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Eon (role-playing Game)
''Eon'' is a fantasy role-playing game set in the fictitious world of Mundana. It is developed and published by Swedish company Helmgast. ''Eon'' is the Swedish word for ''aeon''. History The first edition was released on November 18, 1996, the second edition on November 29, 2000, and the third edition on August 27, 2004. The fourth edition was released sometime in November 2014. In a comparison in Dagens Nyheter (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record A newspaper of record is a major nationa ... of four Swedish fantasy role-playing games, the first edition of Eon received the highest marks of the four with the comments "Advanced rules - Realistic", "Great joy of play", "Plausible. Down to earth", "Not for beginners. Detailed. Endless campaign seeds. High class without losing the fantasy feeling." A computer game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Eon, EON or Eons may refer to: Time * Aeon, an indefinite long period of time * Eon (geology), a division of the geologic time scale Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Eon, in the 2007 film ''Ben 10: Race Against Time'' * Eon, in the 1976 TV special ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' * Master Eon, a character in ''Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure'' * Eon, a character in the TV series ''Iron Kid'' Film * Eon Films, a Mexican film distributor * Eon Productions, a British film production company Games * Eon (role-playing game), ''Eon'' (role-playing game) * Eon Digital Entertainment, a British computer games publisher * Eon Products, an American game company Literature * Eon (novel), ''Eon'' (novel), by Greg Bear, 1985 * Eon (magazine), ''Eon'' (magazine), for players of ''Eve Online'' * ''Eon'', or ''The Two Pearls of Wisdom'', a 2008 novel by Alison Goodman Music * Eon (album), ''Eon'' (album), a 1975 album by Richard Beirach, including a track "Eon" * ''Eon'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petter Nallo
Petter Nallo (born 1977) is a Swedish game designer and screenwriter who is best known for his work on the role-playing games ''Eon (role-playing game), Eon'' and ''Kult (role-playing game), KULT: Divinity Lost'', and for co-founding the Swedish games company Helmgast. Early life Petter Nallo grew up in northern Sweden, and started playing both the American role-playing game (RPG) ''Dungeons & Dragons'' as well as Swedish RPGs ''Mutant (role-playing game), Mutant'', ''KULT'', and ''Eon''. He eventually started to write magazine articles about ''Eon'' for the Swedish games magazine ''Codex''. Career In 2000, as a freelancer, Nallo contributed to the second edition of ''Eon'' being produced by the game's publisher, Neogames. He also contributed to several ''Eon'' supplements including 2001's ''Legender & Hemligheter'' (''Legends & Secrets''). In 2002, Nallo moved to Gothenburg to join the staff of Neogames, first as an intern, and then as a full-time writer. He was Creative Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neogames
Neogames is a Swedish role-playing game publisher situated in Gothenburg. They were, after the re-creation of Target Games, the largest RPG publisher in Sweden. The company is known for developing the three first editions of the fantasy RPG license '' Eon'', a role-playing game set in a fairly standard fantasy setting with elves, dwarves and magic. Its product line also includes the cyberpunk role-playing game ''Neotech''. On April 25, 2024, eighteen years after its headquarters moved to Gotland after being sold to Kim Vässmar, Neogames was acquired by Aristocrat Leisure for approximately $1.2 billion. Founded by Carl Johan Ström, it has published several fantasy novels by Andreas Roman and Dan Hörning Dan Hörning (born 10 March 1970) is a Swedish historical fantasy author. His publishing house is Neogames, and up to now he has published four novels: ''Svärdsspel i Hadarlon'' (2000; Swordplay in Hardalon), ''Stormens vandrare'' (2006; in Eng ..., most of them linked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG or TTRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeon
The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeless" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the ancient Greek word ('), from the archaic (') meaning "century". In Greek, it literally refers to the timespan of one hundred years. A cognate Latin word ' (cf. ) for "age" is present in words such as ''eternal'', ''longevity'' and ''mediaeval''. Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years (especially in geology, cosmology and astronomy), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite period. Aeon can also refer to the four aeons on the geologic time scale that make up the Earth's history, the Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and the current aeon, Phanerozoic. Astronomy and cosmology In astronomy, an aeon is defined as a billion years (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagens Nyheter
(, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large newspaper circulation, circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and i .... History and profile was founded by Rudolf Wall in December 1864. The first issue was published on 23 December 1864. During its initial period, the paper was published in the morning. In 1874 the paper became a joint stock company. Its circulation in 1880 was 15,000 copies. In the 1890s, Wall left and soon after, the paper became the organ of the Liberal Party. From 1946 to 1959, Herbert Tingsten was the executive editor. The newspaper has been owned by the Bonnier Group since 1909, when Karl Otto Bonnier acquired the remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Role-playing Games
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or magical elements, often including imaginary places and creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Role-playing Games
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: * Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) * Swedish Open (squash) * Swedish Open (darts) {{disambiguation ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
