Star Wars Sourcebook

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (D6)

by Bill Slavicsek, Curtis Smith

Publication Date: January 1, 1987
ISBN-10: 0874310660
ISBN-13: 978-0874310665

Discover all the technical and natural wonders of the fantastic Star Wars saga. Here are sleek starfighters that clash with mile-long Star Destroyers, tilling the void with streaks of laser fire and blazing wrecks. Here are armor-clad stormtroopers battling desperate-Rebels across the galaxy. Here are detailed descriptions of the bizarre aliens, devastating weapons, amazing Droids, courageous heroes and cunning villains of the Star Wars universe. Clear explanations and illustrations show how everything works: from lightsabers, the elegant Jedi weapon, to repulsorlifts that defy gravity. Stories, maps, charts and much more highlight this extraordinary guide to Star Wars.

Genres: Star Wars, Role Playing Games, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Gaming, Fiction, Reference

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Bill Slavicsek's gaming life was forever changed when he discovered Dungeons & Dragons in 1976. He became a gaming professional in 1986 when he was hired by West End Games as an editor. He quickly added developer, designer, and creative manager to his resume, and his work helped shape the Paranoia, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, and Torg roleplaying games. He even found some time during that period to do freelance work for D&D 1st Edition. In 1993, Bill joined the staff of TSR, Inc. as a designer/editor. He worked on a bunch of 2nd Edition material, including products for Core D&D, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, and Planescape. In 1997, he was part of the TSR crowd that moved to Seattle to join Wizards of the Coast, and in that year he was promoted to R&D Director for D&D. In that position, Bill oversaw the creation of both the 3rd Edition and 4th Edition of the D&D Roleplaying Game. He was one of the driving forces behind the D&D Insider project, and he continues to oversee and lead the creative strategy and effort for Dungeons & Dragons.

Reviews

[Arthur B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whilst you can go really deep into the long grass exploring the WEG Star Wars supplements, the original Star Wars Sourcebook already provides decent coverage of most of the classic original trilogy stuff we can all agree we enjoy, and was also a crucial text in the development of the Expanded Universe. Even despite the Legends-ification of much of that, the fingerprints of this book can still be found on the canon Star Wars universe to this day. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordp...

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

For Star Wars role-playing gamers, this book is a must. It provides insight into bases, monsters, tech, and most importantly, characters, that would take hours of research to find otherwise. It's an old book so no doubt it's been superceded by a newer, flashier, and more current version, but if you have a chance to pick it up, you won't regret it.

[David Runyon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic trove of weird Star Wars universe details.