Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka — Core Rules and Player Index

[Brickdoctor]

Core Rules

Introduction

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Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka is a building RPG set during the Shadows of the Empire time period, between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Builders can join one of two factions, the Empire or the Rebellion, and participate in 'episodes' (challenges) to earn in-game XP, tags, and other rewards, both digital and physical. Builders advance their character through their participation in these episodes.

Getting Started

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• Create your character and choose a faction. You'll be starting as a Stormtrooper or TIE Pilot for the Empire or as a Rebel Trooper or Rebel Pilot for the Rebellion. See below, "Factions and Ranks", for more details on what your character should look like. Your character should have the same name as you do on EB.
• A customized sig-fig is fine, but all your other minifigs and builds should be purist.
• Introduce yourself in the Introduction and Discussion topic. A staff member will add your details to the Characters post in this topic.
• Optional: Bob De Quatre has written and released a signature generator, which you can find here, and it will allow you to input your character's stats and return the BBCode that you can copy and paste into your EB signature editor.

Where to Post What

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• This subforum, Nar Eurbrikka, is used for contests. As such, you should only post your entries to Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka episodes here.
• You are free to build in the Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka game outside of the episodes. Post such builds in the Nar Eurbrikka sub-forum.
• This Core Rules topic contains the rules in this the first post and an index of all the players in the second post.
• Players should introduce characters in the Introduction and Discussion topic, and staff will add them to the player index. All posts in the Introduction and Discussion topic should be Out of Character.
• The two faction topics, Alliance's Redemption and Empire's Avenger, are used to discuss and roleplay In Character with your teammates. Announce your free builds in your faction topic.
• Episodes will be announced in their own topics, and you will be able to use those topics to ask questions about and discuss the specific episode.

Building in Episodes (Challenges)

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• You will be given an objective in the episode, and you must build your character attempting to complete that objective. Further details will be given in the episode topic itself. (Including any size limitations or guidelines for what the build should look like.)
• As with previous contests in the Star Wars forum, all your entries are considered Works In Progress until the deadline. You may ask for critiques from other members and update your entry up until that time.
• Your build will be scored in two stages, to make it easier on the judges by lessening the number of builds that must be scored in greater detail:
  • In the first stage, the judges will award a score from 1-10, with a '1' being "Minifig on a Plate", a '5' being "Your Average MOC" and a '10' being "Flawless Concept and Execution".
  • In the second stage, the top five builds of each faction (so ten in total) from the first stage will be scored based on basic predetermined criteria: up to 10 points for the concept and appropriateness to the objective, up to 25 points for your execution of the build, and up to 5 points for your presentation of the entry.
  • For builders who make it to the second stage, their second stage total is added to their first stage points, and that total is divided by two and a half. You can earn a maximum of 20 points in each episode.
• The amount of points you earn is also the amount of XP your character earns.

Winning an Episode (Challenge) and Earning Prizes

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• Your faction will receive points based on two factors:
  • Points: The average number of points per builder.
  • Builders: One point for each builder.
  • These two totals are added to each other, and the faction with the higher total is the winner.
• All the players on the winning team who participated in the build receive a tag commemorating their victory. You can only have one of these tags or one of the Community Build tags at a time, but you can keep a log of all the tags you've earned in your profile in the Characters topic.
• The player who receives the most total individual points, regardless of team, is guaranteed a spot among the next set of the blog's Showcased MOCs. (This member must still be able to provide a picture big enough and of suitable quality to be used in the Showcased banner.)
• Details for the awarding of physical prizes will be announced in the episode topics, as they will vary. (Based mostly on the size and quantity of the prizes.)
• The winning faction will gain a slight advantage in the next episode. This advantage will be defined in the episode topic.

The Storyline and the Episodes (Challenges)

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• The objective of the winning faction is considered to have succeeded in the in-game storyline, while that of the losing faction fails. This may affect the story aspects of future episodes, though for the most part, the episodes will roughly follow Star Wars canon.

