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“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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...Linked by the ring
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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...
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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...Linked by the ring
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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...Linked by the ring
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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:...Linked by the ring