Book of Empires — For the Aegean RPG

Description

Book of Empires — Sourcebook and Adventure Collection for the Aegean RPG

Book of Empires is a setting and adventure supplement for AEGEAN — the roleplaying game of mythic adventure in ancient Greece. Take your heroes to Kreta, the largest of the Aegean islands and discover the secrets of Labyrinth. Visit Troy in its glory days before it prepares for war. Face down the might of the Persian Empire as it seeks to conquer all lands to the West.

This sourcebook includes:

• Detailed view of Kreta, its immortal rulers, and the people who call the island their home. Visit Herakleon and Knossos and explore the labyrinth.
• New PC options, including rules for performing Kreta’s famous bull leap, a new career, and a mystery cult.
• In Knives in Knossos the heroes are unwittingly caught up in an assassination attempt. They are then ordered by King Minos to uncover the would be murderer.
• Detailed view of Troy, a city in its prime, its people and the lands surrounding it.
• In A Thousand Ships war looms and the heroes must choose to besiege the ancient city of Troy or fight to protect it.
• Detailed view of the Persian Empire, its people from many lands, and the gods they worship.
• In The Great War choose to side with the invading Persian forces and their effort to unify all lands as their own, or fight, secretly or otherwise, to maintain your independence.

Aegean — The Ancient Greek Roleplaying Game

AEGEAN is a tabletop role-playing game about a group of mythic heroes building a new, free city on the shores of the Aegean Sea. There are neighbouring cities to trade or war with, monsters to kill, gods to appease, deceptions, negotiations and bloody skirmishes.

The Setting

The world of AEGEAN is an ancient Greece that never existed – a mix of mythology and classical history. The gods visit the earth and converse with mortals, granting gifts of magic and life to some and fear and terror to others. Fearsome monsters roam the lands and seas making every journey an adventure. The Wilderness is home to strange creatures, some mortal, others half-divine. These centaurs, nymphs and tritons teach, harass or ignore humans as their whim takes them.

The polis—the city and its surrounding lands—is your home and where your loyalties lie. You have recently founded your polis on the coast of the Aegean Sea. The people elect the Arkhon, your leader, through a democratic process inspired by the Athenian model, instead of following the tradition of a hereditary king that many other cities still uphold. The polis sits in a precarious position, between many similar neighbouring states who may wish to trade, ally, or make war.

Your character fits somewhere in this world, between the capricious force of the gods, the wilderness and the structure of the polis and its ambitions.

The Product

The Book of Empires is a beautifilly produced 228 page hardback book. The following products in the Aegean range are also available:

• Core Rulebook