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The Smiling Fox

The Smiling Fox
Mythic Bastionland
Time
Elder Mass
Myths
Scepter Mass
Feast Of the Sun
OSR
Into the Odd
Knights
Spark Tables
The Smiling Fox
Mythic Bastionland Newsletter
NPC Design
Adventure Writing
Solo Gaming
Dungeons & Dragons
Combat Mechanics
Omens
The Plague
PBTA (powered By the Apocalypse)

The Smiling Fox is an unofficial Mythic Bastionland podcast.

PublishesMonthlyEpisodes11Foundeda year ago
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Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf

Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a and is licensed... more

Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf

Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a and is licensed... more

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Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf

Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a and... more

Show notes:

Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf

Music: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (Benjamin, Durham, Marcus, Seiler: 1938)

Our intro music is "M... more

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Recent Guests

Christopher McDowall
First citizen of Bastion, designer of Mythic Bastionland and related games
Mythic Bastionland/Electric Bastionland
Episode: Ep 11 - Road to Bastion
Kieron Gillen
Acclaimed comic writer for Image and Marvel; game designer for Mythic Bastionland project
Image Comics, Marvel; Mythic Bastionland
Episode: Ep 7 - The Mythical and the Mundane
Amanda P.
Adventure writer extraordinaire with a focus on NPCs and a game designer
Episode: Ep 6 - To Stick the Landing
Thomas Manuel
A professional nerd and podcaster with Yes Indeed podcast, journalist with Rascal, and editor of the Indie RPG Newsletter
Episode: Ep 4 - Storytelling

Hosts

Horst
Brian
William

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 30 ratings
  • Brian!

    Great show. Where’s Brian?

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    The Wax Knight
    United States2 months ago
  • Keep going!

    Great episode! Just picked up the rules a few days ago, and was really stoked to find your cast. Particularly enjoyed the segment where you spoke through various options for handling an example encounter from a recent game- very helpful to hear your individual reasoning and POVs.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jackulhaups
    United Statesa year ago

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Listeners express enthusiasm for the series and interest in hearing more from Brian.
The conversations about individual approaches and points of view are a particular draw.
Listeners value practical explanations of how the hosts reason through encounter options and game situations.

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Apple Podcasts
#208
Australia/Leisure/Games
Apple Podcasts
#68
Poland/Leisure/Games
Apple Podcasts
#130
South Korea/Leisure/Games
Apple Podcasts
#185
Mexico/Leisure/Games
Apple Podcasts
#236
Poland/Leisure

Talking Points

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Ep 7 - The Mythical and the Mundane
Q: Do you prefer rolling myths or selecting them for your campaigns?
I prefer rolling the sparks and then embracing whatever the dice deliver, because it creates a genuinely emergent world where the myths dictate rather than dictate you.
Ep 7 - The Mythical and the Mundane
Q: How do you start a Mythic Bastionland session when you have only a rough spark for a realm?
The approach is to generate the realm at a high level, develop relationships, place a few sparks, and then let the seeds of myth influence how the knights are summoned and what threats emerge.
Ep 4 - Storytelling
Q: What makes Mythic Bastionland a good entry point for new players?
Mythic Bastionland serves as a bridge between story-focused RPGs and OSR-style games, blending elements of both, which can ease players into different styles of role-playing.
Ep 4 - Storytelling
Q: Was there any advantage to starting with mature characters instead of typical young knights?
Starting as mature characters gave us not only a defined role within the realm, but also created more emotional investment in the story, heightening our attachment to events that unfolded.

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What is The Smiling Fox about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Conversations about Mythic Bastionland and the craft of running tabletop role-playing games, with recurring hosts Horst, Brian, and William joined at times by other players and guests. Episodes pair practical advice with discussion of game design, covering topics such as combat, campaign endings, myths, sparks, refereeing, improvisation, and player agency. The hosts draw on their own play experiences to explain how rules and prompts can shape stories, and guests bring perspectives from game design, adventure writing, comics, and tabletop publishing. The focus is especially useful for game masters and players interested in Mythic Bastionland, while comparisons with other systems and attention to adaptable techniques give the conversations wi... more

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