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A Summary of 2023 Gaming

Posted on December 18, 2023 by First Age

Well, another good year of gaming, and the stats don’t lie. Let’s start with actual play and look at the story told by the numbers. In terms of volume, there are a few standout games. For all that it might … Continue reading →

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A Company of Heroes

Posted on December 5, 2023 by First Age

Whilst running Dragonbane at conventions, and for a delightful home group on Foundry VTT, I’m side hustling a few other game ideas that I’d like to do something with. In particular, I am busting to give Freeform Universal 2e a … Continue reading →

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Neon City Overdrive at Seven Hills 2024

Posted on December 1, 2023 by First Age

I’m glad to be able to attend Seven Hills this year, one of a brace of great ttrpg conventions in Sheffield, UK. The convention has a theme to guide GMs who submit games. the theme for 2024 will be ‘Punk’. … Continue reading →

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Peril Planet’s Freeform Universal RPG – Action Tales!

Posted on November 28, 2023 by First Age

Having got excited about 1981’s best RPG, DragonQuest, to show my eclectic side, I have really got excited about Peril Planet’s Freeform Universal RPG, more generically known as ‘Action Tales! RPG’. In particular the 2e of the game, currently in … Continue reading →

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SPI’s DragonQuest RPG in Play

Posted on November 14, 2023 by First Age

Simulation Publication Incorporated (SPI) 1980 DragonQuest fantasy RPG was a game that passed me by, back in the day. I started the gaming hobby in 1981, my first year at university, playing AD&D 1e, Runequest 1e and Traveller. Although aware … Continue reading →

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Dragonbane: Trudvang

Posted on October 26, 2023 by First Age

It seems like an obvious connection, pairing the most up-to-date iteration of Drakar och Demoner, Free League’s Dragonbane, to the rich game world of Riot Mind’s previous system expression, Trudvang Chronicles. I have wanted to explore the Trudvang setting for … Continue reading →

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LongCon – Convention Design

Posted on October 16, 2023 by First Age

As much as I enjoy one-shot convention ttrpgs, I really enjoy the longer form ‘Longcon’, where games last either a whole day, or full weekend. mini-campaign-alicious. I’ve composed some thoughts, which are below. Please feel free to comment, to help … Continue reading →

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DragonQuest Characters

Posted on October 11, 2023 by First Age

  A quick update on DragonQuest Characters. They are mostly done for now. I’ve used a simple pro-rate method to give them starting Ranks in two professions, profession skills and adventurer skills. There’s some more fluff text to add, but … Continue reading →

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Furnace Convention XVIII

Posted on October 9, 2023 by First Age

Our 18th Furnace(!!) was another fun gathering of 65 gamers or so, all together for a packed weekend of top RPGs. As ever the GMs had offered a great variety of inventive games and worlds for us all to explore. … Continue reading →

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Pro Rating DragonQuest Characters

Posted on September 26, 2023 by First Age

Perhaps one of my more specialist blog posts! I’m planning some convention DragonQuest, and wanted a method to uplift starter characters to a higher degree of competance, edging into the ‘adventurer level’. Initially I looked at generating a pool of … Continue reading →

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