Miska Maps specializes in high-quality sci-fi and fantasy battlemaps and props for tabletop role-playing games, including Star Wars. Their work is designed for both print and virtual tabletops, offering a range of maps suitable for various sci-fi settings. Miska's Maps provides assets compatible with platforms like Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, and Foundry VTT, enhancing the gaming experience for Star Wars enthusiasts.

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Damien Mammoliti is a renowned cartographer and illustrator specializing in science-fantasy settings. He has significantly contributed to the Starfinder role-playing game by creating detailed Flip-Mats that enhance gameplay. Notable works include the "Urban Sprawl Flip-Mat," depicting futuristic cityscapes, and the "Living Starships Flip-Mat," featuring plant-based and bio-engineered starships.

Damien Mammoliti

Czepeku creates high-quality sci-fi maps, many of which are perfect for Starfinder campaigns. They offer both free and paid content through their Patreon, including starships, space stations, and alien environments.

Czepeku

Magali Villeneuve is a French illustrator renowned for her work in fantasy and science fiction. She has contributed extensively to Star Wars RPG books, providing dynamic and detailed illustrations that capture the essence of the Star Wars universe.

Magali Villeneuve

Cristi Balanescu is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked on various Star Wars RPG books for Fantasy Flight Games. His artwork showcases his skill in creating immersive and atmospheric scenes within the Star Wars universe.

Cristi Balanescu

Jake Murray is an illustrator and fine artist known for his dynamic fantasy and science fiction artwork. He has created cover art for Star Wars products, including "Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game," published by Fantasy Flight Games.

Jake Murray

Anthony J. Foti is a modern portrait and print illustrator who has contributed to Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars RPG line. His digital paintings are full of magic, mystique, and action, adding depth to the Star Wars universe.

Anthony J. Foti

There are three main Star Wars RPG books, which loosely define the setting, tone, and era of the game. Edge of the Empire is for playing scoundrels, smugglers and bounty hunters; Age of Rebellion is for playing rebel pilots and other freedom fighters resisting the Galactic Empire; and Force and Destiny is for playing Jedi fleeing from or fighting back against the Empire’s reach. Fantasy Flight has also released a number of supplementary books to support play in other settings, such as around the time of the most recent “sequel trilogy” of Star Wars films.

What are the different Star Wars RPG books?

Typically a one-shot will consist of a self-contained adventure that will take place all in one session, which will usually take a few hours to complete. They are meant to be completed in one sitting, and will usually have a very focused plot or objective. A campaign on the other hand, is a longer adventure that takes place over multiple sessions. Short campaigns may be only 2-3 sessions, while longer ones may be played over months, or even years!

What is the difference between a one-shot and a campaign?

Obviously this will vary from table to table, but here are some good places to start! If your game is played in person, most likely you will want to get a set of dice, something to write with, and paper to take notes. If your game is hosted online instead, you will probably need to make accounts on a few sites for things like character sheets, access to the Virtual Tabletop for maps and tokens, and sites like Discord or Zoom for video/voice calls during the session. You won't always need to have the rulebooks to start, but if you want to read through them to make sure you know all the rules, this might also be a good option.

What supplies do I need to play the Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games?

Knowing every rule of the game may be helpful to some, but many players will learn the game as they play! If you want to read the rules ahead of time you absolutely can, but if you are a hands-on learner you can also just start playing, and if there is something you don’t understand never be afraid to ask questions, because everyone starts somewhere!

Do I need to know all the rules before I can play the Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games?

While the Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games will involve some level of basic math, particularly if you are totaling up dice rolls or skill modifiers on your character sheet, you don’t need to be a mathematician to enjoy the game. The books provide tables and simple tools to make the math as simple as possible, and if you are playing online, many Virtual Table Tops will take care of all the math for you, so you can focus on playing!

Do I need to be good at math to play the Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games?

