The Smiling Fox is an unofficial Mythic Bastionland podcast.
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The Smiling Fox is an unofficial Mythic Bastionland podcast.
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July 6, 2026
Ep 9 - Anatomy of a Myth
<p>Show notes:<br>Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall <a href="https://bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf">https://bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf</a></p><p>Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec <a href="https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a">https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a</a> and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.</p><p>Our outro music is "The New Age" by Jesse.</p><p>Mixed by Jesse from <a href="https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/">https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/</a>.</p><p>Timings:<br>00:00 The Intro<br>00:49 The Name<br>01:35 The Poem<br>03:21 The Illustration<br>06:54 The Table<br>11:10 The Cast<br>22:37 The Ruin<br>24:11 The Object<br>31:18 The Omens<br>42:34 The Checklist<br>59:22 The Resolution<br>1:06:32 The Failure<br>1:09:40 The Creation<br>1:14:44 The Holdings<br>1:22:00 The Judge<br>1:31:03 The Outro</p><p>Discussed on the show:<ul><li>Sticky Goblins <a href="https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2021/02/sticky-goblins.html">https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2021/02/sticky-goblins.html</a></li><li>Holding Threads <a href="https://www.bastionland.com/2025/09/holding-threads.html?m=1">https://www.bastionland.com/2025/09/holding-threads.html?m=1</a></li><li>Encounter Checklist <a href="https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/encounter-checklist">https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/encounter-checklist</a></li><li>The Game of Three Truths in the campaign <a href="https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-thrice-ninth-kingdom-xii.html">https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-thrice-ninth-kingdom-xii.html</a></li><li>William's explanation on his mechanism for A Game of Three Truths <a href="https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-game-of-three-truths.html">https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-game-of-three-truths.html</a></li></ul></p><p>Find the hosts at:<ul><li>Brian <a href="https://luckroll.blogspot.com/">https://luckroll.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>William <a href="https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/">https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>Horst <a href="https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/">https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>Jesse <a href="https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/">https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/</a></li></ul></p>
May 4, 2026
Ep 8 - Bonfires from Sparks
<p>Show notes:<br>Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall <a href="https://bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf">https://bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf</a></p><p>Music: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (Benjamin, Durham, Marcus, Seiler: 1938)</p><p>Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec <a href="https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a">https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a</a> and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.</p><p>Our outro music is "Medieval Victory Epic (Version 1)" by makesound <a href="https://openverse.org/audio/794859e7-c63c-466e-9f76-631e1e01e098">https://openverse.org/audio/794859e7-c63c-466e-9f76-631e1e01e098</a> and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.</p><p>Mixed by Jesse from <a href="https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/">https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/</a>.</p><p>Timings:<br>00:00 Intro<br>00:55 Example Spark Table results<br>03:47 Sparks for special contexts<br>04:52 Mixing and matching<br>06:49 The squire wager<br>07:40 Changing the purpose<br>08:12 Under time pressure<br>13:31 Rerolling<br>15:59 Elaborating later<br>17:39 Myth-like results<br>20:24 Chains of associations<br>22:06 Themes for interpretation<br>23:58 Woland - a collaborative mythic realm<br>34:16 Lasting effects<br>36:38 40+ sessions<br>37:25 Threads that aren't myths<br>44:12 Adding extra omens<br>45:10 More example Sparks<br>48:24 You be the Judge!