# Trying out Modern AGE **URL:** \ **Category:** Whartson Hall\ **Created:** [8 January 2021 10:50 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099 "2021-01-08T10:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 10:50 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/1 "2021-01-08T10:50:46Z")
Because we all found the Modern AGE Bundle of Holding quite interesting, we thought we’d give it a try… ![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/4/499d5631b231a390444ebb44590470fc4d98ff08.jpeg) Session 1 - Dangerous Nature Photography Stuff: Character generation, and our heroes go to a party. [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/CyukfafOv5/Modern\_AGE\_01.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/CyukfafOv5/Modern_AGE_01.mp3) Session 2 - Run Up Your Flagpole: The party has got to the good bit. With automatic weapons and explosives. [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/4FrinsBli/Modern\_AGE\_02.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/4FrinsBli/Modern_AGE_02.mp3) Session 3 - I’d Forgotten About the Bomb: Free the prisoner, disarm the bomb, expose the dastardly scheme. How hard can it be? [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/recUnEnkSwom5/Modern\_AGE\_03.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/recUnEnkSwom5/Modern_AGE_03.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![riddles](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/riddles/32/1906_2.png) [@riddles](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/riddles)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 13:46 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/2 "2021-01-08T13:46:33Z")
Enjoy hearing what I _wanted_ to play, vs what the dice gave me… 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Kendoyle](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kendoyle](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Kendoyle)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 14:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/3 "2021-01-08T14:08:53Z")
Ooh. I picked up that bundle for the Expanse. Interested to listen to this. ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 16:08 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/4 "2021-01-08T16:08:04Z")
I can’t believe you all chose to roll randomly instead of taking the point buy option! Have I taught you nothing? ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 16:24 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/5 "2021-01-08T16:24:09Z")
The point buy option explicitly bars you from getting a +4. (Which happens if you roll a natural 18 on 3d6.) Did anyone get a +4? ---
**Author:** ![riddles](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/riddles/32/1906_2.png) [@riddles](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/riddles)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 16:41 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/6 "2021-01-08T16:41:02Z")
I don’t think I rolled higher than about 14. Didn’t get a +3 anyway. And yes Jon, I hang my head in shame. All I can say is Shim and Nick tempted me to the dark side by the thought I _could_ roll an 18… 😂 ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 17:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/7 "2021-01-08T17:36:01Z")
I got a +4 once the extras were added in, but nothing above a +3 through rolling. While I’m here, has anyone seen a collection of dinosaur stats for _Modern AGE_ anywhere? I found a deinonychus in the _Enemies and Allies_ supplement, but I was after a few more as I’m thinking how it might work for _Cadillacs & Dinosaurs_. Really wish Green Ronin hadn’t closed their forums. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 17:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/8 "2021-01-08T17:45:28Z")
Hmm. Nothing obvious in the Fantasy AGE or Dragon AGE bestiaries. Maybe a mass conversion from _GURPS Dinosaurs_ might be in order? ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [8 January 2021 18:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/9 "2021-01-08T18:48:41Z")
A bit behind the current state of research, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![MrTim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/mrtim/32/91_2.png) [@MrTim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/MrTim)\ **Post date:** [10 January 2021 14:04 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/10 "2021-01-10T14:04:58Z")
Just a small thing, but I believe the Expanse rules explicitly state that if you get a focus twice you can pick another one. I don’t see that anywhere in the Modern Age rules, though . . . ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [10 January 2021 14:20 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/11 "2021-01-10T14:20:31Z")
Expanse RPG p. 27 top left “Stacked Traits”. Modern Age p. 13 top right “Stacked Focuses and Talents”. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![riddles](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/riddles/32/1906_2.png) [@riddles](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/riddles)\ **Post date:** [10 January 2021 16:51 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/12 "2021-01-10T16:51:34Z")
Thanks MrTim but I _think_ I always had another alternative focus to choose. It was the rolls at the beginning that stuffed me over 🙄 😂 ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [10 January 2021 18:18 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/13 "2021-01-10T18:18:17Z")
Same for Tina’s character and mine, I believe, but we’ll check just in case. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [15 January 2021 10:19 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/14 "2021-01-15T10:19:14Z")
Session 2 - Run Up Your Flagpole: The party has got to the good bit. With automatic weapons and explosives. [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/4FrinsBli/Modern\_AGE\_02.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/4FrinsBli/Modern_AGE_02.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [22 January 2021 10:24 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/15 "2021-01-22T10:24:51Z")
Session 3 - I’d Forgotten About the Bomb: Free the prisoner, disarm the bomb, expose the dastardly scheme. How hard can it be? [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/recUnEnkSwom5/Modern\_AGE\_03.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/recUnEnkSwom5/Modern_AGE_03.mp3) Overall, I think our feeling on this was fairly positive. Too many choices among the stunts, and sometimes it was hard to see how a stunt was applicable, but it worked all right and didn’t throw out too much mechanical weirdness. ---
**Author:** ![MrTim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/mrtim/32/91_2.png) [@MrTim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/MrTim)\ **Post date:** [22 January 2021 22:21 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/16 "2021-01-22T22:21:01Z")
I don’t actually know the game very well, guys! I’ve never even played it. I just remembered the thing about duplicate foci from reading through The Expanse! ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [22 January 2021 23:02 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/17 "2021-01-22T23:02:04Z")
That makes you a Valued Expert in Whartsonland. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [22 January 2021 23:06 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/18 "2021-01-22T23:06:39Z")
And admirably modest, too. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2021 17:30 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/19 "2021-02-02T17:30:08Z")
If anyone missed the last Bundle of Holding, be aware that this is up again until 10 February, and the Fantasy AGE/Dragon AGE stuff is being re-bundled alongside it until 22 February. ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2021 16:47 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/trying-out-modern-age/2099/20 "2021-04-12T16:47:04Z")
A copy of the _Threefold_ dimension-hopping setting book arrived here at Perfunctory Manor this afternoon. I’ve been meaning to get it for a while and I am _so_ terribly weak. Looks excellent, like all of the books in this series. I need to give the rules at least one more read before I dip too heavily into it, though, which is definitely not happening before we conclude our current game of _Champions._