Factions, Ranks, and XP

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• The faction you pick will determine your specific objective in a challenge. For example, if the Battle of Endor was a challenge, the Rebels might need to destroy a shield generator while the Empire might need to eliminate the Rebel fleet.
• As you gain XP, you rise in rank. This rank determines what your character can look like and do in the episodes.
• If you reach 100 XP or more, you are allowed to have a secondary character that can feature in your episode and freebuilds. Your original character isn't required to feature in them, as long as one of both characters is in them. The secondary character has to be within the same faction, but can have a different function.
• Your rank has no effect on your possible score.
• What you build your character doing and what your character looks like should reflect your rank. For example, a TIE Pilot could be a technician aboard a Star Destroyer or pilot a TIE/ln escorting it, but shouldn't be an officer on the Star Destroyer. A Stormtrooper could work with Storm Commandos, but shouldn't be portrayed as one of them. A Rebel Trooper could be shown attempting to defend a starship from being boarded, but shouldn't be able to hold his own against Darth Vader on the Tantive IV. This is not something that can be enforced in a specific set of rules; it's something that will be taken into account in scoring. Builders of the final four ranks (50 XP and up) can build their characters however they want doing pretty much whatever they want, with the exception of a managerial role, which is reserved for those of the final two ranks (100 XP and up).
• The possible ranks (and their required XP amounts) are:
  • Empire - Stormtrooper/Tie Pilot (0 XP) > Imperial Survey Corps (10 XP) > Imperial Security Bureau (25 XP) > Storm Commandos/Shadowtroopers/Dark Troopers (50 XP) > Imperial Department of Military Research (100 XP)
  • Rebellion - Rebel Trooper/Pilot (0 XP) > Alliance Support Services (10 XP) > Alliance Intelligence (25 XP) > SpecForce/SpecOps (50 XP) > Starfighter or Army Command (100 XP)

Building Outside of Episodes (Challenges)

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• Feel free to show character progression (within the rules, of course) outside of the episodes in other MOCs. You should post these builds in the Nar Eurbrikka forum.
• There is a limit of four free builds per player per episode. (This count resets to '4' after each episode concludes. Unused 'allowed free build opportunities' do not carry over or stack after the count is reset.) However, if you wish to build more free builds than allowed, but receive no XP for them, for the purposes of character progression and storytelling, then that would be fine. You get to decide which four free builds are the ones that are judged, but you only get one chance when you first post a free build to state whether or not it should be judged, so choose carefully!
• Make sure to let us know of these builds in your faction topic (Redemption for the Rebels, Avenger for the Empire) -- they're eligible to be scored on a scale of 1-5 and can earn you up to 5 XP. (Keep your post there In-Character, of course.)
• Your free builds should reflect your team's status on any given planet. As such, you will be able to earn more XP by building on a planet your team controls than on a planet controlled by the opposite team. If you build on a planet controlled by your team, you can earn up to 5 XP. If you build on a planet controlled by the other team, you can earn up to 3 XP. If you build in a neutral location, you can earn up to 4 XP. At the moment, the planets which are controlled by a specific team or known to be neutral are:
  Empire:
  • Nar Eurbrikka
  • Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa
  • Corellia
  • Tatooine
  • Endor
  • Dantooine
  • Kessel
  • Kashyyyk
  • Coruscant
  • Naboo
  • Hapes
  • Kuat
  • Commenor
  • Bespin
  • Hoth
  • Tython
  • Muunilinst
  • Saleucami
  • Scarif
  • Rodia
  • Brentaal IV
  • Chandrila
  • Takodana
  • Jakku
  • Lah'mu
  • Vardos
  Alliance:
  • Nar Eurbrikka
  • Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa
  • Corellia
  • Sullust
  • Fondor
  • Ord Mantell
  • Felucia
  • Mon Calamari
  • Bothawui
  • Jedha
  • Onderon
  • Clak'dor
  • Ryloth
  • Akiva
  • Talus
  • Wobani
     
• Additionally, free builds from both factions built on the planet of an active episode are eligible for up to 5 XP, until the episode ends, at which point control of the planet will be awarded to the winning faction.
• You are free to build 'non-canon' free builds or free builds that are so ridiculous that they are deemed by the judges to be non-canon, disregarding the rules related to location and character rank. However, such builds will not be eligible to earn XP, no matter their quality and no matter whether or not you want them to be counted among your four judged free builds.

