RPGA

The RPGA, alternatively known as the Role Playing Game Association and the RPGA Network,[2] is a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast that organized sanctioned Star Wars tournament scenarios for the West End Games d6, and the later Wizards of the Coast d20, RPG systems. Founded in November 1980 by Frank Mentzer of TSR, Inc., Wizards of the Coast acquired the RPGA when they purchased TSR in 1997. In 1994, the Network was headed by Jean Rabe,[3] having taken over from her predecessor, Penny Petticord.[1]

Prior to running the Living Force and Dawn of Defiance campaigns[4] the RPGA—operating as TSR, Inc.—ran the Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic campaign, designed for the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded rules.[5]

Daniel Wallace acknowledged an attempt to track down obscure RPGA star systems. Those star systems created by authors who had received an author credit for other licensed Star Wars material were included in 2009's The Essential Atlas.[6]

On January 28, 2010 it was announced by Greg Yahn, the Director of Marketing for Wizards of the Coast that Wizards' would not seek to renew the Star Wars license with Lucasfilm, and it would lapse in May of that year. Citing "economic downturn", the license to produce all of the company's Star Wars brand lines would be discontinued.[7][8] RPGA™ Network-sanctioned tournament scenarios were therefore notably absent from 2010 onwards but RPG scenarios did eventually return to the Gen Con Game Fair in 2013, sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games.

Tournament scenarios

Known primarily for the tournament scenarios released as part of the Living Force campaign, the RPGA had previoulsy released a number of convention tournaments tied to the Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic campaign as well as numerous standalone tournaments at conventions often listed simply as a Star Wars Feature prior to release and confirmation of the tournament scenarios' title. These sanctioned RPGA Network tournaments were sent to West End Games/Lucasfilm for approval.[1][9]

Initially, under TSR, Inc., members of the RPGA were required to pay a $25 annual subscription[2] which included a subscription to Polyhedron as well as the ability to access tournament scenarios, but the fee was later waived by Wizards of the Coast having initially reduced the fee to $20.[10] Tournament scenarios remained only available to members and gamemasters, primarily distributed at conventions only before being made available online.[11] The two orderable categories of tournaments were Star Wars Game and Living Force.[12] At the start of 2001, individual scenarios were priced at $10 for event coordinators.[13]

