AGE

Adventure Game Engine (AGE) is a roleplaying game rules system created by Green Ronin Publishing. It was originally designed for the Dragon Age tabletop RPG, then released as the more generic Fantasy AGE system. Fantasy AGE was used for the Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana web series and campaign setting book, and is the basis for the second edition of the Blue Rose RPG. Green Ronin continues to produce adventures and other supplements for Dragon Age, Fantasy AGE and Blue Rose, and has a Modern AGE game (and licensed settings for it) in production for 2018.

I have been taking time to learn the AGE system for possible use in future long-term campaigns, and to give myself more opportunities to continue working with Green Ronin on future products. This page will collect some of my notes on these learning experiences. 

Character Creation

The first stable of player characters for these games were created strictly according to the default rules, in which abilities, race benefits, social class, and background are determined randomly. Race, class, ability focuses, and class powers were the players' choices, but were influenced by those random rolls. (For example, class was chosen using the best fit to good primary abilities.) In later games, we will explore the optional character creation rules, but I felt it was important to start from this baseline to get a feel for how it impacts play.

Adventures and Setting

I intend to start with Choosing Night, the introductory adventure in the Fantasy AGE Basic Rulebook, which is set in the region of Highfalls Swale. Future adventures may include Green Ronin's Fantasy AGE Encounters PDFs, adaptations of Blue Rose material, conversions of short adventures from other systems, and my own original ideas. 

Eventually, I hope to use Fantasy AGE for adventures in Green Ronin's Freeport setting, but for now, I'm more concerned about mastering the basic rules.

Our Heroes

* My children are minors, so I'm using our online nicknames for them.

Studded Plate

My weekly blog has featured a few pieces about AGE games.

• • TBT: Blue Rose Freeport (6/15/2015)

  • Freeport Iconics for Fantasy AGE (11/12/2015)

  • Some thoughts about using Fantasy AGE (11/25/1015)

  • "The Lost Island" PCs for Fantasy AGE (2/11/2016)

  • Errata for D&D 5E and AGE (6/14/2017)

Other Useful Sites

• • AGE Errata, at Tim's Errata Archive

  • Fantasy AGE section of the Green Ronin Online Strore

  • Fantasy AGE/Titansgrave forum at Ronin Army (Green Ronin Community)

    • List of AGE Resources thread (with links to AGE products and fan-made reference cards)