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WEG d6 Editions
The following is a comparison of key rule diferences between the ofcial and fan retro-clone editions of the now out-of-
print Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games (aka WEG d6). All use the basic d6 rules engine.
1st Edition Rules
 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (1987) (hereafter referred to as 1e)
2nd Edition Rules
 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Second Edition (1992) (hereafter referred to as 2e)
 The Star Wars Roleplaying Game: Second Edition - Revised and Expanded (1996) (hereafter referred to as 2e R&E)
Retroclones
There are also two unofcial retroclones where fans have remastered the old editions into digital form. These are:
 Star Wars Classic Adventures (a retroclone of 1e with some minor changes, hereafter known as Classic Adventures)
 Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised, Expanded, & Updated (a retroclone of 2e R&E, with additional content, hereafter
known as REUP)
Comparison Summary
In general, 1e is simpler and easier for beginners; 2e versions are more comprehensive but also more complex. The grey
shading shows changes to key rules made in 2e. Classic Adventures is mostly faithful to 1e, but pulls in scale rules from 2e.

RULE 1E CLASSIC ADVENTURES 2E R&E / REUP

Skills 40 skills
The Force Low number of force powers, Jedi
get all force powers for the skill
they buy, everyone with Force
powers can use lightsabers
Difculty Difculty numbers are in
Target multiples of 5
Numbers
Initiative No strict initiative rules
Wild Die No wild die
Movement Rated as variable speed codes
(Landspeeder = Speed Code:
1D+2)
Chases Roll your Speed Code versus your Roll your Speed Code versus your Detailed speed, collision, and distance
opponent's Speed Code opponent's Speed Code
Scale Bigger combatant doubles its
Damage and Damage Resistance
dice, the smaller just rolls 1D for
damage/resistance, regardless of
their listed damage / armor /
resistance (e.g. Rebel shoots TIE
with blaster rife, rolls 1D for
damage, TIE doubles its Hull dice to
resist damage, on counter attack)
Wound Wound levels use a simple scale
Levels of multiples
42 skills (added Sleight of Hand
and Com-Scan; renamed Medicine
to First Aid, Alien Races to Alien
Species, Starship Gunnery to
Gunnery)
Low number of force powers, Jedi
get all force powers for the skill
they buy, everyone with Force
powers can use lightsabers
Difculty numbers are in
multiples of 5
No strict initiative rules
No wild die
Rated as variable speed codes
(Landspeeder = Speed Code:
1D+2)
rules with option to hand-wave the
details
Six scale levels with modifers
based on the diference between
the smaller and bigger
combatants (e.g. Characters
deduct 2D from attacks against
Speeders, 4D against Walkers, 6D
against Starfghters, etc.)
Wound levels use a simple scale
of multiples
110 skills plus dozens of skill
specializations
Many force powers, Jedi get three
powers per skill bought, skills have
prerequisites, lightsabers separate
buyable power
Difculty numbers are more granular
Initiative roll based on perception
Exploding on the 6 (keep rolling and
adding 6, 12, 18, etc), a 1 is now GM's
choice of mishap, penalty (ignore the
wild die and the highest number your
rolled) or add it normally and there is a
complication (plot twist not a mishap)
Rated as fxed speed rating
(Landspeeder = Move: 115; 330 kmh)
Six scale levels with modifers based
on the diference between the smaller
and bigger combatants (e.g. Characters
deduct 2D from attacks against
Speeders, 4D against Walkers, 6D
against Starfghters, etc.)
Wound levels are more granular

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