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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.

7/9/2008 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.

7/5/2008 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.

7/5/2008 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.

7/2/2008 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.

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.

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.

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: 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 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.

4/25/2008 advachiel: [Agon] Impairment in simple contests with no Antagonist?
Hi, played Agon for the first time the other day and the main query we had was impairment for simple contests that are between the players only, i.e. the Antagonist…
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Participants: advachiel, John Harper.

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.

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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.

4/3/2009 marco.costantini: [Agon] Non-Combat Battles
Today a friend of mine suggests this question that neither him nor me was able to resolve. I try to explain: The Heroes have to repair a statue o Zeus.…
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Participants: marco.costantini, demiurgeastaroth.

5/28/2009 red_herring: Alternate Order of Action
As a house rule, my group has opted to change the initiative system. Instead of dictating the action order by weapon type (Sword then Spear then Javelin then Bow), we…
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Participants: red_herring, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

6/3/2009 Klaus_Welten: Some noob questions
Hi everyone. :-) I started to play Agon as the Antagonist and I really love it. I have some doubts about the rules: 1) When do you choose to use…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, John Harper.

6/5/2009 red_herring: Agon at GenCon 09
Planning on another in-room session for my group, but was hoping to play in an Agon quest or two in the Games-On-Demand area. Anyone planning to run a game? I'm…
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Participants: red_herring.

6/6/2009 Troll66: WARNING AGON website hacked!
Hi My comp was attacked when I went to the AGON website yesterday - curiuos to see anything new.. MY Norton blocked the hack. I think there is something very…
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Participants: Troll66, John Harper.

7/21/2009 cra2: agon play is slow?
Reading about Agon, I'm interested in the system. But when I listen to actual play podcasts, I get really frustrated. Seems like the game drags in combat. Worse than d20.…
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Participants: cra2, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Robbins.

7/31/2009 red_herring: Agon Trophy for GenCon 09
GenCon is just two weeks away... check out this year's trophy for my group's Agon session http://picasaweb.google.com/mr.phillewis/Agon09?feat=email#... should also have some pictures of Agon Board 2.0 (almost finished)... -phil
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Participants: red_herring, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/1/2009 red_herring: Agon Board 2.0
This is the larger and slightly modified version of the board I made last year. http://picasaweb.google.com/mr.phillewis/AgonBoard20?authkey=Gv1sRgCMD3od6vjb3yJA# The changes: Used a larger board--18" long and 15" wide (the maximum width for…
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Participants: red_herring, John Harper, wildduck, Paka.

8/11/2009 theranko: [Agon] Rules question
Hello, I posted this question last week as a reply to an older topic, but it may have been lost in the shuffle. During refreshment, does healing and sacrificing prevent…
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Participants: theranko, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Robbins, Noclue, John Harper.

8/20/2009 Lexonus: 6 sets of Dice per player?
I just ordered the game PDF after listening to Mel White's AP recordings.  I was a little surprised to read that it is recommended to have about 6 sets of…
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Participants: Lexonus, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/28/2009 Lexonus: Ability Dice level at character creation
I want to make sure I am reading the character creation text correctly.  The rules say that in each group of abilities you can raise a d6 to a D8…
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Participants: Lexonus, demiurgeastaroth, N.riweeni.

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