Category Archives: VTT

My First 4e D&D Convention Game

Posted on July 11, 2021 by First Age

 I’m organising a quick pop up D&D 4th Edition convention online at the moment. I’ve talked about the process and how easy it is to do. There’s been some great play at Con4eR so far and it is heart warming … Continue reading →

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Ongoing Adventures and the 4eRenaissance

Posted on May 16, 2021 by First Age

 I am starting to get the hang of 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, and where it sits in amongst the other D&Ds and across the fantasy spectrum. It creates and manages the most engaging and intense combat encounters, where entering … Continue reading →

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Reflections On Running TTRPG Conventions Online

Posted on May 11, 2021 by First Age

 As our sensors acknowledge that North Star has successfully jumped for another online year, my thoughts have turned to my experiences of running an online tabletop RPG convention. I thought I’d share some of those thoughts here. Creating virtual spaces … Continue reading →

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Some Like It Temperate

Posted on April 18, 2021 by First Age

As enthralled as I am by the Fantasy D20 thing, I have gaming space for other things, and North Star has got me back into space via Traveller, a foundational RPG that I reminisced about last year on the Podcast. … Continue reading →

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Jumped back In to Traveller

Posted on February 19, 2021 by First Age

Some playing about with my new Foundry VTT has propelled me into Jumpspace and back to Charted Space, through uncharted technology. North Star will open soon enough. I had been holding off thinking too much about it as I thought … Continue reading →

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VTT Juggling

Posted on February 12, 2021 by First Age

 With 2020 firmly dominated by the Lets Role Virtual Tabletop (VTT), I am looking at a more mixed experience during 2021. Lets Role provides a great simple VTT for tactical maps and tokens. It lacks player Audio Video (webcams), which … Continue reading →

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First time D&D4e DM

Posted on January 31, 2021 by First Age

 Well, 12 years too late (it’s never too late), I am now a 4e D&D DM, having run my first session last night on the Role VTT with a great group of players. If you are only counting official D&D … Continue reading →

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D&D 4e Countdown

Posted on January 25, 2021 by First Age

With less than a week to go before we start our D&D4e game set in the Nentir Vale, the Discord chat channel is now full of posts about characters and forging a team of heroes to right the wrongs and … Continue reading →

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A Review of my Gaming in 2020

Posted on December 21, 2020 by First Age

 2020 Gaming Year in Review It is safe to say that 2020 will live long in the memory, if not for a lot of good reasons. The World has changed and we will take some time to bring ourselves back … Continue reading →

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Noughty but Nice

Posted on October 31, 2020 by First Age

 I have a reputation as one who chases the shiny, the new hotness, an ever revolving swirl of Kickstarters and spanking new tabletop roleplaying game lovelies. A recent example would be the new Warpstar from Fire Ruby Design. Dom’s provided … Continue reading →

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