Agon - BookWyrm

16 × 23 cm, 157 pages

italiano language

Published May 20, 2022 by Grumpy Bear.

ISBN:: 978-88-945145-5-1

(1 review)

Dalle foschie di tempi lontani, un poeta canta le gesta di grandi eroi: mostri sconfitti, giustizia ristabilita, saggi consigli e insidiosi piani. Storie di coraggio, di valore, di sfrontata audacia, di eroi incuranti dell’invidia degli dèi. In Agon, darete vita a questi eroi, trasformando le loro epiche gesta in leggende immortali.

Di ritorno dalla guerra, un gruppo di eroi smarrisce la via tra misteriose isole abitate da creature mitologiche, pericolosi nemici e gente disperata. Regni leggendari, colmi di insidie e alla mercé degli dèi capricciosi.

Starà a voi, i più grandi eroi della vostra epoca, cogliere una tale occasione di grandezza e ristabilire l’ordine in queste terre perdute, superando le sfide di dèi, mostri, e mortali, per ritrovare la strada di casa e consegnare alla leggenda il vostro nome.

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Fulminata reviewed Agon by John Harper

Review of 'Agon' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I was concerned about this game due to the reputation of the 1st edition being a heavily PvP style game, which is something my group is generally uninterested in, but my interest in the subject, authors and publisher combined to make me give it a try. I'm glad I did!

Agon is basically The Odyssey: the RPG. The player characters are a band of heroes sailing from island to island in a quest to reach home. Along the way they face challenges that build their legends. Each island represents a single adventure, and likely a single session.

This is a mechanically simple system that is more focused on the narrative, but the mechanics seem to provide just enough structure to support that narrative in play.

There is still an element of PvP. Each time a new island is discovered, the characters compete to determine who will be the leader. Each …

I was concerned about this game due to the reputation of the 1st edition being a heavily PvP style game, which is something my group is generally uninterested in, but my interest in the subject, authors and publisher combined to make me give it a try. I'm glad I did!

Agon is basically The Odyssey: the RPG. The player characters are a band of heroes sailing from island to island in a quest to reach home. Along the way they face challenges that build their legends. Each island represents a single adventure, and likely a single session.

This is a mechanically simple system that is more focused on the narrative, but the mechanics seem to provide just enough structure to support that narrative in play.

There is still an element of PvP. Each time a new island is discovered, the characters compete to determine who will be the leader. Each challenge defeated has one character who shines above the rest, and therefore takes the most Glory (which is a form of experience points). Fortunately, it doesn't look like these will be objectionable to my group.

Like pretty much all Evil Hat products, the graphic design and layout is attractive and functional. I don't see any problems that would make it difficult to reference in play.

I hope to get a chance to play it at some point.