Games From Folktales
532 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsA podcast that mixes historical trivia and tabletop roleplaying settings.
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Episodes
029 - Who brings Christmas presents to the Order of Hermes.
December 22, 2016 13:30 - 3 minutes - 3.37 MB028 - Why there is no Art of Tempus
December 15, 2016 13:30 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB027a - Plans for 2017
December 11, 2016 14:34 - 4 minutes - 3.81 MB027 - Ruminations on ghosts
December 09, 2016 12:52 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB026 - Dowry bargains as story hooks
December 01, 2016 21:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB025 - A Covenant for Shallot
November 24, 2016 13:30 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB025.1 - Robinsonades
November 21, 2016 05:58 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBThe way my podcast plan works, I can squeeze in an extra five minutes this month. You'll still get an episode Friday (the biggest ever).
024 - Curdling magic
November 18, 2016 01:00 - 6 minutes - 6.32 MB023 - Ptolemaic survivals
November 11, 2016 01:00 - 7 minutes - 6.63 MB022 - Environmental determinism and the Order of Hermes
November 04, 2016 01:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MB021 - Clown punching in Mythic Europe
October 31, 2016 13:36 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MB020 - Why do magpies keep following me
October 27, 2016 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBTrivial things make for excellent stories.
019 First fruits
October 20, 2016 14:00 - 10 minutes - 9.17 MB018 Prosthetic parasites
October 13, 2016 13:30 - 8 minutes - 8.11 MB017 Pre-Romantic Models of Love
October 06, 2016 14:00 - 8 minutes - 7.31 MBA comparison of how love is constructed in classical and romantic stories, arguing that the classical form serves gaming better. The lecture which prompted this series of ideas is available at https://youtu.be/sPOuIyEJnbE After the recording was scheduled for release, a more succinct version was published at https://youtu.be/WPXbaJC2hLo
015 Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
September 30, 2016 02:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB014 The Patient Art of Aquam
September 23, 2016 02:00 - 9 minutes - 8.86 MBThe Ars Magica rules give a creation penalty for water that is slightly unnatural. What is slightly unnatural water?
016 The Fall of Babbulkund
September 14, 2016 13:37 - 7 minutes - 6.9 MBWith thanks to Alex Clarke from Librivox.
013 Don't eat the werebear
September 09, 2016 02:00 - 7 minutes - 7.17 MBFinnish wizards and fine dining.
012 What is a sampo?
September 02, 2016 02:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBA note on the Kalevala, and the McGuffin within it.
011 Mythic Europe is tiny
August 26, 2016 02:00 - 8 minutes - 7.75 MBYou may not need travel magic: everything is closer than you think.
10a - End of Season 1: we break to Librivox
July 17, 2016 13:45 - 1 minute - 1.06 MBSeries 1 is finished and scripts are available form the website. I'll be taking a few weeks off to push for a milestone on librivox.org: 10 000 free audio books, by our eleventh anniversary! Season 2 kicks off in August
010 Letter to Sura
July 03, 2016 02:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBAn ancient ghost story, and perhaps an alien abduction.
009 - Intersexuality
June 27, 2016 13:32 - 8 minutes - 8.02 MB008 - Charles Darwin wrecked our dragons
June 13, 2016 12:39 - 9 minutes - 8.77 MB007 - Mass Hysteria
June 05, 2016 02:00 - 8 minutes - 7.81 MB005 - Gods can't see you in roleplaying games
May 29, 2016 12:29 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBThe ancient Egyptian gods can be fooled if you have enough money. Does that make sense?
006 - Dressing like a murder hobo
May 29, 2016 12:19 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MBWhat does your clothing signal?
004 - The Colour blindness of ancient peoples
May 25, 2016 15:26 - 6 minutes - 5.79 MB003 - What do your hands say in Mythic Europe?
May 25, 2016 15:23 - 8 minutes - 8.01 MB002 - Sacrificing Horace to Clocina
May 25, 2016 15:20 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MBA minor Roman god with whom you are in daily, slightly disgusting, contact. With thanks to Dr Heather Mbye.
001 - We Start At The Appendix
May 25, 2016 14:37 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBIn 1220 Mythic Europe, no-one has an appendix. When they start appearing, what does it mean?