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Over Half Way – Games Played in 2022

Posted on June 15, 2022 by First Age

 It’s the D&Ds, not helped by a marathon weekend of Castles & Crusades set in Athas of Dark Sun on the Dungeon Muser’s YouTube Chanel. A really fun weekend. It’s been sometime since I have got up for a 2am … Continue reading →

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Conan 2d20 on a Forged Foundry

Posted on May 7, 2022 by First Age

It’s been a fair bit of effort to get the VTT ready for some tabletop action. I’ve been fiddling with NPC abilities, attacks, items and the actual assets to reflect the campaign. All told it has been a more effort … Continue reading →

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Chivalry & Sorcery 2nd Edition

Posted on April 4, 2022 by First Age

This game was my jam in the mid Eighties. We were early adopters and actually gave it a proper go. The idealised feudal detail, with castles to manage, and the societal structures, reflected a ‘realistic’ amount of detail mirrored in … Continue reading →

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Games played during Quarter 1 of 2022

Posted on April 3, 2022 by First Age

  Twenty two in the quarter with two more sneaking in for this weekend, to give me 24 by close of this weekend. Will I make the tonne for the year? D&D 4e will probably dominate as I have much … Continue reading →

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Emergent Campaigns

Posted on March 25, 2022 by First Age

 There has been some discussion in the podverse about the term ‘campaign’ in a roleplay game context. What is a campaign? How up front do your goals for a campaign need to be? How planned in does the framework need … Continue reading →

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RPGs Played in 2022 – February Update

Posted on February 28, 2022 by First Age

  As at 28th Feb A slow start to this year’s gaming, but given a boost by Revelation Convention. My D&D4e game is the main game of the year as expected. As I plan to attend a good number of … Continue reading →

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Running Tribes in the Dark

Posted on February 28, 2022 by First Age

 It was great to re-explore Vimary, the ruined city and home to tribal humanity in the post-apocalypse roleplaying game Tribe 8. The impetus to return came from the Quickstart of the new version of the game, powered by John Harper’s … Continue reading →

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Fictional Positioning My Arse

Posted on February 25, 2022 by First Age

 And with that I dive into my first go at running a Forged in the Dark (FitD) based game: Tribes in the Dark. This is a long awated return to the Tribe8 setting, which I loved and ran in the … Continue reading →

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Truer20

Posted on February 14, 2022 by First Age

I haven’t been able to resist doing some prep for a future Greyhawk True20 game. True20 keeps calling to me, and this isn’t part of the plan. So, it might be an investment for a later time. The tweaks have … Continue reading →

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A Return to Middle Earth

Posted on February 5, 2022 by First Age

More tingles as the Kickstarter for The One Ring 2e becomes a physical reality, forged to seduce mortal men I wanted to say a bit about why I am excited to see this game re-emerge with an evolved and streamlined … Continue reading →

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