Star Wars RPG on Star Wars Day 2024

Star Wars RPG event promo at Here Be Dragons MY

“May the Fourth Be With You.” The wish can seen thrown around all over the place on the 4th of May every year among Star Wars fans. Likewise this year, friends on various social media platforms are wishing to and fro across the internet. Sometimes, I forget how much of a cultural juggernaut Star Wars is.

The Star Wars Day event at TTDI

Here Be Dragons MY, the board game and tabletop RPG shop in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail where I ran Star Trek Adventures last December, invited me for an event this year! I was a speaker for a talk/workshop and GM for a Star Wars Day event there. Irfan and I booked a hotel at SS21 so we would not have to travel 60 klicks for the event. He was very instrumental in helping me organise and set up. Plus, Irfan joined as a player in the second session to fill an empty seat as a droid.

There were two session, one beginning at 11am and the other at 3pm. Each session I presented a talk that introduces the Star Wars RPG, its history and how we play and GM it. I mentioned about how any tabletop RPGs, not just Star Wars, can be a language learning tool for anyone. I hope the participants had fun, and it does look as if they had a lot of fun. Finally, because of a random drawing, I will need to draw the character of Zal Artha from the first session.

At the end of the day…

I ran two Star Wars RPG sessions and after Maghrib, we played an extra session of Delta Green RPG! It was an enjoyable but exhausting day for me. All in all, I hope to be doing it again next year. Perhaps I can organise one-shot events whenever I return to Kuala Lumpur in the coming months.

Check out the photos of the event:

Before we met up with Chang and went to set up at Here Be DragonsSundown at the hotel

The FFG/Edge Studios book exhibitionForce and Destiny, Beyond the Rim, Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, Dawn of Rebellion

A mix of different Star Wars RPG books from various eras and publishersStar Wars d20 Saga Edition, d20 Revised Core Rulebook, Star Wars D6 Sourcebook, Star Wars D6 The Roleplaying Game, Lords of Nal Hutta, Strongholds of Resistance, Rise of the Separatists

I begin my talk about Star Wars RPGs to the first groupWELCOME!

Photo of me running Star Wars RPG in 1989 and 2019Hisham. That's who I am.

Photo from last year's Mando Mayhem, Petaling Jaya, and Pay Fong Middle School, MelakaMy plan to research TTRPGs (Permainan Lipur Lara) as a language learning tool is underway

Based on my experience, those who play the game end up with enhanced language skillsThat time my IKOM students went for a mission on Kijimi

Any RPG can be used as a language learning tool, to be honestWe all know what the Star Wars RPG is. It's an RPG, and it's Star Wars

You can use a mix of these rulebooks to create a mix of Star Wars story genres and flavoursThe FFG core rulebooks: Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, and Force and Destiny

These are but a few examples of what stories your players can experience playing the gamePlot!

Here are examples of the situation not turning out according to player expectationsPlot twist!

This session was later titled "At Least It Wasn't 100 Anzellans Instead"Characters: Tendaar, Narawan, Zal Artha, Oskara and Vendri

Winning the lucky draw, I will create artwork for Zal Artha for her player CappyThe crew of the YT-1300 Decade Pigeon

This session was later titled "Yet Another Senator's Daughter Was Kidnapped"Characters: 41-Vex, Dao, Imelda, Lowhhrick and Captain "Pizza" Pash

I enjoy running games for youngsters as many go wildly creative with their ideas for actionsThe crew of the YT-1300 Space Star Falcon

I was pretty sure this nasi lemak restaurant was not here last DecemberAfter the two session, we had dinner with Ivan and Chang

The agents are sent out to Arizona to investigate missing persons... to be continuedDelta Green bonus game with Ivan as GM

At the end of the day I ran two games and played oneThanks once again to Hanna for inviting me for this fun event. It was truly very educational...

Star Wars Day 2024

Addendum: This is my 35th year GMing the Star Wars RPG, so I will consider his my celebration of the occasion! 35 years! Where did the time go?