We officially started our Dragon Age campaign, and one of the biggest hurdles we are facing is the introduction to a completely new setting. While I’ve played the video game, none of my players have, so it was up to me to introduce them to Thedas. I played all the intro animations from the video game for them, but I also game them this handout.
I made this 14 page pdf for my players and the feedback I got was good. They got a better sense of the world, the races, and their place in it. I figured I’d share with any potential Dragon Age players or DM’s who may not be familiar with the setting. It is fully bookmarked and includes stuff like races, religion, calendar, Darkspawns, and Grey Wardens. It should serve as a good supplement t0 the information found in the Player’s Guide.
I created this handout using the Dragon Age Wiki page as the source. This is all cut and paste from there, not of it is original to me except compiling it as a handout.
If Dragon Age interests you, then you should explore that wiki, as there is a ton of info on the setting available there.
Oh, a neat bit of background info… The name Thedas literally came from for “THe Dragon Age Setting”. Funny.
Grab it here:
EDIT: Seems like the links back to the wiki aren’t working. Oh well, I’ll fix it when I get a chance. You can still go play around there. 
wrathofzombie
January 14, 2011
Newbie. You are a fiend.. And I love you for it. This is pretty excellent at first glance. Will give it a closer look when I can!
Jeff Carlsen | Apathy Games
January 14, 2011
If only every game had the money to create an introductory video.
knightowl123
January 14, 2011
I don’t know if this will help you, but you might want to look into buying the CE hardbound book as a reference/resoure. It has a hugh section in the back on the making of the game, art work, detailed history of Thedas. This book has some more information that the wiki doesn’t have. It’s a beautiful book.
I saw it on amazon recently for alot less than I paid for it.
Just a suggestion.
DM Baloo
January 14, 2011
awesome resource bro, right now im hooked on the game, so ill be checking this tomorrow at work
OnlineDM
January 15, 2011
Nice! My wife may start running a Dragon Age RPG game for our group soon (here’s hoping!) and this will be useful for those of us (like me) who haven’t played the computer game very much.
Evil Wizard
January 15, 2011
Thanks! I’m looking at this Rpg, maybe in the next future I will use your useful guide