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What would the world be without the agon —the agonistics of one man against another—to

show everyone the order of precedence among men, just as no two other things on earth are

alike? How could any of us alive know quality if competition and personal combat did not

let all the world know who embodies excellence and who merely manages mediocrity?

—Odysseus, OLYMPOS

AG ON

by John Harper

Edited by Philip LaRose

Additional edits and battle example by Wilhelm Fitzpatrick

Illustrations by homas Hope from Costume of the Ancients , 1812

Cover photograph by Matthias Kabel, used under the Creative

Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, version 2.5.

Playtesters: Brandon Amancio, Scott Dierdorf, Tony Dowler,

Wilhelm Fitzpatrick, Philip LaRose, Ed Ouellette, Cara Tyler.

First Edition. August 2006.

Printed by Lulu (www.lulu.com).

www.agon-rpg.com

TA B L E OF CON T E N T S

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

PART TWO: HERO CREATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

PART THREE: CONTESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

PART FOUR: BATTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

PART FIVE: ABILITIES, ADVANCEMENT, FATE, OATHS, DIVINE FAVOR & INTERLUDES . . . . 63

PART SIX: RUNNING THE GAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

DESIGNER’S NOTES, INSPIRATIONS, & THANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

RECORD SHEETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

GREEK NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

REFERENCE TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

PART ONE

INTRODUCTION

Remember, we hold the future of our children, our dear

country, and our aged parents in our hands. Hellas depends

on us. We can plunge her in grief; we can bring her glory.

—ARGONAUTICA

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