Games From Folktales
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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?
004 - The Colour blindness of ancient peoples
003 - What do your hands say in Mythic Europe?
002 - Sacrificing Horace to Clocina
A minor Roman god with whom you are in daily, slightly disgusting, contact. With thanks to Dr Heather Mbye.
001 - We Start At The Appendix
In 1220 Mythic Europe, no-one has an appendix. When they start appearing, what does it mean?