Author Archives: First Age

Shadow of the Weird Wizard

Posted on May 28, 2024 by First Age

I have taken some time to have a quick look at Shadow of the Weird Wizard and thought I’d make a note of my first impressions. As ever with such enterprises, I’m conscious that the proof is in the eating … Continue reading →

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Playing The Chronicles of Future Earth

Posted on May 13, 2024 by First Age

 I had a great time at the North Star SF ttrpg convention weekend in Sheffield, UK. I ran the Swallower of Souls adventure for the new Chronicles of Future Earth RPG, powered by the Cosmic Fate rules.  Cosmic Fate is … Continue reading →

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Fulsome Gaming – one third into 2024

Posted on April 29, 2024 by First Age

 With the first third of the year almost through, I thought I’d reflect on some gaming stats so far, and serve as a compliment to my recent ‘Walk on by‘ post. Although apparently on the melancholy side, ‘Walk on by’ … Continue reading →

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Walk on by

Posted on April 27, 2024 by First Age

 Yesterday I got a particularly severe bout of ‘I am never going to be able to play this game again’. Time and opportunity are the main culprits, but I thought it interesting as to which games sprung to mind, and … Continue reading →

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Cosmic Fated Chronicles of Future Earth

Posted on April 17, 2024 by First Age

I suppose I hadn’t expected to return to Fate. If you were to base your expected game development time on the games played at conventions, you might sidle up to some Free League, Modiphius 2D20, or Forged in the Dark … Continue reading →

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Earthdawn: The Age of Legends

Posted on March 5, 2024 by First Age

I’m a big fan of Nathan Russell’s Freeform Universal RPG rules, especially as found in the draft 2nd edition and found expression in a range of games such as: Neon City Overdrive, Tomorrow City and others. Neat D6 dice pool … Continue reading →

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Heroic Fantasy 2nd Edition

Posted on February 25, 2024 by First Age

 After some protracted print proof tennis, the update to Heroic Fantasy, in PDF and softback book, has been published on DrivethruRPG here: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/461381/heroic-fantasy-2nd-edition. The second edition is resplendent with new art, layout, and expanded with new kin, archetypes, magic and monsters. … Continue reading →

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Linux Adventures – A new start

Posted on January 29, 2024 by First Age

Well, I have gone and done it, and switched operating systems on my main PC, moving from Windows 10 to the Fedora 39 Workstation Linux distribution. There is that moment, when you look at the disk partitions, and hover over … Continue reading →

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Gods RPG

Posted on January 13, 2024 by First Age

Arkhane Asylum’s Gods RPG has finally landed, lost in Kickstarter sludge for a number of years (I think). The game has a Quickstart on DrivethruRPG, and will become more generally available in February. An early, first pass read, looks very … Continue reading →

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More Foundry Shenanigans

Posted on January 6, 2024 by First Age

Catapulted into action by wise words, I spent some time yesterday redoubling my efforts to get a workable character sheet onto Foundry VTT. There is a VTT for all online gamers, including ‘just some webcams will do’, and Foundry seems … Continue reading →

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