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Blue Rose: The AGE RPG of Romantic Fantasy

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A decade ago Blue Rose shook up the RPG scene with its vision of romantic fantasy and inclusive gaming. Now the world of Aldea returns in a new edition using the Adventure Game Engine (AGE), the popular rules that power the Fantasy AGE and Dragon Age RPGs. This beautiful, full-color book contains everything needed to create and tell stories of heroic envoys of the Sovereign’s Finest as they protect their homeland of Aldis from threats like the shadowy Kingdom of Kern and the fanatical Theocracy of Jarzon, as well as monsters and artifacts from the cruel reign of the Sorcerer Kings. Aided by the rhydan—their psychic animal allies—the champions of the Kingdom of the Blue Rose safeguard the light of the world against the power of Shadow.

Will you answer the Sovereign’s call?

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Sam R October 22, 2023 2:31 am UTC
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If I could only play one rpg for the rest of my life it would be this one. Green Ronin, you're the best!
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R Brian S September 25, 2023 3:13 pm UTC
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Hello,

Any plans for a 2.5ed to pick up some of the stuff (especially Envoy class) from Fantasy Age 2e, or for at least a conversion document?

Thanks for a great product.
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Yann E June 02, 2021 3:13 pm UTC
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Hi

Is it possible to consider a epub version or a phone PDF version ?

Regards.
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Sean C February 28, 2021 11:10 pm UTC
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Also: is this now the preferred edition of blue rose? Is envoys to the mount statted for AGE?
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Steven J February 28, 2021 11:23 pm UTC
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Envoys is for AGE.
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Sean C February 28, 2021 11:02 pm UTC
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What’s new in the December update of the PDF? Anything big?
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Yann E December 11, 2020 11:04 am UTC
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Hello, errata has been included ?
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Yann E June 06, 2019 8:10 pm UTC
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Hello

I have the PDF of the book as a Kistarter pledge. I know there has been mistakes done on it because I found an errata 1.0.

Is the PDF correction has been added to the PDF version ? And if so, how do I get it ? I ask because I did not get the PDF pledge from DrivethruRPG and I don't want to purchase it again :-).