Members You Should Know

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• Erdbeereis, Piranha, Brickdoctor, Stash2Sixx -- Your Star Wars staff. They also organize and run this game and its factions.
• Bob de Quatre, Lobot, Nom Carver -- Members who helped conceive and develop the game. They help work on the rules and help decide how to proceed with the game's storyline and mechanical features.
• M<0><0<DSWIM, Rook -- These MOC Experts are tasked with helping builders improve their skills and compete in the episode challenges.

FAQs

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• Q: Isn't this a rip-off of Guilds of Historica?
  A: Yes. Members have been asking us about something like that for the Star Wars forum for a while, and their concept was too good not to use. We did check with the Guild leaders to make sure it would be okay with them, and we cannot thank them enough for their help on this program.
• Q: Do I have to participate in every episode/challenge?
  A: No. We know everyone has other responsibilities and commitments as well, both on and off of EB.
• Q: Why did Brickdoctor use yellow minifigs for his introductory photos, and do I have to as well?
  A:Yes! All hail the venerable yellow minifigs! Down with fleshies! It's a matter of personal preference. You can use whichever you like.
• Q: Can I post a digital MOC?
  A: As a free build, yes. (You can also do free builds in whatever scale you like.) In an episode, you have to follow the rules of the episode, which may or may not allow digital builds.
• Q: Does my sig fig have to appear in all my free builds?
  A: Your free build must be related to your character's roleplaying progression. There might be some situations where it doesn't make sense for your sigfig to physically appear, such as in a miniature, or communicating with other minifigs over hologram or comlink, etc., but it must be clear that your character has some part in the action taking place in the free build.
• Q: What does Nar Eurbrikka look like?
  A: As a general guideline, it's Hutt-like, swamp-ish, maybe a bit gloomy, some outdated technology, with very practical designs and nothing too elaborate. But, ultimately, it is up to the players to interpret and flesh out the design and details of the planet. Feel free to be creative with your free builds set on Nar Eurbrikka!

Thanks to:

ACPin, Bob de Quatre, Brickdoctor, Erdbeereis, I Scream Clone, Lobot, M<0><0<DSWIM, Nom Carver, Piranha, Rook, Si-MOCs, Stash2Sixx, Z Cerberus

[Brickdoctor]

Player Index

Use Ctrl/Cmd+F to search the page to find specific players. Feel free to use the generic avatars if you can't take a good photo yourself or if you don't yet have the appropriate minifig.

Builders for the Galactic Empire

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 Erdbeereis
Imperial Captain
Not an XP-related rank

 Brickdoctor
Imperial General
Not an XP-related rank
 

 

goatman461

Imperial Department of Military Research

350 XP

      

 

 LucasLaughing
Imperial Department of Military Research
337 XP
      

MstrOfPppts

Imperial Department of Military Research
187 XP
 

 

 Commander Beltar

Imperial Department of Military Research
150 XP

      

 

 Kodan Black

Imperial Department of Military Research
123 XP

      

 

 Artizan
Imperial Department of Military Research
111 XP
     

 BEAVeR
Imperial Department of Military Research
109 XP
 

 markus1984
Storm Commando
93 XP


 Lord Tyrus
Shadowtrooper
85 XP
   

 Disco86
Storm Commando
78 XP

 

Gubi0222
Storm Commando
62 XP

 

 Puvel

Imperial Security Bureau

49 XP

 

 

 Nom Carver
Imperial Security Bureau
45 XP
 

 

 Tariq j

Imperial Security Bureau
45 XP
      

 Lobot
Imperial Security Bureau
44 XP
 
 

 Merc4Hire

Imperial Security Bureau

42 XP

 

 

 Pointblank
Imperial Security Bureau
37 XP


 VK-318
Imperial Security Bureau
37 XP


 Lego Spy
Imperial Security Bureau
35 XP

 

Thebeeze111
Imperial Security Bureau
34 XP

 

 Wat Tambor
Imperial Security Bureau
31 XP

Sebeus I
Imperial Security Bureau
26 XP

 Legofin2012
Imperial Survey Corps
24 XP
 

 

Brickwolf
Stormtrooper
22 XP

 

