First Blood

Here we go, first post.
I'll use this blog for experiences and thoughts on playing Dragon Age RPG (by Green Ronin) with miniatures and maps. It will be like characters represented by miniatures with focus on combat encounters. In some way this game will be a light version of the RPG (we don't play characters or act) but a more advanced version than regular collectible miniature games. The challenge will be to translate adventures written for roleplaying to map based scenarios with miniatures but hopefully it can be done in a way that resembles of the original Dragon Age game (as played on PC etc). Check p. 58 in the Dragon Age RPG Player's Guide for more about playing with battle mats and miniatures.

I'll try to avoid spoilers and, as this project is based on the actual rules of Dragon Age RPG, I won't post rules or stats unless they're home made. First off is The Dalish Curse and I will try to post photos and comments on changes we made. We will probably add things to the scenarios but it could still be wise to avoid this page if you intend to play the adventure.

As mentioned already the rules will be based on the Dragon Age RPG. We intend to use miniatures of Dungeons & Dragons (we want prepainted miniatures for this project) and different 2D-battle maps. We don't play Dungeons & Dragons (RPG or miniatures game), we just use the minis so please don't ask about those games. We're a bunch of grown up gamers with gaming experience. We started with RPGs (CoC, WHFRP) some 25 years ago, got into miniature gaming (40k and others) 20 years ago and the last 10 years we have played collectible miniature games (Heroclix, SWM, HorrorClix, AAM, MonPoc, WoWM) as well. And, as you've probably guessed, we do this for fun and we aren't employed by any gaming company.

So let's enter The Proving!