Opposed Roles (Opposed Roles)

A discussion between Bilharzia and Raleel about movement and engagement in the Mythras Roleplaying game.

Check out Inwils' Mythras Matters podcast here - http://www.buzzsprout.com/266482 Raleel and I have been guesting recently, talking about the Monster Island campaign supplement for Mythras.

Raleel and Bil interview Mike Larrimore & Brian Pivik, the authors of the "Destined" RPG.

A discussion between Bilharzia and Raleel about variable action points in the Mythras Roleplaying game.

Bil and Raleel interview their guest, Kristin, about her 11th century campaign set in the far north of Norway. The discussion broadens significantly beyond that and we go on talking about RPGs and campaigns more generally. 

References: 

The Age of Vikings by Anders Winroth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21981623-the-age-of-the-vikings

Viking Age: Everyday Life During the Extraordinary Era of the Norsemen by Kirsten Wolf https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19659470-viking-age

Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World  by Johanna Katrin Fridriksdottir  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50765199-valkyrie

Beowulf: A New Translation by Unknown, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41940267-beowulf

The Saga Thing Podcast https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/

Inside the Viking Mind
Not mentioned in the podcast, but recommended - a three part lecture by Professor Neil Price focusing on the fundamental role that narrative, storytelling and dramatisation played in the mindset of the Viking Age.

The Children of Ash: Cosmology and the Viking Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJZBqmGLHQ8

Life and Afterlife: Dealing with the Dead in the Viking Age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2gN8n15_A

The Shape of the Soul: The Viking Mind and the Individual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Db9sG1PSsQ

This episode's cover image is of Hel, Norse goddess of the underworld.

Raleel and Bil interview Dan True about his thoughts on Mythras' combat system.

Please Note: This was recorded in summer 2020 when Book of Schemes was scheduled for release in 2021. This publishing date has been pushed back to 2022. Other predicted dates mentioned in the discussion may also be out of date.

This episode's cover image is adapted from a photograph of an armed and armoured Dan True during combat.

Raleel and Bilharzia discuss how to use Animism in your game, drawing from depictions of spirits and Animism in media, other games, and their own experience of using Animism in Mythras.

HeroQuest Voices was mentioned in the podcast  https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/home/catalogue/publishers/issaries/heroquest-voices/

Bil used some of these stories in preparation for creating an origin story for the player characters' tribe and for the shaman ceremony.

The Mythras and Lyonesse panel information  https://www.gencon.com/events/183841

If you are interested in playing a Mythras scenario during Gencon Online, a number of Mythras one-shot adventures are scheduled  https://www.gencon.com/event_finder?game=Mythras

Check out the Mythras Matters podcast if you haven't already - https://www.buzzsprout.com/266482

Bil and Raleel discuss Raleel's Shadowrun hack, and other ways of extending and hacking Animism in Mythras.

Links:

Raleel - Cyberpunk and Shadowrun

https://sites.google.com/site/raleel/mythras-cyberpunk-and-shadowrun

Mark Shirley - The practices of Vaudu 

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/designmechanism/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1099&p=11286#p11286

Runeblogger cyberpunk

https://elruneblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/cyberpunk-y-shadowrun-con-rq6-o-mythras.html

M-Space cybernetics

http://www.frostbytebooks.com/companion

Raleel and Bil discuss Cults, Brotherhoods, and Organisations in Mythras.

Bil and Raleel talk to Dan True again, this time about his forthcoming supplement "Book of Schemes", scheduled for release in February 2023.