Talk:Serenity (role-playing game)

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[edit] Playtester

As one of the playtesters, I have to say that the game looks very impressive, and that a lot of work has gone into making it a great way to capture the feel of both the movie and the tv show. Nearside 01:34, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

I was also a playtester, and I completely agree. If you enjoy sci-fi RPGs and/or Firefly, you owe it to yourself to check it out at the very least. Popadopolis 22:51, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Is the game officially out yet or just the prereleases from GenCon? Because I used to work for a RPG game store and related game distributor and we haven't received our copies of the game yet!  :( I'm just wondering if it's available everywhere or my distributor is just slow?--Shirley Ku 21:52, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

They were on sale at Dragon*Con. And the official website is supposed to be up in the next few days, and they'll be onsale there. Wynler 22:25:05, 2005-09-10 (UTC)
I believe that the official mass release is supposed to be next Monday. Popadopolis 21:36, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
That is what my friends told me. They got it in the warehouse Friday and are shipping it out Monday. I asked my friend to hold me a copy! --Shirley Ku 05:20, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
I got mine by now, so they should be on sale just about everywhere that ordered them. Keep flying! Popadopolis 18:15, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DM screen year

Jamie Chambers, writer of the Serenity RPG has mentioned on the RPGRadio site that a DM screen and first adventure will be released soon, hopefully before the end of the year.

Which year? --Calair 22:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

I posted the following to 81.178.240.18, who added the cited paragraph:
There are two major problems with this information (other than the use of "rumor", which has since been corrected):
  1. The RPGRadio link does not provide the cited information. It is a general website URL to a message board, which only presents the current state. Wikipedia articles need permalinks to cited sources, which this website does make available.
  2. The phrase "end of the year" gives no indication of which year. Wiki editors often fail to realize that their text may remain in place for years, so such ambiguous statements must be made precise.
I attempted to correct these problems, but I couldn't find the cited interview on the site, and without it, I couldn't confirm what year was meant. Please provide the requested information to avoid the removal of this paragraph as unverifiable. Thank you for your assistance.
The year is likely 2005 (given the original edit date), but we need the source to make this claim more than rumor, so I've deferred adding my own speculation until we can get some hard data. ~ Jeffq 02:13, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GM Screen

The GM Screen has been released. --Wynler | Talk 15:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Index

A PDF file containg the index is now available from the Serenity RPG's Bonus Page. Here is a direct link to the file. --Manzabar 04:32, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sticking it to Fox

I've heard that the decision not to use material from the TV show was made specicifally to deny Fox royalties as payback for screwing the show. Someone even mentioned that Whedon came up with this idea. Normally, stuff overheard in the gaming store and mentioned in passing on forums isn't put on Wikipedia pages, but I've heard this a couple different times from different people, so I'm wondering if there's anyone here who can either verify or disprove it. Stilgar135 18:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Obsessionality

This is a general editorial comment. In my opinion, this article tells very little about the topic and the nature of the game to a general encyclopedia reader. Instead, it is mostly devoted to obsessional details about point systems and booklets that mean little to the general reader and probably are only going to matter to an extremely specialized audience. It would be helpful to include an introductory paragraph that summarizes what the game looks like and what its goals is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.140.251.18 (talk • contribs) 2006-06-28t16:36:21z.

I do agree with this. Role-playing is more about feeling the background and contributing to it than just rolling dies and playing statistics with them.