I recently read jedicartgrapher's post about Map Pack five and the strain of continuing making maps and it got me thinking about the future of the game. We have been relying on a rather small group of people to keep this game going and I wonder if they are getting burned out as well. My question is, are there places in the SWM community that could use a few warm bodies to help share the load of keeping this game alive for years to come. I don't want to see this game die anytime soon (especially with new movies on the horizon) and I am willing to pull my weight keep it going. I have a feeling I am not the only one who is willing to do a few tasks here and there to help keep things going.

So to those in Charge what can we do to help?

The only person i have to play with is my gf who is brand new to the game. We only play casual, and 150 max, as she is easily overwhelmed by all the abilities an pieces. Does this kinda of play tester help you, or are you only looking for more 200 point competitive players?

I would love to play test the one time i tried i got only rebels and I have very little rebel pieces throw some mando's, OR or sith my way and I will play test all day long

I have an apprentice I have a HUGE bank of objects and floor textures. getting my guy up to speed won't take long. Making maps is the fun part though, it's all the crap you have to deal with afterwards. Us gamers, we really do complain alot about the stupidest things, and I have a little bit of a low tolerance for BS.

I agree with JC it is going to take some work to keep SWM going and even more work to see the game have some momentum again that would bring in new players. I love seeing deals on ebay for SWM but at the same time it breaks my heart because I know it means that someone is getting out of the game. This is what I would like to propose, a series of community based projects that could help grow and even change the face of the game. Here are a few Ideas that I had most of which JC has already expressed.

1. Artwork on V-set Cards
I can't tell you how much time I spend looking at Wiki for pics of these characters when I do Customs and it would be nice to have a reference on each card but I can't draw to save my life but we have plenty of talented people here at bloomilk. plus I like what JC said, I think it would be a good idea to make these an art piece as well as stat cards. The cost should be the same seeing how most places just charge for color or no color. We could produce a recommended minis list to go along with each set and make it easily printable with pictures for easy reference.

2. scenario games
The first time I ever played SWM was when KOTOR came out. My local game store did a Boma game on the Taris Under City Map. I was hooked from that day on. With the V-sets Micro Sets it would be very easy to do some sort of Scenario based on those pieces. I would be more than willing to try to put some thing together for the new micro set, and if someone like JC could work up some artwork and we could get it printed on card stock we could produce the Scenarios like WOTOC did there for a while. It would even be awesome to make some scenarios that would work with the new map packs as well. I could see this helping to bring new life to the game.

3. Prize Support
We have a very large group of talented people here on bloomilk, and with the V-sets Custom making has soared. I have have seen several peoples customs and some are even better than WOTC. It would be great if we had a group of people who would be willing to make customs as prizes. Myself and Engineer Both do modeling using Hirst Arts Moulds. and enjoy making Trophies for different Tournaments. Engineer has the ability to make lots of Trophies fast, I tend to focus on making larger detailed pieces. Currently Darph Nader has asked me to do a large king of the ring trophy. If we knew who was willing to make customs and other prizes (at cheap prices) we could offer great prizes for our community.

4. Rules and Game Play Adaptations
I agree with JC it would awesome to have different types of games we could play with our minis. Mass Battles, and other Game types would add new flavor to a game that I absolutely love. Chriscook and I worked on a 3D multilayered 1 on 1 Jedi Battle game that has promise.

I would be willing help or even lead some of these projects I see no reason why one person needs to take it all on themselves. I would love the opportunity to work with the Vset designers and even Jedicatographer if he we can convince him to stick around in one form or another. I would love to hear other peoples Ideas on how we can continue to move SWM forward.

This is by no means a jab at the guys who took it on themselves to continue the game with the V-sets. I love all that they do and how they continue their work for years to come

To build on what Sithborg is saying, anything beyond having players design scenarios around the mini sets and post them online (I'd be up for that) would really require resources that are better used somewhere else. ting them into new map packs would be extremely difficult.


By the way, any chance your store still has that copy of the Taris undercity map?

No worries, I was joking.

You might be surprised I got a few minis for Buffacon from Bigsy. it cost me 10 dollars in postage for three minis He is in Denmark.

The only really big hurdle that can't be jumped through, some people don't care either way, because it's just not official. :-(
Those people are lost for good unfortunately.

First of all, I would be fine being a playtester. Unfortunately, I'm literally the only person in my area who plays SWM, so I'd end up using VASSAL with myself. That said...


I would most definitely support what Jedicartographer is saying, and I would love to help. I strongly believe that what he is suggesting is what is needed to grow the game again. I know that I'm not real big on the competitive scene -- again, no one plays anywhere near me. So I love scenarios. Scenarios are really great for playing by oneself, or with friends. They aren't as serious, they are more fun-oriented games. Publishing official scenario books would be great. I'm always willing to help with whatever I can, and I personally love designing scenarios, even if I'm not at the best at it. I'm sure that you could easily find plenty of people to help.


Also, an official booklet on how to customize figures from Heroclix and such would be really great, as well. I know that I personally would love to get into customization, but I don't know how or have the resources, and I don't have the heart to chop my minis. An official booklet, with suggestions for good figures outside of SWM to chop and such, and instructions on how to make some minis, would be great. And maybe organizing small seminars on how to customize would also help attract players, or at least make the community more involved in the V-Sets.