Show overview
Games From Folktales has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 616 episodes, alongside 43 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 556th season.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 5 min and 17 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 28 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2018, with 82 episodes published. Published by Timothy Ferguson.
From the publisher
A podcast that mixes historical trivia and tabletop roleplaying settings.
Latest Episodes
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576 - The Crafty Lover
574 - The Book Hunter by Arthur Macy
575 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 4
573 - The Jovial Hunter
572 - Anime eyes and model collapse in Mythic Europe
570 The Spider - Hans Ewers
571 - 2026 Annual report
569 - Men Who Walk Upon The Air
568 - Ghosts in Court by Sabine Baring-Gould
567 - The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas
566 - The Sea Raiders by HG Wells
565 - Alvearium
564 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 3
563 - The Lady Witch by Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
Ep 562562 - On Love by Robert Herrick
The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. A range of Ars Magica materials based on the Games From Folktales podcast are available on Drivethru, Itch, and Patreon. Your support allows the podcast to continue and to makes advertisments unnecessary. If you're unable to support the podcast financially, please enjoy the Pay What You Want titles for free.
Ep 561561 - The Valley of Spiders by HG Wells
The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. A range of Ars Magica materials based on the Games From Folktales podcast are available on Drivethru, Itch, and Patreon. Your support allows the podcast to continue and to makes advertisments unnecessary. If you're unable to support the podcast financially, please enjoy the Pay What You Want titles for free.
Ep 559561 - Alpine Papyrus
The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. A range of Ars Magica materials based on the Games From Folktales podcast are available on Drivethru, Itch, and Patreon. Your support allows the podcast to continue and to makes advertisments unnecessary. If you're unable to support the podcast financially, please enjoy the Pay What You Want titles for free.
Ep 560560 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 2
The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. A range of Ars Magica materials based on the Games From Folktales podcast are available on Drivethru, Itch, and Patreon. Your support allows the podcast to continue and to makes advertisments unnecessary. If you're unable to support the podcast financially, please enjoy the Pay What You Want titles for free.
Ep 669559 - Herrick - On Groves
The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. A range of Ars Magica materials based on the Games From Folktales podcast are available on Drivethru, Itch, and Patreon. Your support allows the podcast to continue and to makes advertisments unnecessary. If you're unable to support the podcast financially, please enjoy the Pay What You Want titles for free.