Bothan Banter – A Star Wars RPG Campaign

A special episode of the GM’s corner this week as we sit down with the player behind Ocadessa and talk all things Star Wars, RPG’s and what Shannon had expected for this campaign. She also touches on what she hopes to see for Ocadessa in the future while commenting on her favourite character in the …

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Episode 9 – Seizure On the distant planet of Ryloth, Ocadessa says goodbye to her brother but is unprepared for the numerous surprises in store for her. Doc, Muzzo and Talia are confronted by the rise of a new power within City 17, a faction that could prove to be a powerful enemy, or ally. …

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This week’s episode of GM’s Corner, Kurtis talks about Episode 8 and how the individual stories are starting to pay off. He updates the listener on the faction system, what’s been happening behind the scenes since Episode 4 and talks about the idea of the PC’s becoming a faction of their own. In the GM’s …

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Episode 8 – Wounds, Old and New With a team of angry enemies on their doorstep, Talia, D-0C and Muzzo, with the assistance of the kindly Baton, must repel an attack that threatens to destroy them all. And across City 17, Ocadessa must face the reality that her brother is gone and make hard decisions …

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In the fourth episode of the GM’s Corner, Kurtis Wiebe talks about the events that transpired in Episode 6, in particular the dark turn of Ocadessa, as well as how he planned out the flashback in Episode 7 with two guest characters. To wrap things up, he talks about the balance of success and failure …

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We arrive now two years before the Hutt war in City 17, when the crew of the SS Abrams consisted of the bickering pair of Quelben and Ocadessa. Shortly after Muzzo, only twelve years old, sought to escape his actions in the city of Hsska and neither Doc nor Talia were anywhere in future’s sight. …

Continue reading A Nar Shaddaa Gamble Episode 7: Origins (Guest Starring Fiona Staples and Ben Rankel)

Previously on a Nar Shaddaa Gamble While in the service of Challu the Hutt, every member of the crew found themselves on diverging paths. Ocadessa discovered the meaning behind the connection she had felt to the mysterious Ko’Darrak, a Twi’lek of noble birth who once trained at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant before something he …

Continue reading A Nar Shaddaa Gamble Episode 6: Consequences

A luxurious GM’s Corner where Kurtis Wiebe talks about both Episode 4 and 5 of the Nar Shaddaa Gamble as well as some pertinent advice in running games where the player’s word is law. See some behind the scenes manoeuvring involving the faction system and uncover how it played directly into a handful of scenes over …

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Previously on a Nar Shaddaa Gamble Despite a secured release by the machinations of Challu the Hutt, the exit from Docking Bay 47 Holding Facility Alpha was anything but smooth. Jailed in the illustrious company of Echo and two of her counterparts, the crew couldn’t have expected a full on assault by Modo the Hutt …

Continue reading A Nar Shaddaa Gamble Episode 5: Devil’s Due

Previously on A Nar Shaddaa Gamble: With a small cadre of Rebel Alliance operatives in tow, including Froadick the Wookie and Evie, the Crew made a hasty retreat to their ship, the SS Abrams, with hopes of assisting the turncoat ISB agent, Ember Lokin, off planet. But a snag at Dock 47 Customs involving Talia …

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