Ep 11 - Road to Bastion

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

Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Our outro music is "The New Age" by Jesse.

Mixed by Jesse from https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/.

Timings:
00:00 Intro
01:03 Teaching / games crossover
02:34 Getting to the good stuff
05:12 The bone magnet saga
06:46 Leveling up
08:52 Early game designs
10:58 🎲 A Wanderer's Romance
13:50 Wanderer's code, knight's oath
14:46 100 Burdens
16:55 Playtesting
18:25 Breaking the oath
21:30 Extending the oath
22:10 🎲 Into the Odd (and Google+)
25:59 Imagined versions of games
27:57 Hacks of Into the Odd and Mythic
33:10 Writing myths
36:26 Random or selected myths
37:39 Adding to the stew
40:55 🎲 Electric Bastionland
43:50 Classes in Mythic Bastionland
45:30 Spark tables
46:34 The hex crawl
50:55 Why twelve?
52:27 🎲 Ask the stars
53:46 The first attempt at Intergalactic
54:42 The living stars
57:46 What is a Bastionland game?
01:00:04 FKR
01:01:52 🎲 Blighters
01:03:56 Lonely space to the big ship
01:07:12 🎲 The Doomed and MAC Attack
01:11:43 Evolution of Gambits
01:17:58 Bonus dice
01:20:35 Future expansions?
01:21:48 Mythic blog posts
01:24:44 (Unanswered) FAQ
01:27:41 No Romans, no roads
01:30:47 🎲 Intergalactic Bastionland
01:37:45 Outro

Discussed on the show:

Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland, Mythic Bastionland: https://www.bastionland.com/
gg no re playing Deep Carbon Observatory (and killing the Giant): https://fountain.fm/episode/9y9VZark2TsSVUVrEy2V
Powergame by Mikko Kauppinen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eqrkqgulee5ntjwRcNnFByH3qu74uJ7A/view
A Wanderer’s Romance: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/92757/a-wanderer-s-romance
Eco Mofos: https://davidblandy.itch.io/eco-mofos
Maze Rats: https://questingbeast.itch.io/maze-rats
Cairn: https://cairnrpg.com/
Tunnel Goons: https://tunnelgoons.com/
The apple sniffing horse: https://bsky.app/profile/bastionland.bsky.social/post/3mcyzqa4kqs26
Ask the Stars: https://www.bastionland.com/2020/12/ask-stars-minimal-solo-rpg.html
2400: https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400
Arkbound / Xenofringe: https://www.bastionland.com/2012/07/
Die Bonehead Die https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ffZhkW9kWlOhaDQsbjCfrg-4_or3xALR9FYEXJ4VF3I/
Cornetto Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Flavours_Cornetto
Blighters https://bit.ly/blightersrpg
The Doomed https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/doomed-9781472854254/
MAC Attack https://chrismcdee.itch.io/mac-attack
Impairing Impairing https://www.bastionland.com/2025/07/impairing-impairing.html
Between the Ages https://www.bastionland.com/2025/05/between-ages.html
Between Seasons https://www.bastionland.com/2025/05/between-seasons.html
Mythic Rivers ttps://www.bastionland.com/2025/08/mythic-rivers.html
A Mythic Calendar https://www.bastionland.com/2024/10/a-mythic-calendar.html

Find the hosts at:

William https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/
Horst https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/
Brian https://luckroll.blogspot.com/