Wars Roleplaying Game license to its subsidiary Edge Studio, which announced continued support through reprints and new supplements starting in 2021. New print runs of core books and sourcebooks were released from November 2022 onward.