Star Wars has a unique system that uses custom dice so that each roll tells a story in its own right. Players build characters with unique origins, skills, powers, and equipment, all of which contributes both potentially helpful and risky dice to a pool which is rolled to resolve a challenge. Players tally up the symbols they roll on the dice to determine not only whether they succeed or fail, but also whether they generate some threat or advantage by doing so. Occasionally, the roll might signal a thrilling triumph or terrible doom as well! This way, it’s possible to succeed at some narrative cost, or fail but still gain something useful. Every die roll produces an interesting result! 


How to play Star Wars Roleplaying Game

A great system that leaves a lot of open room for creativity and improvisation. It can be hard to GM for because of the wild swing of the dice from one end to the other, but that's all part of the fun!

It's easy to learn and the progression system for characters is simple and intuitive. However this is not an especially crunchy system, so come with an open mind and be ready to roll with the punches!

DM Candle

As someone in one of SWRPG's many forums once said, this game is like "a delicious fluffy cream cake with a very crunchy middle". Couldn't have said it better myself ! With its unique dice and skill resolution mechanics (based on Genesys RPG) it favors cinematic descriptions and creativity in determining why you succeed or fail and how, while at the same time adding a plethora of detailed weapons, vehicles, talents and force powers that will satisfy the tactically-minded. 
 All in all an interesting system with real love and knowledge for its source material, the Galaxy Far, Far Away, and its many varied denizens.

Sourcebooks come as a triumvirate of seemingly parallel rules based either on the Force and Jedi-based stories (Force And Destiny), ruffians and smugglers making do on the Empire's Outer Rim (Edge of the Empire) and rebel heroes fighting against oppression (Age of Rebellion), but all can be easily combined if needed.

 My personal gripes, however: some of the official adventures, while well-designed and balanced, can lack the real "Star Wars" feel and tend towards a more generic scifi-adjacent plot and feel. Also, there seems to be a lack of higher-level adventures and options to give very experienced characters a true challenge. But luckily, the online resources are many and often extremely well thought-out, so new Game Masters won't lack inspiration if they need it !

All-in-all a game with a passionate player base and solid publishing history, well worth a try.

Ash Drunbar

This is a classic Star Wars RPG. You're heroic and get to pick from classic races like Wookies, Trandoshans, and Defel. There are 6 "Careers" (like Bounty Hunter or Colonist) to choose from and each career has a Specialization that gets even more specific (Assassin or Trader). This allows for a wide variety of player options even within a single Career. Several players could be the Bounty Hunter career while each has a different specialization and playstyle.

Narrative Dice. Results can include Success/Failure which determine the outcome of your action, but your roll can also result in Threat/Advantage which are unexpected effects "and" / "but". "Your blaster shots are on target AND  send the enemy diving for cover." or "You slice the door controls BUT the alarm shrieks in the background." Finally there is a Triumph/Despair result which is a significant narrative effect added to the result. 

Cinematic Action. No need to count range or squares when you're using abstract Zone Based Movement. Enemies may be anywhere from Engaged (right next to you) or Extreme (beyond sight) range. The ease of combat and range tracking combined with the narrative dice results makes for an excellent adventure without getting bogged down in stat-calculations and number crunching.

Luke The GM

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a heroic group of spacefarers faced the forces of evil in an epic struggle that still inspires us today! The Star Wars Roleplaying Game offers the opportunity to play out a fantastical space opera in one of the most beloved universes of all time. The Star Wars Roleplaying Game is a tabletop game played with pen, paper, and a set of special dice where players can create their own Jedi, scoundrel, alien, bounty hunter, and lots more to play out adventures in the world of the Star Wars films. One player, the Game Master (GM), acts as the rest of the galaxy, playing as the characters’ allies and enemies, and creating scenarios and obstacles for them to overcome.

Published by Fantasy Flight Games, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game is composed of three intercompatible games designed for different settings: Edge of the Empire, for playing smugglers and bounty hunters like Han Solo or Boba Fett; Age of Rebellion for playing rebel freedom fighters against the Galactic Empire like Luke Skywalker and Poe Dameron; and Force and Destiny for playing Jedi fleeing from the Empire’s reach, like Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. 