 Dragonfire

Imperial Survey Corps
21 XP

 

 

 pombe

Imperial Survey Corps

20 XP

 

 LEGORACER1
Stormtrooper
20 XP

 Dannylonglegs

Imperial Survey Corps
19 XP

 Masked Builder

Imperial Survey Corps
17 XP

 

 Mads Heering
Imperial Survey Corps
17 XP  

 Flare

Imperial Survey Corps
14 XP

 GallardoLU
Imperial Survey Corps
14 XP

 KevFett2011
Imperial Survey Corps
12 XP

 

VaderFan2187
Imperial Survey Corps
12 XP

 JaseTJ
Imperial Survey Corps
10 XP

 M<0><0<DSWIM
Imperial Survey Corps
10 XP

 Mr Man
Imperial Survey Corps
10 XP

 hench
Stormtrooper
9 XP

 

 James Wellington

Stormtrooper
8 XP

 Lego Fett

Stormtrooper

8 XP

 CallMePie
Stormtrooper
7 XP

 Captain Settle
Stormtrooper
7 XP

 Mr Greeble

Stormtrooper
7 XP

 Junior Shark

Stormtrooper

7 XP

 WarSquirrel

Stormtrooper

6 XP

 korpen444
Stormtrooper
5 XP
 

 Goliath
Stormtrooper
4 XP

 Ritz Brick
TIE Pilot
4 XP

 Windusky

Stormtrooper

4 XP

 phoenixhawk
TIE Pilot
3 XP

 the lego dwarf
Stormtrooper
3 XP

 Scorch93

Stormtrooper
3 XP

 sin
Stormtrooper
3 XP

 theman4090
Stormtrooper
3 XP


 Fuppylodders
TIE Pilot
2 XP

 Kuat Drive Yards

TIE Pilot
2 XP

 

awesometoa
Stormtrooper
2 XP

 

DarthsDonuts54
Stormtrooper
2 XP

 

 MovieMocs
Stormtrooper
1 XP

 

Spoiler

 

 AgentKallus of Hydra

Stormtrooper

0 XP

 Alfadas

Stormtrooper
0 XP

 BrikWarrior
Stormtrooper
0 XP

 IGUNNUK33LU
Stormtrooper
0 XP

 Spud the Viking
Stormtrooper
0 XP

 

JDbricks
Stormtrooper
0 XP

 

Dankyee
Stormtrooper
0 XP
 

Evolved Turtle
Stormtrooper
0 XP

 

 Darth Stripy
TIE Pilot
0 XP

 

Lord Buckethead
Stormtrooper
0 XP

 

 Darth Hammy
TIE Pilot
0 XP

 

 

 

 

Builders for the Alliance to Restore the Republic

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 Piranha
Fleet Commander
Not an XP-related rank

 Stash2Sixx
Sector Commander
Not an XP-related rank

 MKJoshA
Army Command
286 XP
    

 

 Wick Nole

Army Command
149 XP

 

 Ninja Nin

Army Command

140 XP

    

 

 LegoFjotten
Army Command
125 XP
    

 MontyPython

Army Command
119 XP

 

 Jannik

Army Command
105 XP

 Donnie Bricko
SpecForce
92 XP
    

 JacobNion

SpecForce
88 XP
 

 

 Zaael

Alliance Intelligence

77 XP

 

 Rook

SpecForce
75 XP
   

 

 Cody Startale

Alliance Intelligence
72 XP

 

 Manx
Alliance Intelligence
62 XP
  

 Forresto

Alliance Intelligence
58 XP

 

 Lord Vladivus

Alliance Intelligence
42 XP

 narbilu

Alliance Intelligence
37 XP
  

 Vedauwoo

Alliance Intelligence

35 XP

 Covi
Alliance Intelligence
34 XP
 

 Bob de Quatre
Alliance Intelligence
32 XP
   

 rogueang
Alliance Intelligence
32 XP
  

 

 Aland1916
Alliance Intelligence
31 XP

 

