“Craggy cave mouth” by Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0As a design goal for Earth Resists, I want to think of adventure sites as recipes. The written description is not a prepared meal,...

There was a conversation recently in the Bastionland Discord about a Mythic Bastionland  session which the referee felt didn't go well. It sounded like they had fought a...

I've played two games this week that involved secret information.First was my regular Mythic Bastionland game. The company of knights had planned to visit a town where one of...

 A test map for Earth Resists (ignore the text on the bottom left)(I believe this may be mappy enough to count for Prismatic Wasteland's map bandwagon.) I first mentioned my...

I've been thinking for awhile about how to make an X-COM like experience in a TTRPG. I played a lot of the 1994 original back in the day, and the emergent aspects of play left...

This is a half-baked idea for managing the pacing of RPGs. You have a restricted amount of time in a play session, and plenty of flexibility in how much in-game time that can...

William from Half a Worm and a Bitten Apple has designed a collaborative realm creation project for Mythic Bastionland and it's my turn to add some weirdness to Woland.As an...

I like a good end of year wrap up, so I was happy to see the idea for a personal awards post "The Endies" by Lady Tabletop. First things first, I have used one notebook to keep...

There are RPGs that ask you to think of complications, setbacks, plot twists etc. in response to certain results. I've sometimes experienced fatigue with this. It feels...

This is the sixth session of my Mythic Bastionland campaign. At the start of the episode I mention a second Mythic Bastionland podcast which I am co-hosting. It's called The...

Today is the first Solo RPG Day!I've had a great time with solo play this year, so I wanted to make a small contribution to the day. My main solo game is the Mythic Bastionland...

I'm thinking about making a game that focuses on traveling between places, and the end state of the game (or of one PC) is the PC settling down and ending their journey.The...

A Mythic Bastionland game jam will be launching soon on itch.My enthusiasm for game jams tends to exceed my follow-through, but just to put something into the ether, this is...

Before getting into the episode notes, I'll just say something quick about actual plays in general. I've listened to a lot of them, and my main reason for doing so, is that I...

In Mythic Bastionland, knights roam around the wilderness, seeking the myths. When they want the major news of the realm, they can return to a holding. But is there another way...

This is the third session of my Mythic Bastionland campaign.After an order from the Rose Seer, Knotte challenges Maldita to a duel.The recording is here and you can subscribe...

This is the second session of my solo Mythic Bastionland campaign. The first session is here.As before, the music has been kindly provided by PrismaticNoiseProject.Recording:...

I recorded my solo play of Mythic Bastionland, the game of knights and mythic quests by Chris McDowall.The ambient music is kindly provided by PrismaticNoiseProject.Recording:...