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Eon (role-playing game)
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Eon is a fantasy
role-playing game
set in the fictitious world of Mundana. It's developed and published by Swedish company Neogames
. Eon is the Swedish word for Aeon
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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 called EON - The Face of Deception was planned, but not released.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
set in the fictitious world of Mundana. It's developed and published by Swedish company Neogames
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 the country. Neogames control the fantasy RPG license Eon, a role-playing game set in a fairly standard fantasy setting with elves, dwarves and...
. Eon is the Swedish word for Aeon
Aeon
The word aeon, also spelled eon or æon , originally means "life", and/or "being", though it then tended to mean "age", "forever" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the koine Greek word , from the archaic . In Homer it typically refers to life or lifespan...
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History
The first edition was released November 18, 1996, second edition on November 29, 2000 and the third and current edition (also called Eon III) on August 27, 2004. In a comparison in Dagens NyheterDagens Nyheter
is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It has the largest circulation of Swedish morning newspapers, followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the whole country. In 2009 DN had a circulation of 316,000, reaching 881...
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 called EON - The Face of Deception was planned, but not released.
External links
- Eon official site - in Swedish
- Neogames - in Swedish