Star Wars Game RPGA™ Network-sanctioned Tournaments

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Product Line Era Article Title Release Date Location Author Order #
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game[14] - Mantive Moondance[14] Jan-88[14] 1988 GEN CON®/ORIGINS™ Game Fair[14] / Briscon '92 Michael Stern[14]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - The Heat of Freedom (RPGA version) Feb-90 (Printed in its original form in 1988's Star Wars Campaign Pack) Bill Slavicsek
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game[15] - Unidentified Star Wars Feature (feat. Lucille)[15] c. 1991[15] Jean Rabe[15]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Milk Run[16] Aug-1991[16] The 1991 GEN CON® Game Fair, Milwaukie Sterling Hershey[16]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game[17] - Mission to Mos Eisley[17] Jan-91 / Aug-91[17] Winter Fantasy RPGA Tournament / The 1991 GEN CON® Game Fair, Milwaukie[17] -
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - War Games Aug-91 The 1991 GEN CON® Game Fair, Milwaukie J. Allan Fawcett
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Escape from Arakyd[18] Aug-92[18] The 1992 GEN CON® Game Fair[18] Scott Krenson[18] 400049[18]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Smoking Blaster/Misadventures[18] Aug-92[18] The 1992 GEN CON® Game Fair[18] West End Games, Ltd[18] 400310[18]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Make a Dice Roll Aug-92 TactiCon '92, Connecticut Timothy A. Madden
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Imperial Star Destroyers Oct-92 Council of Five Nations (CouncilCon) 18, New York John E. P. Cereso
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game[16] - Defection[16] Nov-92 ShaunCon VII, Missouri Sterling Hershey[16]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Unidentified Star Wars Feature Jan-93 Winter Fantasy 17 / Gen Con '93
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - By The Blaster Divided Mar-93 ConnCon '93, Connecticut Linda Baldwin
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Damitian Dreams[19] May-93 Briscon '93 Timothy Parker[19] Bradley Johnson[19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Place in the Sun Sep-93 AndCon '93, Ohio John E. P. Cereso
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Bread and Circuses Sep-93 FoxCon '93, Illinois Wayne Peacock
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Star Wars: Blow the Bunker post-91–93[20] Peter M. Schweighofer[21]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Bargain Hunters Apr-94 Briscon '94 Timothy Parker
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Shadows in the Surf[22][19] Aug-94[22] Gen Con '94[22] / DunDraCon 19[23] Skip Williams[22][19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Star Wars: The Limping Lady Aug-94 Gen Con '94 Peter M. Schweighofer 400495
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - The Doom on Razir[19] Sep-94 Sunquest RPGA Tournament Brandon G. Amancio[19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Prophets of Otherspace[19] Jan-95 Gen Con RPGA Tournament Bill Slavicsek[19] & Lester W. Smith[19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Unidentified RPGA Charity Auction Tournament Jan-95 Gen Con '95 Bill Smith[24]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - How About Bob?[19] Jan-95 Round Con '95 Henry Vogel[19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - The Roxar Incident[19] Mar-95 ConCentric '95, Illinois Robert Wiese[19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - A Family Thing[19] Feb-96 1996 Sunquest RPGA Tournament John E. P. Cereso[19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Sinister Plot on Quercaria[19] Mar-96 1996 Winter Fantasy RPGA Tournament[25] / Glathricon XIII 1999 David W. Baker[25][19]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - The Farrimmer Cafe Apr-96 ConCentric '96, Illinois J. Allan Fawcett & Jean Rabe
