d6 roleplay

  
thursday 13th november 2008  
>>>jonathan hicks brings us farsight games third online pdf magazine. 
this month odds - the tabletop roleplaying e-magazine is packed with information on the world of roleplaying, including a fantastic interview with west end games owner eric gibson. 
click here to follow the link and download a copy of issue three for yourself, and check back here and in our roleplaying section for more news from farsight games...

expand your rpg knowledge with odds, from farsight games...
wednesday 12th november 2008  
>>>some very cool d6 roleplay information comes our way from d6 editor jonathan hicks.
   "the star wars d6 system is getting some fresh attention at a specially created fan forum for west end games called www.wegfanforums.com, where a dedicated d6 section keeps the system alive and a star wars topic, the tales of the rampant runner, enables players to get directly involved.
it's regularly updated and there are plenty of visitors keeping the faith."
friday 10th october 2008  
>>>jonathan hicks brings us farsight games second online pdf magazine. 
this month odds - the tabletop roleplaying e-magazine is packed with information on the world of roleplaying, including a fantastic interview with gaming legend bill coffin. 
click here to follow the link and download a copy of issue two for yourself, and check back here and in our roleplaying section for more news from farsight games...

expand your rpg knowledge with odds, from farsight games...
friday 19th september 2008  
>>>jonathan hicks brings us farsight games first online pdf magazine.
odds - the tabletop roleplaying e-magazine is packed with information on the world of roleplaying, with knowledge taken from over two decades of constant roleplaying. 
click here to follow the link and download a copy of issue one for yourself, and check back here and in our roleplaying section for more news from farsight games...

expand your rpg knowledge with odds, from farsight games...
friday 5th september 2008  
>>>jonathan hicks brings us news of his new roleplay venture.  over to jonathan.
    "there has been an increasing trend recently in one-shot gaming, the desire to run a simple, one-off game so that minimal effort can be put into creation, a game is needed at a moment's notice or there's a lull between major campaigns. this is where these games come in - initially, they can be downloaded, printed off, learned and be ready to run in an hour. later adventures can be downloaded, printed off and ready to go in minutes."
sounds fascinating, and you will learn a lot more by visiting the farsight games site, navigating through the still under construction site, bookmarking it and visiting it again in the not too distant future...
saturday 16th august 2008  
>>>newbold hicks productions return with another tribute video. 
today jonathan hicks focuses on the golden age of d6 roleplay with the sunday night sessions.  a huge formative period for the Lightsabre stories, many characters and situations were blooded during these sunday night games.
watch below and see if you can spot any familiar faces...

 
friday 15th august 2008  
>>>back in the day there was a production company called newbold hicks productions.  they made star wars audio dramas earlier than most and formed the core of what is now on the Lightsabre site.
today nhp returns to present this tribute to our friend and artist jason brown, who's amazing artwork has continually inspired us to make our stories and our site better and better.
thanks to jonathan hicks for his sterling work on this montage.

 
wednesday 23rd july 2008  
>>>co-founder of Lightsabre and former roleplay editor jonathan hicks brings us some very interesting news regarding the d6 system.  over to jon.
   "company owner eric gibson has publicly announced that west end games (weg), the publisher responsible for such roleplaying titles as paranoia, ghostbusters and, most importantly, the original star wars - the roleplaying game, is up for sale and is accepting bids.  details of the proposed sale can be found at www.westendgames.com.
weg originally shot to fame in 1987 with the highly successful and acclaimed star wars - the roleplaying game.  the game was supported and circulated for more than ten years and was so well received that the designs and creations were the seeds of the expanded universe.  when the license wasn't renewed weg slowly reduced in size and changed hands until it was finally bought by eric gibson.  the d6 system was going to be given a new lease of life with the release of the game septimus, created by industry name bill coffin, but last minute problems cancelled the project and, with no other new releases or product, that pretty much finished weg. 
weg's properties include the d6 system, shatterzone, torg, bloodshadows and the game junta, amongst others, and it is not known whether the properties will be sold in bulk or as separate entities.  what is clear is that mr gibson intends for the properties to live on, to quote mr gibson, "if I thought for a moment that d6 or any other property were going to 'die', i'd never let that happen."
 we would like to wish eric gibson all the best for the future and fervently hope that the name of weg never dies as the original d6 star wars holds a special place in many roleplayer's hearts and is still played worldwide even today, even after the release of the d20 version."
thanks for the report jon, great to see you here on the site again.  keep an eye on our roleplay section for more news regarding west end games.

brings back good memories...
>>>welcome to Lightsabre and the d6 archive.  here you will find a wealth of information written mainly by the former Lightsabre roleplay editor jonathan hicks.  jonathan, an experienced gamer who has gone on to great success with his original novels and roleplay guides - some found here in their original form - built the d6 section over 5 busy years, filled with games, articles and expansions of the setnin sector.
so delve in and glean as much information as you can from the articles, scenarios and ideas within and go and explore the setnin sector...

jonathan hicks