Regards,

Merlyn.
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Diego B January 21, 2019 2:01 pm UTC
Do you plan to release a quickstart of the game?
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Steven J December 28, 2019 11:33 pm UTC
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Yes a Quick Start is in the works
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John D March 18, 2018 4:40 pm UTC
I don't think that sexual situations belong in a game as sex is personal and private and also required some "adult" payers to pull off but the book is nice
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Steven J March 18, 2018 4:48 pm UTC
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You are obviously mistaking sex, relationships and sexuality as all the same thing and they are not the same thing and are not interchangeable.
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Leandro P March 29, 2017 5:52 pm UTC
People! I created a Facebook Group for the game (there was none, even for the old system) and I hope that I can find you all there! Call your friends that will like thi wonderfull game and let´s create some content!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/410322779347506/
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Robbie G February 02, 2017 3:18 pm UTC
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I remember someone saying that there was a psychic class in this game. Is there actually a psychic class or is it just a fancy version of the mage class from the Fantasy Age core book?
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Steven J February 03, 2017 6:41 am UTC
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There is no psychic based class. The classes are Warrior, Expert and Adept. The Arcana system has more of a psychic feel but it is still Arcana and not Psychic power
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Doga E February 03, 2017 7:46 am UTC
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You can build an Adept on solely Psychic Arcana, if you want. But it can also have more overt powers of a decidedly non-psychic bent.
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Robbie G January 27, 2017 7:19 am UTC
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So what does this book do aside from changing the system to use 3D6 instead of a D20?
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Deven M January 27, 2017 2:38 pm UTC
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Kills the lich king, replaces him with his 7 lieutenants all vying for control of kern.
Adds new rhydan options.
Flesh warping is no longer inherently sorcery.
alot of good info on aldis.
alot of info that was in the world of aldea supplement.
new rules for relationships that foster positive and negative intimacy with npc's or other pc's.
and the specializations can help player's settle into their roles quite a bit better
and some good gm's stuff for running blue rose in different genres (from dark fantasy, to swashbuckling adventure, to narnia-esque coming of age stories)
I haven't done a cross reference but this is a corebook so it's more concerned about updating the setting, setting the tone and helping the narrator figure out how they want to run the game
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Doga E January 27, 2017 8:09 pm UTC
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Changes all mechanics basically.
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Phichak S January 26, 2017 1:48 pm UTC
Hi, I have a question. Is it stand alone or still required Fantasy AGE core rulebook?
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Bobby J January 26, 2017 3:07 pm UTC
Me too! Also, I know there are printed copies available from GR, but any chance on a POD version here?
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Steven J January 26, 2017 3:53 pm UTC
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Just need the Blue Rose book. The Fantasy Age Bestiary may also be useful if you would like more threats for your heroes but also isn't required.
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Steven J January 26, 2017 3:54 pm UTC
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The print edition has not been released from Green Ronin yet. Odds are if they do a POD version it won't be for a very long time.
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Tim H January 21, 2017 7:39 pm UTC
I'm curious about this book... I love the AGE system and am currently playing and GMing in a few Fantasy AGE games. Is this compatible with the typical Fantasy AGE books? I read somewhere that the magic system is totally different and a lot of aspects would force Blue Rose to be treated as a separate entity rather than an addition to the Fantasy AGE rules. Would it be a waste to buy this if I already have all the Fantasy AGE books? I assume a lot of it is the same content, like explaining the abilities and focuses. Can anybody shed any light on this for me?
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Doga E January 21, 2017 11:08 pm UTC
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The basics are pretty much the same. There are some changes to the classes (all classes have scaling armor, expert has some social alternatives to certain combat abilities, and the adept is much less focused on offensive magic by default), but the basics of the game, including many of the talents, will be pretty much familiar. That said, there are a lot of new options, such as new specializations, races, a few backgrounds, enemy monsters and et cetera. A lot of those are transferable between normal Fantasy AGE games and Blue Rose games without any real changes. The one exception is the magic system for players, where you either pick the Blue Rose version or the standard version, and apply that to all players (for monsters and NPCs, it doesn't really matter which one you use).
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Diego B January 20, 2017 7:53 am UTC
It would be great to have the Quickstart PDF of this interesting game
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Timothy B January 18, 2017 11:45 am UTC
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FYI The Preview has been updated to 9 pages.
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Brian S January 18, 2017 9:15 pm UTC
I'm glad they did that. I have a few questions if you don't mind.
1. Which rule set do you think has more "crunch" to learn. I have the old book and I have (but never read ) the AGE Dragon Age Book.
2. Does this book keep the same feel as the old one. It would seem so from the art, in fact it seems more intense. Does this book have the same devotion to portraying gays as the old one or does it put it on the back shelf.
3. I know stay with me. Has this book defined better what a Rhydan is? Meaning in the old book there were the cats you could play but also wolves and even by the books standard Unicorns were Rhydan.
Thanks.
I'm asking all of these because I've been burnt recently on Kickstarter projects.
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Steven J January 18, 2017 10:59 pm UTC
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Crunch I would say the AGE have a little more. The feel is still the same (new system better supports it). The setting is still LGBT friendly and does a better job on inclusion ( the quiet Knight are amazing). There are far more Rhydan options including guidelines for making you own. Hope that helps.
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Brian S January 19, 2017 2:55 am UTC
It does! Thanks.
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Diego B January 19, 2017 8:31 am UTC
There is more crunch in this new edition than older one?... I don't know the AGE system but I had read that it was lighter than True20 :-/
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Deven M January 20, 2017 6:54 pm UTC
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I've read this book and while the rules are a bit different from the expected norm i'd have to say they are alot easier to get your head around than true20. Pretty much all the combat rules are covered over a couple of pages on chapter 1 and there are far less situational modifiers on any given task
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Diego B January 20, 2017 7:00 pm UTC
Any new "narrative" rules?
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Deven M January 20, 2017 7:15 pm UTC
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You mean like FATE style aspects? Not really.
Relationships I suppose could qualify as they can increase your stunt rating, and you have a few stats for thing like motivation, good motive and evil motive. It also has a dark side meter that only comes up when dark magic is involved.
NPCs use the same rules as players and the magic works the same both in and out of combat, nothing that can be done in story can't be done with the rules.
I recommend the review it goes into detail on the rules
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Diego B January 20, 2017 9:28 pm UTC
Thank you
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