CHALLENGE MAGAZINE

Supplemental Material for Use With

STAR WARS: The Roleplaying Game
(West End Games)

VOLUME TWO
1992 - 1995

CHALLENGE Magazine (ISSN 0894-5535) had its origins in the Game Designers Workshop (GDW)
Journal of the Travellers’ Aid Society (JTAS), created in 1979 to support the Traveller science-fiction
role-playing game system. By the time JTAS had reached issue 24, GDW’s role-playing lineup had
expanded to include Twilight: 2000 (and later Traveller: 2300 (renamed 2300 AD), Space: 1889, and
MegaTraveller), so JTAS was transformed into CHALLENGE in 1986. CHALLENGE concentrated
on GDW published materials, but deliberately included coverage of games by other publishers
(including material for West End Games’ Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game).

CHALLENGE, in recognition of its roots in JTAS, continued its issue numbers in sequence from
JTAS; its first issue being 25. CHALLENGE continued through Issue 77 (1995). An Issue 78 was
planned but never published (and was to have included an unnamed Star Wars: The Roleplaying
Game article).

The publication history was sporadic with the initial issues being published quarterly. In Issue 34
(1988) it was announced that publication would begin bi-monthly in 1989. In Issue 48
(January/February 1991) it was announced that publication would become monthly beginning July
1991 (Issue 51). In Issue 68 (January/February 1993) it was abruptly announced the return to bi-
monthly publishing (beginning with that issue). The final nine (9) issues were erratically published
between 1993 and 1995

STAR WARS is ®, ©, and ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. STAR WARS The Roleplaying Game is © West End Games (1987 – 1998). CHALLENGE
Magazine is © Game Designers Workshop (1986 – 1995). Front page illustration by Hisao Tamaki.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOTE: Table of Contents descriptions are reproduced verbatim from the original descriptions printed
in the respective issue.

CHALLENGE 60 Character Templates. Five new character templates to add spice to your
May 1992 campaign. By Chris Hind

CHALLENGE 61 Advertisement for Planets of the Galaxy, Volume 1 and Planet of the Mist
June 1992
Rogue Metal. The whole KLR combat programming may have to be
scrapped. The programs we designed to make the KLRs the most
cunning and efficient ‘droids on the battlefield are flawed. Were we to
leave these ‘droids active, it is very possible we’d end up with mechanical
psychopaths on our hands. By James B. King

CHALLENGE Reviews: Star Wars Death Star Technical Companion

CHALLENGE 62 Encumbrance. The desire to incorporate every new object you come
July 1992 across into your campaign must be tempered a bit by reality. And reality
insists that a character can only carry so much. By Michael Schiavetta

CHALLENGE 63 Talents. Most people have a gift in some specific area. This rules
August 1992 supplement incorporates these innate qualities into game play. By
Michael Schiavetta

CHALLENGE 64 Limping Lady. Must sell today! Stock light freighter. Inquire within. By
September 1992 Peter M. Schweighofer

CHALLENGE 65 Shadow of the Dark Side. The dark masters became priests who were
October 1992 like unto gods. And, as gods, they thirsted for war and death upon those
who would not cower under their heel. By James B. King

CHALLENGE 66 Disturbance in the Force. More than 20,000 years before the
November 1992 destruction of the first Death Star, a Jedi Knight established order in many
of the then-frontier sectors. And then, suddenly, he disappeared. By Chris
Hind

Advertisement for Star Wars The Roleplaying Game Second Edition

CHALLENGE 67 Buried Treasure. A few surprises await the PCs when circumstances
December 1992 force them to make for the Muugrah system to repair their starship. By
Greg Videll

CHALLENGE 68 Parts is Parts. Hauling a wildebeest and placating a loan shark land the
1993 PCs in deep trouble. By Wallace D. Greer
 Reviews: Heir to the Empire Sourcebook

CHALLENGE 70 Bantha Canyon. << Proceed to Entooine. Focus dedicated energy

1993 receptors on planet. Wait for further instructions. >> By Chris Hind

CHALLENGE 72 Ananuru Express. Imperial scientists are so horrified by the implications

1994 of their research that they destroy the project and defect to the Rebel
Alliance. By Alison Brooks

CHALLENGE 73 Character Templates. A new ship design and character templates to

1994 supplement the Mos Eisley Galaxy Guide. By Martin Wixted

CHALLENGE 74 HoloNet Waystation. Explore the HoloNet, a grand project put forth by
1994 the Old Republic. Part 2 of the companion to Star Wars Galaxy Guide 7:
Mos Eisley. By Martin Wixted

CHALLENGE 76 Death by Triflexia. “I didn’t sign on with the Rebellion to die from triflexia.
1995 I came to shoot Imperials.” By Peter M. Schweighofer

CHALLENGE 77 Pandora’s Box. A burned-out bulk freighter with some large holes in its
1995 hull lazily floats across the transparesteel viewport of the character’s ship.
What secrets lie inside? By Peter Rausch