 Wedge09
Alliance Intelligence
30 XP
    

 Dapper-D2
Alliance Intelligence
28 XP
   

 Kaitan
Alliance Intelligence
28 XP
 

 Fleet
Alliance Intelligence
27 XP
  

 Graham Gidman

Alliance Intelligence
27 XP

 Bkrosell
Alliance Intelligence
26 XP
   

 pihlbrick
Alliance Support Services
23 XP
   

 

 brickmasterben11

Alliance Support Services
23 XP

 

elementary

Alliance Support Services
23 XP

 Jakorin Swiftsword
Alliance Support Services
21 XP

TWP
Alliance Support Services
16 XP
 

 J4ke
Rebel Pilot
13 XP

 LegoPercyJ

Alliance Support Services

13 XP

 

Ryn
Alliance Support Services
13 XP

 Celtisa Vorn

Alliance Support Services

12XP

 

 Green Rhubarb

Rebel Trooper
11 XP

 OHarra
Alliance Support Services
10 XP

 

Jody Meyer

Rebel Trooper
9 XP

 

TTROOPER

Rebel Trooper
6 XP

 Hobbythom

Rebel Pilot
5 XP

 Commander Smith

Rebel Trooper

5 XP

 Pyrovisionary
Rebel Trooper
5 XP

 

 Pertyn Sawk

Rebel Trooper
5 XP

 BobThePom
Rebel Pilot
4 XP

 LegoFan117
Rebel Pilot
3 XP

 SlimShady
Rebel Trooper
3 XP

 

 Thelonious Sparke

Rebel Trooper
3 XP
 

 8-Bit Ramen

Rebel Trooper
2 XP

 

 Markov Zinhae

Rebel Trooper
1 XP

 

Spoiler

 

 Ragnos

Rebel Trooper
0 XP

 DKTAN

Rebel Trooper
0 XP

 

Eskimo Blue Joe

Rebel Trooper
0 XP

 

Chrome Bricks

Rebel Pilot
0 XP

 

 

 

 

Generic Avatars

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 Stormtrooper
Unlocked at the start for Imperial players

 TIE Pilot
Unlocked at the start for Imperial players

 Rebel Trooper (Yellow)
Unlocked at the start for Rebel players

 Rebel Trooper (Flesh)
Unlocked at the start for Rebel players

 Rebel Pilot (Yellow)
Unlocked at the start for Rebel players

 Rebel Pilot (Flesh)
Unlocked at the start for Rebel players

[Brickdoctor]

Core Rule Change Log

2 August 2013: Added a line clarifying that customized minifigs are fine as sig-figs, but everything else should be purist. -Brickdoctor
5 August 2013: There is a limit of four free builds per player per episode. (This count resets to '4' after each episode concludes. Unused 'allowed free build opportunities' do not carry over or stack after the count is reset.) However, if you wish to build more free builds than allowed, but receive no XP for them, for the purposes of character progression and storytelling, then that would be fine. You get to decide which four free builds are the ones that are judged, but you only get one chance when you first post a free build to state whether or not it should be judged, so choose carefully! Note: Free builds posted before this rule was added will not count against a player's number of allowed free builds. -Brickdoctor
11 August 2013: The planet of an active episode is open for free builds from both factions, until the episode ends, at which point control of the planet will be awarded to the winning faction. -Brickdoctor
25 August 2013: Optional: Bob De Quatre has written and released a signature generator, which you can find here, and it will allow you to input your character's stats and return the BBCode that you can copy and paste into your EB signature editor. -Brickdoctor
6 March 2015: Players with 100 XP or more are allowed to have a secondary character that can feature in their builds. The original character isn't required to feature in the builds, as long as one of the two is in them. The secondary character should be in the same faction, but can have a different function. - BEAVeR
31 March 2015: For players who make it to the second stage of scoring, the sum of their scores will be divided by two and a half instead of two. This means that the maximum amount of XP for an episode is 20 (instead of 25). - BEAVeR
6 June 2015: Modified the rules to reflect that all SoNE related builds should be placed in the Nar Eurbrikka sub-forum. - MKJoshA
25 July 2015: At the end of an episode, a faction now only gets one point per builder instead of two, in order to lessen the importance of numbers. - BEAVeR
1 December 2015: Depending on which planet a person builds on, the number of XP points can range from 3-5XP. - MKJoshA