What do I do?
How do I join Age of Aquarius?
What happens when I attend a game?
What the hell is this all about?
I have many questions….   

To begin with, Age of Aquarius is a role playing game.
As the name indicates, role playing means that the participants play roles. Age of Aquarius is a
game where the participants, or players, control fictional characters in a make believe world. The
players act like actors in a radio theatre, albeit a very large one with about 30 other actors present.
But roleplaying is not theatre. The participants tell the story together. They walk around and talk to
each other, and to a limited extent they do simple things their characters would do, but nothing that
requires a stunt man. 

There is a GameMaster, an adjudicator, who can help decide what happens when it can’t be simply
resolved by the actors. The players, like actors, try to identify with their roles and try to act and
speak like their characters. 

Yet there is no script. It’s entirely improvisational, with the player deciding what to say and do, and there is no writer telling them what their
character should do and say. There is no extreme pressure to perform; that detracts from the fun. And enjoying yourself is the aim of playing the
game.

All relevant facts about the characters are described on a piece of paper that each player has. This is a pre printed form which is called a
Character Sheet. If a player wants to know something about a character, eg: is she fluent in French? - all that is needed is a glance at the
character sheet. Before the game session, all players will create (or have created for them) a character. The GameMaster has no character of
his own. Instead he controls some of the people that are not being portrayed by other players but may happen by in the course of the story –
kind of like the part actors who have only a few lines in a film play – these are called Non Player Characters (NPC’s). These characters are
seldom important.

Though this is a game, there are no winners or losers in a role playing game. The players usually feel good if their characters achieve their
goals. But even if they fail, no one really loses. The players have still gone through the adventure and experienced suspense, excitement and
friendship. One of the ideas of Age of Aquarius is that characters should change when confronted with different things. Some may become hurt,
healed, or even more determined. Whatever happens should be further incentive to adventure and play the game. The player characters are the
heroes, and sometimes villains, of the game. Their adventures are the story of Age of Aquarius. The character you portray should fit into the
world of Age of Aquarius, so that you have a role that you will enjoy. To help you make the right choices in terms of the game milieu we have
some links below worth exploring.

Features of Age of Aquarius
What will happen when you arrive to participate
Learn more about Nephilim and the setting of Age of Aquarius