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4/18/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] free adventure "Temple of Hera" released
<i>"Heroes, my anger is hot within me! Slay those who defile my shrine! Cleanse my temple! Let not one escape the wrath of Hera!"</i> Wanna play some Agon but don't…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, advachiel, red_herring.

4/9/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] are Advantages too cheap?
I think buying Advantages with strife might be too cheap. 1 strife to get an additional d8 in a simple contest is a lot more bang-per-buck than just increasing a…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

3/31/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] adventure playtesters wanted
I'm looking for some brave groups who want to playtest the <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25949.0">Agon adventures</a> I'll be releasing. I've already run them, but I like having outside groups do "blind" playtests…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, red_herring, Mel_White.

3/17/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] adventures coming
I just announced this over at the Lame Mage blog but I wanted to give the Agon crew here a heads-up. I'm working a series of Agon adventures that I'll…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, red_herring.

3/11/2008 red_herring: Heroic Flaws?
Anyone considered Heroic Flaws for their game? I've always been a big fan of less than favorable character traits in Champions, GURPS, Savage Worlds, and other systems. You could use…
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Participants: red_herring, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Ben Robbins.

3/10/2008 red_herring: Agon Game Board
I put together an Agon board a few weeks ago and thought I'd share the results. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8915612027281287567&pr=goog-sl http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3768145384562658332&pr=goog-sl Overall, it was pretty easy. I just used an 11"x14" black foam…
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Participants: red_herring, Mel_White, John Harper.

3/5/2008 LeSingeSavant: [Agon] AGONY Supervillain Mod
I've run Agon as an opening game for the past two Camp Nerdly's, and I'd like to do it a third time. However, variety is the spice of life, and…
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Participants: LeSingeSavant, Ben Robbins, John Harper.

2/27/2008 Aaron: Helping dice
Is it possible to aid another character with a helping dice and use they same dice yourself in the current contest? Example The character come to a raging river and…
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Participants: Aaron, Mel_White, John Harper, Ben Robbins.

2/11/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Minor Foes -- finding the combat sweet spot
I think Agon needs a middle range of adversaries, something between minions and full NPCs. Minions can go down very quickly (as they should) but with six wound boxes a…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, Mel_White, Sonja.

2/3/2008 Darcy Burgess: [AGON] - The Poor, Over-worked GM
Hi, Ben's questions about armour got me to thinking a some more about my recent experiences with Agon (ap and questions). The first issue is John's answer to my "Do…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Mel_White, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Robbins, John Harper.

2/2/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] replacement hero question
So when you (ahem) retire a hero and make a new one, you get free dice raises equal to half the quests you completed. Does that add to the two…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, Mendolin, John Harper.

2/2/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] armor questions
A few easy questions about armor: 1) Can you use creative abilities to adjust the armor roll? I've found threads that seem to have contradictory answers: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23761.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23402.0 2) I…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

1/31/2008 Mendolin: [Agon] Conversion to Shadowrun Setting
Hey.... I'm new to the forum and just bought a copy of agon! I wonder though what happened to the shadowrun conversion of the agon rules? Jan
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Participants: Mendolin, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper, claes, Aaron.

1/8/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Agon] - AP-based rules questions.
Hi John, These questions come straight out of my experience on the Island of Skyros. 1. It became apparent that since Players are free to angle towards contests that they…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

12/14/2007 John Harper: Rules Refresher
I've noticed a few irregularities in rules applications in AP reports and recordings, so I thought I would collect a few notes here as a refresher. I realize that Agon…
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Participants: John Harper, Mel_White, demiurgeastaroth.

12/12/2007 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Strife limit for encounters vs NPCs
So there's a Strife limit to making a particular NPC (16 for d6 Name heroes). Does that also limit a particular encounter? Can my Strife 16 sorceress have a bunch…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

12/11/2007 Ignus: Viking Agon
Hi there. Been playing Agon with my group for a short time now and loving it. However, it came to our attention that Agon is just as easily a Viking…
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Participants: Ignus, Mel_White, John Harper.

12/9/2007 Ben Robbins: [Agon] slayer hero vs minions
First off we've played three quests of Agon and we love's it. Really nice job of balancing all the mechanics. Question: How does the damage bonus for Monster-Slayer/Beast-Slayer/Man-Slayer work versus…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

12/6/2007 Aaron: Minions ganging up
I had a listen to the voice recording of play in the 'links to actual play" thread and really enjoyed hearing those guys playing.  It was especially interesting and entertaining…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

12/4/2007 Aaron: Advantages and other things
We had our first game of Agon on the weekend and it was pretty successful.  There were a few things that I wasn't sure about though. I had a group…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper.