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Alliance Training Mission #3[26] Aug-96[27] Gen Con '96[26] Lisa Reinke[26], Rex Polley[26]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Star Wars: Sandbound on Tatooine (RPGA™ Network-sanctioned tournament version) c. Mar-97[28] Peter M. Schweighofer[29]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Star Wars: Mos Eisley Shoot-Out (Free West End Games promotional hand-out)[28] c. Mar-1997[30] West End Games[28]
WEG's Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Decisions Mar-97 Round Con '97,[31] Pendleton Game Day '98, Horizon Game Weekend 2 '99 Lee Pickler
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[32] Imperial Period[33] Mission to Coridia (Sayub Legend #1)[32] Sep-97 Gen Con '97[34] Robert Wiese
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[32] Imperial Period[33] Pirate Contract (Sayub Legend #2)[32] Oct-97 Glathricaon '98/Radcon '99 Robert Wiese
RPGA European Branch - A Simple Pickup 98 UK Games Fest '98[35] Karl Eldridge[35]
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[32] Imperial Period[33] Dark Tremors (Sayub Legend #3)[32] Apr-98 Genghis Con Robert Wiese
RPGA South-West Pacific Branch[36] - S.O.T.E.[36] (Servants of the Empire) Jun-98[36] Phenomenon '98[36] Chris Ryan[36]
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[32] Imperial Period[33] Trilogy-3[32] (aka Trilogy3) Jul-98 Milwaukie Summer Revel RPGA Paragon Tournament J. Allan Fawcett & Jean Rabe
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[32] Imperial Period[33] Initiation (Sayub Legend #4)[37] Aug-98[38] Gen Con '98[38] / NukeCon '98 / OrbCon '99 Robert Wiese[38]
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[32] Imperial Period[33] Relentless Pursuit (Sayub Legend #5)[32] Mar-99 Winter Fantasy '99 Robert Wiese
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[39] Imperial Period[33] The Way of the Force[39] Sep-99 Gen Con '99[39][40] Robert Wiese
Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic[41] Imperial Period[33] Way of the Sith (Sayub Legend #7)[41] Feb-00 Winter Fantasy RPGA Tournament 2000[41] Robert Wiese[41]
- - Rescue on Casazza[42] Aug-00 Genghis Con 2001 Bryan Sims[42]
- Rebellion era Gamorrean Protocol[43] Aug-00[43] 2000 Gen Con Game Fair[43] Nathaniel Christen[43]
Rebellion era Avatar Rising Aug-00 - Lee Pickler
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Rebellion era[44] Child of Light I: Child of Light[45] Nov-00 MACE 2000 / Pentacon XVI Lee Pickler[45] CHDLT1SW
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Imperial Period Flames of Rebellion Jan-01 AnonyCon I / Star Wars Celebration II[46] Jeremy Bernstein FLMRB1SW
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Rebellion era Ultimate Core Dump[47] Aug-01[47] - Mexal (aka Megan Robertson)[47] ULCDP1SW
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Rebellion era[48] Child of Light II: Soulsaber[49] Jan-01 Gen Con 2001[50] Lee Pickler[49] SLSBR1SW
Star Wars Roleplaying Game New Republic era[51] Child of Light III: Light and Dark[52] Jan-02 Gen Con 2002 Game Fair[53] Lee Pickler[52] LTDRK1SW
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook Rise of the Empire era Only the Force Jan-04 GenCon SoCal 2004 J.D. Wiker ONTFO1SW
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook Rebellion era Shadows in the Force Jan-04 GenCon, Indianapolis[54] / ShaunCon XXII, Missouri[54] Robert Wiese SHDFO1SW
Saga Edition[55] Star Wars: Rebel Run[56] Aug-07[56] Gen Con Indy 2007[56]
Saga Edition[56] Imperial Era[56] Star Wars: Prelude to Defiance[56] Aug-07[56] Gen Con Indy 2007[56] Rodney Thompson
Saga Edition[57] Old Republic era The Betrayal of Darth Revan Aug-08 Gen Con Game Fair 2008 Patrick Stutzman
Saga Edition Rebellion era Murder on the Executor Jan-09 Gen Con Game Fair 2009 Patrick Stutzman

