# Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 2.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1987
- **Categories:** Core Rules (min needed to play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Dice (Primarily d6), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Dice Pool (Roll multiple dice vs target), Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay)
- **Owned by:** 5 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Ken Rolston, Tom Chantrell, Curtis Smith, Greg Costikyan

**Artists:** Richard A. Johnson, Tom Chantrell, Diane Malz, Ralph McQuarrie, Joe Johnston (I), Kevin Wilkins, Susan Kramer

**Publishers:** West End Games

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/star-wars-the-roleplaying-game)
- [Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/star-wars-the-roleplaying-game)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/43857)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-10. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._