Author Archives: First Age

The Storytelling Divide

Posted on August 11, 2025 by First Age

I was inspired by the extended conversation on Che Webster’s Roleplay Rescue with Anthony, aka ‘Runeslinger’, from Casting Shadows. I’m a regular listener to Che and recommend you check out his podcast here: https://shows.acast.com/roleplayrescue I’ll try to summarise the excellent … Continue reading →

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Classic Traveller – shrouded in nostalgia

Posted on August 2, 2025 by First Age

The Traveller science fiction RPG was first published on 22nd July 1977, so my continuing forever game is soon to reach the important milestone of a 50th anniversary. I anticipate something of a formal celebration from the current publisher, Mongoose, … Continue reading →

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LongCon – Tales from the Lone Lands

Posted on July 4, 2025 by First Age

We had a fantastic weekend at LongCon this year. I just wanted to mark the Tales from the Lone Lands game we played with a few photos. The core of the game was fully supported by the ‘Tales from the … Continue reading →

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Half Way Around the Sun in 80 Games

Posted on July 1, 2025 by First Age

We are half way around, already. Time to take a look at the gaming year so far and reflect a little on the games that are getting actual play, and those that I have poured the energy and joy into … Continue reading →

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LongCon – A Fellowship of Heroes

Posted on June 24, 2025 by First Age

Next weekend is LongCon, a tabletop RPG convention where you play through a single mini campaign. It’s going to be full on! On Friday I will set-up the temporary curtains in our main room, to shade the players from the … Continue reading →

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Heroic Fantasy Actual Play

Posted on June 22, 2025 by First Age

It’s really nice to have an opportunity to run some of my Heroic Fantasy for the Thursday Nighters. We chew through a range of games on our shelves to get some interesting variety of games for short form play. The … Continue reading →

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New Game Old World

Posted on June 21, 2025 by First Age

I’ve been reading the reaction to the arrival of the new ‘Old World RPG’ from Cubicle 7. One of the threads has been a criticism that the current Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition (WFRP 4e) is low powered, producing less … Continue reading →

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The Company Gathers

Posted on June 9, 2025 by First Age

I am enjoying the preparation for the LongCon all weekender of Tales from the Lone Lands, using Free League’s The One Ring. There are endless things that I have to do, from the basics of absorbng the game rules and … Continue reading →

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LongCon Preparation – Tales from the Lone Lands

Posted on May 26, 2025 by First Age

I am both excited and a touch nervous as I switch to a few weeks of preparation for my ‘Tales from the Lone Lands’ full weekend game at LongCon at the end of June. It will be a heady mix … Continue reading →

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FantasyCraft – the noughties strike back

Posted on May 14, 2025 by First Age

I appear to have an unhealthy attraction to ‘designed in the 2000s’ fantasy D20 games. FantasyCraft is my third after Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition and Green Ronin’s inventive True20. It’s not as though I have any meaningful history with … Continue reading →

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