Living Force RPGA™ Network-sanctioned Tournaments

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Dawn of Defiance RPGA™ Network-sanctioned Tournaments

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RPGA™ Network Star Wars Rewards cards

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  • Star Wars Saga Edition Promo Card 1 (2007)
  • Star Wars Saga Edition Rewards Set 1 (2008)
    • Never Tell Me The Odds (feat. C-3PO)
    • Stroke of Genius (feat. Han Solo)
  • Star Wars Saga Edition Rewards Set 2 (2008)
  • Miscellaneous (2009)
    • The Force is Strong
    • You're Braver Than I Thought
    • What a Piece of Junk!
    • Stay On Target
    • Extra Second Wind

Sources

  • The Official RPGA™ Tournament Handbook
  • RPGA European News Winter 1996 Issue 6

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 PolyhedronLogo "Notes from HQ" — Polyhedron 34
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Adventure Journal 1
  3. ↑ ShadisLogo "RPGA Event Listing" — SHADIS Magazine 13
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rodney Thompson and Chris Tulach. Star Wars: Dawn of Defiance RPGA® Campaign Standards Version 1.6, 1st Level to 11th Level, June 2008, 1.6, 2008-06-xx, 4.
  5. ↑ Premium-Era-real TSR's Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic campaign on www.tsr.com (backup link archived on December 5, 1998)
  6. ↑ Blogger-Logo Daniel Wallace's Geekosity — Endnotes for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas (part 5 of 5) on Blogspot (backup link)
  7. ↑ WizardsoftheCoast Star Wars: RPG on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  8. ↑ StarWars.com An Announcement about Star Wars RPGs and Miniature Gaming on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
  9. ↑ Nicky Rea. "RPGA Network News". Dragon, 1, 239, 1997-09-xx. ISBN 9780786908035. "First and foremost, any tournament sanctioned by the RPGA Network goes through an editing process designed to catch rules violations, iron out problems with the storyline, match the characters to reasonable challenges and provide something for each type of player...The RPGA Network works in concert with the companies that produce their sanctioned game systems. They send tournaments to the respective companies to make certain that the rules, atmosphere, and spirit of the game in question are all satisfactory. This process allows the companies to approve the tournaments that represent their games, and it assures players that they are playing the game they expect to be playing and not some weird hybrid or in a game world they don’t recognize."
  10. ↑ Living Force Campaign Guide
  11. ↑ WizardsoftheCoast RPGA Home Page on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  12. ↑ WizardsoftheCoast RPGA Star Wars Game scenarios on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  13. ↑ PolyhedronLogo "Network News" — Polyhedron 145
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 PolyhedronLogo "Notes from HQ" — Polyhedron 44
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 PolyhedronLogo "The Living Galaxy — Astronautics! Adventuring: The Spacecraft Player Character, Part 3" — Polyhedron 62
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 http://www.sterlinghershey.com/freelance/
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 The 1991 GEN CON® Game Fair convention booklet
  18. ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 The 1992 GEN CON® Game Fair convention booklet
  19. ↑ 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 19.14 19.15 19.16 19.17 PolyhedronLogo "Non-AD&D® Game RPGA® Network Tournaments" — Polyhedron 116
  20. ↑ Star Wars: Blow the Bunker refers to Star Wars Miniatures Battles released in 1991 and 1993.
  21. ↑ Star Wars: Blow the Bunker
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Premium-Era-real A Visit to GenCon 1994 on www.moonrise.org (backup link archived on April 4, 2025)
  23. ↑ Premium-Era-real DunDraCon 19 Program Book on www.dundracon.com (backup link archived on March 4, 2017)
  24. ↑ Premium-Era-real A Visit to GenCon 1995 on www.moonrise.org (backup link archived on August 9, 2025)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 DragonLogo "Winter Fantasy: The Game Master's Convention" — Dragon Magazine 225
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 PolyhedronLogo "A Sneak Peek at the Network's 1996 Gen Con® Game Fair Events" — Polyhedron 118
  27. ↑ Premium-Era-real A Visit to GenCon 1996 on www.moonrise.org (backup link archived on July 23, 2025)
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Star Wars: Sandbound on Tatooine refers to Star Wars: Introductory Adventure Game released in March, 1997.
  29. ↑ Star Wars: Sandbound on Tatooine
  30. ↑ Star Wars: Sandbound on Tatooine (in which Star Wars: Mos Eisley Shoot-Out is advertised) refers also to Star Wars: Introductory Adventure Game released in March, 1997.
  31. ↑ PolyhedronLogo "Opportunities to Earn Tournament Points" — Polyhedron 125
  32. ↑ 32.00 32.01 32.02 32.03 32.04 32.05 32.06 32.07 32.08 32.09 32.10 WizardsoftheCoast RPGA Network - Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 WizardsoftheCoast RPGA Network - Star Wars: Warriors of the Republic on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
  34. ↑ Premium-Era-real A Visit to GenCon 1997 on www.moonrise.org (backup link archived on August 9, 2025)
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Polyhedron (UK), 3, TSR, Inc., January, 1999, 56. English.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 Phenomenon '98 "In Nominae Morpheus" Entry Booklet
  37. ↑ Premium-Era-real A Visit to GenCon 1998 on www.moonrise.org (backup link archived on July 26, 2020)
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Premium-Era-real RPGA Renaissance at the Gen Con 1998 Game Fair by TSR, Inc. on www.tsr.com (original page now obsolete)
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 PolyhedronLogo "gen con RPGA activities" — Polyhedron GC1 Special Edition 08/99
  40. ↑ PolyhedronLogo "Wellcome to Hell" — Polyhedron 135
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 PolyhedronLogo "Conventions" — Polyhedron 138
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 PolyhedronLogo "Adventure Design Contest Results" — Polyhedron 138
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 WizardsoftheCoast 2000 Gen Con Game Fair on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
  44. ↑ Child of Light I: Child of Light
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 WizardsoftheCoast Child of Light via events.wizards.com on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  46. ↑ WizardsoftheCoast Scenario Play History: Flames of Rebellion on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 WizardsoftheCoast Ultimate Core Dump on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
  48. ↑ Child of Light II: Soulsaber
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 WizardsoftheCoast Soulsaber via events.wizards.com on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  50. ↑ WizardsoftheCoast Scenario Play History: Soulsaber on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  51. ↑ Child of Light III: Light and Dark
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 WizardsoftheCoast Light and Dark via events.wizards.com on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  53. ↑ WizardsoftheCoast Scenario Play History: Light and Dark on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 WizardsoftheCoast Scenario Play History: Shadows in the Force on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
  55. ↑ Premium-Era-real Origins 2008 (RPGA) on www.consupport.com (backup link archived on May 10, 2008)
  56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6 56.7 DragonLogo "RPGA Report" — Dragon Magazine 356
  57. ↑ Premium-Era-real Strategicon presents Orccon 2009 convention booklet on www.strategicon.net (backup link archived on June 17, 2024)

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