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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

6/3/2009 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

9/3/2008 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.

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.

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.

7/17/2008 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.

7/14/2008 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.

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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.

8/30/2009 drnuncheon: Stranger Things
So the last mention I saw of Stranger Things was almost three years ago. Should I keep hoping?
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Participants: drnuncheon, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Spooky Fanboy.

9/6/2009 red_herring: Agon at Nuke-Con in Omaha
Looking forward to running an Agon session at Nuke-Con on 3 October. Had a great time at last year's Nuke-Con, but didn't run any games. While small compared to something…
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Participants: red_herring.

9/10/2009 Klaus_Welten: No Strife spend limit for encounters?
I just noticed that the Antagonist's spend caps are quest- and NPC-based only, but there's no actual limit on how much total Strife he can spend in a given encounter.…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

9/12/2009 leodegrance: Agon - pdf
Hi, sorry for the OT, but I've buyed the pdf version of Agon from its website (http://www.agon-rpg.com/) on September 3rd. 9 days have passed and I've not yet received the…
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Participants: leodegrance, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

9/15/2009 Paolo D.: [Agon] Some rules questions
Hi, I'm Paolo, it's the first time I post here before some lurking ;-) Me and some other italian players of Agon (yes, we exist! O__O ;-) put together some…
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Participants: Paolo D., John Harper.

9/16/2009 Klaus_Welten: "Ordinary" weapons in non-combat battles?
I'm creating an island for the next session and one quest's primary objective is "Restraining the Brass Tiger" (Apollon wants the cat incapacitated but alive). Now, I can imagine the…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten.

10/1/2009 Dyson Logos: Weapons for Cyberpunk / Shadowrun / Modern AGON
I'm happily tooling away at a CyberPunk AGON conversion when I got to weapons. I'm planning on doing like the DAGON conversion and making cards for the weapons (but doing…
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Participants: Dyson Logos, Paolo D., redwulfe, demiurgeastaroth.

11/16/2009 caul: Lord of the Rings
Anyone do a Lord of the Rings conversion for Agon?
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Participants: caul.

12/22/2009 Paolo D.: [Agon] Tricks and Alternate Advantages
As suggested by John in my other topic (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28721.0), these days I'm using the Tricks and the Alternate Advantages (from the Agon wiki) like semiofficial rules. I've got some questions…
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Participants: Paolo D..

1/13/2010 pathstrider: [AGON] Space Adventure
Has anyone tried to use Agon to do Space Adventure Dogfights, as in on of the suggested examples in the back of the book? Going to give it a go…
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Participants: pathstrider, demiurgeastaroth.

1/17/2010 Mellyjean: Nervous about first game
Hi all! I'm very excited to get my first game of AGON going.  It's going to be a four hour session where my group will basically be learning about creating…
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Participants: Mellyjean.

1/18/2010 Mavis: Simple rules confusion - interlude
I might just be being blind.... If during an interlude a hero calls a challenge for refreshment. Do the refresh the ability that was called - so if it is…
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Participants: Mavis, Paolo D..

1/21/2010 Mavis: Rules Confusion Arriving out of Play
I was running a simple scenario for some players - non of who had played Agon before - and we ran into a couple of odd situations. 1) Advantage Dice…
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Participants: Mavis, Paolo D., demiurgeastaroth.

1/22/2010 Dionysus: Agon with Medieval setting?
Has anyone done a setting change to medieval times? (Looking to play a nice quick pickup game, but the greek settings/gods doesn't quite do it for me - but the…
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Participants: Dionysus, Brother, demiurgeastaroth.

3/20/2010 Brother: Danger Patrol
Always have the modern offering of 'Lost in SPace' when I check out Danger Patrol. Any developments on the latest version? Anything?
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Participants: Brother, John Harper.

5/7/2010 ringo: Agon Boxed Set
Hello All, I've just discovered Agon (after showing Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts to my 4 year old daughter revived my interest in Greek myth). I'm…
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Participants: ringo, Sonja.

5/25/2010 Fatespinner: Dice and throwing them
Hi, I like the game, but I never played it for one really simple reason. I don't like it to use that many different dice. Also the whole left hand…
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Participants: Fatespinner.

7/19/2010 binder: Proposing some Optional Rules...
After listening to a number of games of Agon (thanks Mel) and reading (and then rereading the rules), a couple of different thematic options sprung to mind - Divine Items…
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Participants: binder.

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