Gaming from the First Age

Jan 10 2025 28 ep. 44 mins 39

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A podcast where First Age gets to talk about what is happening in tabletop roleplaying games from his remote and increasingly isolated island.

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A Grim & Perilous 2025

Jan 10 2025 73 mins

Journey with me, forward in time, as we look ahead to the 2025 RPG gaming year. Some links: Liam Philips actual play of Enemy in Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIyh-Q_6KiN9awrxBEzreHmsd9d-AcQ5e Tripod: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/404274/tripod-essence Heroic Fantasy: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/461381/heroic-fantasy-2nd-edition AireCon:

A year of RPGs - 2024

Jan 06 2025 56 mins

A summary of my RPG gaming year in 2024, wherein I ask myself, and indeed you, some questions. Leave me a message on Spotify or email me a call-in voice mail at [email protected] and I may include on an episode! Links Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4

TravellerCon UK and Traveller News from Mongoose Publishing

Nov 10 2024 48 mins

TravellerCon UK and further reflections on Traveller RPG. Send me a voicemail at [email protected] and the usual channels. UK & Ireland RPG & Board Game Conventions: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p5iZrLlU7EthiItODGO5ZweyhCIOVFu7ULj2c25iPQU/edit?gid=852955442#gid=852955442 State of the Mongoose 2024: https://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/threads/state-of-the-mongoo

Traveller - is it better than the sum of its parts?

Sep 26 2024 48 mins

Welcome to Season 2 of Gaming from the First Age, a podcast of personal reflections on tabletop roleplaying games. Happy with just the one mortgage? Then why play the Traveller RPG? Let's find out... Send me a voicemail at [email protected] Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards

Basic Roleplaying Perfected

Jul 18 2023 43 mins

Join First Age in the sauna as we explore the Swedish roleplaying game, Hjältarnas Tid (Age of Heroes), that has perfected Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying and delivered a great fantasy game. I'd love to hear from you. Send me a message as text or a recording as an attachment by email: [email protected] Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kets

Heroic High Fantasy

Apr 29 2023 39 mins

In this episode I reflect on the end of a two year campaign of 4th Edition D&D and look forward to the completion of my own Heroic Fantasy 2nd Edition game. I'd love to hear from you. Send me a message as text or a recording as an attachment by email: [email protected] Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards N

2022 Gaming Year Retrospective

Dec 30 2022 68 mins

First Age 'froths' about his gaming year of 2022, and looks forward to what 2023 might bring. Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/first-age Send me a message as text or an attachment by email: [email protected] Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC B

A brief glimpse into my Swedish Fantasy

Sep 06 2022 16 mins

First Age emerges from the sauna, to briefly talk about his Free League Swedish Fantasy. Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/first-age Send me a message as text or an attachment by email: [email protected] Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-

Trudvang Chronicles - A Tale from a Deviant Gamer

Jul 24 2022 26 mins

First Age returns from out of the heat wave with a feverish exposition on Trudvang Chronicles. Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/first-age Send me a message as text or an attachment by email: [email protected] Music: Onwards Upwards by Ketsa https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis/Onwards_Upwards NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC

Conventions in the Real

Jul 02 2022 43 mins

First Age is back with another podcast, this time talking about experiences from a couple of recent conventions as face to face play returns to the UK. Legends of Avallen: https://www.legendsofavallen.co.uk/ Core RPG: https://www.gmdonline.co.uk/ Colostle: https://www.colostle.com/ Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/first-age Send me a message as text or an attach