Games From Folktales
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050 - Goblin Market
An enormous poem to celebrate the 50th episode
049 - Three plot hooks from Gaiman's Norse Mythology
048 - Dunsany Fragments : Ghosts
047 - Brewing in the Thirteenth Century
046 - ANZAC Day
045 - The Great Chinese Gold Sponge
044 - The Exchange of Evils
A continuation of our tour through the works of Lord Dunsany
043 - Study breaks of the famous
042.1 - Update
Not this week's episode!
042 - Literary criticism
041 - The Sack of Emeralds
Continuing our quest to prove that Lord Dunsany was a Mercere.
040 - Pastoralis
A piece of fiction about a forbidden book.
039 - Does vis bioaccumulate?
038 - Sanctuary of Ice Labyrinth of Lanes
E037 - Playing at ghosts
Can people pretending ot be ghosts cause hauntings?
036 - Self made monster
035 - Moral luck
EThe video mentioned in the podcast is https://youtu.be/DpDSPVv8lUE
034 - Falling backward through time
033 - Whaling in Mythic Europe
032 - Sanctuary of Ice : The Boring Bit At The Start
031 - The Early History of Magic
030 - Daquin, China views the West
029 - Who brings Christmas presents to the Order of Hermes.
028 - Why there is no Art of Tempus
027a - Plans for 2017
027 - Ruminations on ghosts
026 - Dowry bargains as story hooks
025 - A Covenant for Shallot
E025.1 - Robinsonades
The 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
023 - Ptolemaic survivals
022 - Environmental determinism and the Order of Hermes
021 - Clown punching in Mythic Europe
020 - Why do magpies keep following me
ETrivial things make for excellent stories.
019 First fruits
018 Prosthetic parasites
017 Pre-Romantic Models of Love
A 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
E014 The Patient Art of Aquam
The Ars Magica rules give a creation penalty for water that is slightly unnatural. What is slightly unnatural water?
016 The Fall of Babbulkund
With thanks to Alex Clarke from Librivox.
013 Don't eat the werebear
Finnish wizards and fine dining.
012 What is a sampo?
A note on the Kalevala, and the McGuffin within it.
011 Mythic Europe is tiny
You may not need travel magic: everything is closer than you think.
10a - End of Season 1: we break to Librivox
Series 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
An ancient ghost story, and perhaps an alien abduction.
009 - Intersexuality
E008 - Charles Darwin wrecked our dragons
007 - Mass Hysteria
005 - Gods can't see you in roleplaying games
The ancient Egyptian gods can be fooled if you have enough money. Does that make sense?
006 - Dressing like a murder hobo
What does your clothing signal?