Isle of Pelops — For the Aegean RPG

Description

Isle of Pelops — Sourcebook and Adventure Collection for the Aegean RPG

An all new setting and adventure supplement for the AEGEAN tabletop roleplaying game. Isle of Pelops takes your heroes from their home in the Aegean Sea to the Peloponnesos and visits Argos, Mykenai, and Sparta. Meet kings and heroes, some old, others ready to build a new future!

This sourcebook includes:

• A history of the Peloponnesos and the royal houses of Tantalos and Perseus; including options for creating characters from these illustrious dynasties.
• Detailed view of the Argolid peninsula and its prominent people and places, including Eurystheus in Mykenai; Tiryns, ancient home of Perseus; Argos, with its three warring kings; and the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus.
• Detailed view of the wider Peloponnesos, including war-like Sparta, conquered Messenia, and vibrant Olympia—home of the Olympic games.
• In Gifts a mysterious cult seeks the Pithos of Sorrow—the jar which Pandora opened, releasing untold Sorrows into the world.
• In Wolves and Livers the Heroes must defend their polis from the walking dead.
• In Spears of the Saltbound a pirate band brings terror to the Heroes’ polis.
• In the Pithos of Sorrow the Heroes must find the jar and help return the Sorrows to it.
• In Torch Song the Heroes must find Epimetheus and protect him from their mysterious enemy.

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 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
• The Book of Empires
• The Book of Heroes
• GM Screen
• Athenian Dice
• Kretan Dice