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4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: Wound penalties questions
"The first three wound boxes have temporary penalties that apply only to your next roll" 1) Any roll at all?  Positioning, etc.? ******* "Temporary penalties stack up...Lasting Penaties don't stack…
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Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: Range band question
Are the range bands finite and bounded or do they in theory go on forever?  That is, if I am 7 range bands away from a skeleton (putting us at…
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Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

4/28/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Shield Bash
Brainstorming with Ping about this one: what about adding rules for shield bashing? Not to address the issue of shield game balance, just because it's sexy. Make shield a range…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, skyla.

4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: on wounds and new characters
1) If a simple contest is made harmful and a hero takes 3 wounds, I take it this means you mark off the "3" box on the wounds list, rather…
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Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

5/20/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] free adventure "Beast of Kolkoris" unleashed
<i>In the labyrinth of Kolkoris a monster lurks, hiding its face from the immortal gods. It has ravaged countries and eaten the flesh of the living, but now the gods…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, NathanFrund, Entsuropi.

7/2/2008 red_herring: Chariot Combat
Looking for suggestions on how to handle chariots in combat. Since Bronze Age chariots were primarily used to move warriors around the battlefield, I'm considering just doubling movement until the…
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Participants: red_herring, Mel_White.

7/5/2008 red_herring: Wrath of the Gods thread on lamemage.com
Ben Robbins has posted a couple of great articles on his lamemage.com site... http://www.lamemage.com/blog/index.php/29/advanced-agon-wrath-of-the-gods/ Advanced Agon: Wrath of the Gods July 3rd, 2008 in Agon | “Is it pious because…
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Participants: red_herring.

7/5/2008 red_herring: Deeper Quests article on lamemage.com
Another Ben Robbins article on his lamemage.com site. http://www.lamemage.com/blog/index.php/28/advanced-agon-deeper-quests/ Advanced Agon: Deeper Quests June 30th, 2008 in Agon | Agon includes a quick and painless way to get a quest…
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Participants: red_herring.

7/9/2008 agony: Tokens for battle mat?
I remember spotting some decent quality tokens on here or story-games.com which were similar to the ones used in the book, but I can't seem to locate the PDF now. …
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Participants: agony, John Harper, red_herring, Sonja.

7/14/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Three Flavors of Myth
Another "Advanced Agon" post is up: <b><a href="http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/103/advanced-agon-three-flavors-of-myth/">Three Flavors of Myth</a></b> takes a look at the Classical sources and how they relate to your Agon game. C'mon, you know you…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, agony.

7/17/2008 J. Strange: Participating in challenges during refreshment
Hi. Recently bought the game, love the sound of it, will be running it soon. I have a question about challenges, though. Is there a limit to a hero's participation…
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Participants: J. Strange, demiurgeastaroth, theranko, John Harper.

7/21/2008 red_herring: Agon at GenCon
Anyone running Agon at GenCon this year? I'm planning to run Ben Robbins's excellent Temple of Hera and Beast of Kolkoris adventures for my group, but I wasn't sure whether…
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Participants: red_herring, Ben Robbins, John Harper, cdr, Matt Wilson.

7/24/2008 Guy Srinivasan: Rules: challenge of name, shield, athletics vs range, creative ability x2
I'm about to run some Agon! And I have some rules questions. :) 1. During interludes, all sorts of impairment fall under the same rules? "I call for a challenge…
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Participants: Guy Srinivasan, Ben Robbins.

9/3/2008 cdr: [Agon] Earning Strife and other questions
I ran Beast of Kolkoris at ConQuest SF last weekend and the three players and I had a great time, but afterwards I have a question on earning strife. 1)…
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Participants: cdr, Mel_White.

9/10/2008 Hans: Helping Dice: rejectable?
Hi: About to run Agon for the first time this month.  One question:  can a player reject an offer of aid?  Or must they accept it?  I cannot find in…
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Participants: Hans, demiurgeastaroth, Mel_White, John Harper.

9/11/2008 Hans: Monster Armor penalties
The FAQ states that NPC's have the same penalties for armor as PC's.  However, the following seems to argue against this... * PC's don't pay anything for armor besides the…
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Participants: Hans, Mel_White, John Harper.

10/23/2008 Rinello: [Agon] Multiple Question
Hi everyone! When I use javelins, can I make a double attack? I think that if I just use Javelin for the current exchange I can throw one with my…
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Participants: Rinello, Mel_White.

10/25/2008 Snoof: Rules question: Divine Favor
I've recently acquired a copy of Agon, and I really enjoy the philosophy behind the game; it's inspired me to run it in a way not many games do (it…
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Participants: Snoof, Mel_White.

1/11/2009 EricAlexander: Glory award for simple contest vs. NPC?
Hey everyone, have a quick question about Agon here.  Next adventure, my players are going to be involved in a series of contests with some semi-friendly NPC's (they're going to…
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Participants: EricAlexander, John Harper.

1/29/2009 fnord3125: [AGON] Questions and Clarifications before first game (in a long time)
So, I have played Agon once before, but it was probably like a year ago.  I'm hoping to play again with some new players and a larger group either this…
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Participants: fnord3125, demiurgeastaroth.

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