<br>55:24 Q+A Branching omens<br>58:40 Q+A Environmental challenges<br>1:02:47 Q+A Non-interactive omens<br>1:07:17 Outro</p><p>Discussed on the show:<ul><li>Blorb principles <a href="https://idiomdrottning.org/blorb-principles">https://idiomdrottning.org/blorb-principles</a></li><li>Oddpocrypha on Landmarks (Mythic Bastionland page 199)</li><li>Tale of the Manticore - season 3 using delayed interpretation of Mythic Game Master Emulator spark table results <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-s3e01--62324279">https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-s3e01--62324279</a></li><li>Woland project - launch and collection of all articles <a href="https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/2026/01/woland-collaborative-mythic-realm.html">https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/2026/01/woland-collaborative-mythic-realm.html</a></li><li>Beardmancer’s method for blending sparks for prep <a href="https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/one-method-to-prep-for-improvisation">https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/one-method-to-prep-for-improvisation</a></li><li>d4 Caltrops’s d100 – Absent Adventurer: Where Have You Been? <a href="https://blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/01/d100-absent-adventurer-where-have-you.html">https://blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/01/d100-absent-adventurer-where-have-you.html</a></li><li>Bastionland Discord - source of questions for the Q+A section <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Y6sGBra">https://discord.com/invite/Y6sGBra</a></li></ul></p><p>Find the hosts at:<ul><li>Brian <a href="https://luckroll.blogspot.com/">https://luckroll.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>William <a href="https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/">https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>Horst <a href="https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/">https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/</a></li></ul></p>
February 21, 2026
Ep 7 - The Mythical and the Mundane
<p>Show notes:<br>We're joined by Kieron Gillen from <a href="https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/">https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/</a> and designer of DIE: The Roleplaying Game <a href="https://rowanrookanddecard.itch.io/die-rpg">https://rowanrookanddecard.itch.io/die-rpg</a><br>This episode also features a previously-recorded segment from our episode 3 guest, Jesse from <a href="https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/">https://beardmancerbungalow.blot.im/</a>.</p><p>Mythic Bastionland was created by Chris McDowall <a href="https://bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf">https://bastionlandpress.com/products/mythic-bastionland-hardback-book-plus-pdf</a></p><p>Our intro music is "Medieval" by Ptibec <a href="https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a">https://openverse.org/audio/1f62fd74-2742-45de-b6eb-79f9dbbddb3a</a> and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.</p><p>Our outro music is "Medieval Victory Epic (Version 1)" by makesound <a href="https://openverse.org/audio/794859e7-c63c-466e-9f76-631e1e01e098">https://openverse.org/audio/794859e7-c63c-466e-9f76-631e1e01e098</a> and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.</p><p>Timings:<br>00:00 Intro<br>03:21 Setting up the realm<br>06:10 Sparks when needed<br>09:31 Blorbiness and characters<br>14:17 Ageing and legacy<br>15:29 Narrative and story<br>18:00 Protecting the reality<br>21:09 Seers<br>22:15 A generational saga<br>27:48 Unresolved situations<br>32:23 Prepping myths and sites<br>35:57 Succession<br>37:26 Turning the wheels<br>38:58 Pursuits<br>41:27 Planning time jumps<br>43:59 The knights' reputations<br>44:54 Batman creating supervillains<br>47:30 Myths as problems<br>48:41 Domain-level play<br>50:58 Questing knights<br>52:47 Skipping travel<br>54:29 Feasts and Seers<br>57:21 Talking to stones<br>58:41 Sparks and improv<br>1:00:55 Ending the campaign<br>1:04:25 Jesse: Story Game / OSR<br>1:06:29 Kieron: Story Game / OSR<br>1:11:07 The Oath as GM principles<br>1:13:00 You be the Judge!<br>1:19:16 Outro</p><p>Discussed on the show:<ul><li>Kieron's comics <a href="https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb">https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb</a></li><li>Kieron's games <a href="https://kierongillen.itch.io/">https://kierongillen.itch.io/</a></li><li>Amiga Power <a href="https://archive.org/details/amiga-power">https://archive.org/details/amiga-power</a></li><li>Speedball 2 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyX4BPU-Bao">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyX4BPU-Bao</a></li><li>Blorb principles <a href="https://idiomdrottning.org/blorb-principles">https://idiomdrottning.org/blorb-principles</a></li><li>Stephen R Donaldson: Mordant's Need <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordant%27s_Need">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordant%27s_Need</a></li><li>The Skim: Mythic Bastionland <a href="https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/the-skim-mythic-bastionland/">https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/the-skim-mythic-bastionland/</a></li><li>Pendragon <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon/">https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon/</a></li></ul></p><p>Find the hosts at:<ul><li>Brian <a href="https://luckroll.blogspot.com/">https://luckroll.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>William <a href="https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/">https://halfawormandabittenapple.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>Horst <a href="https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/">https://blackcitygauntlet.blogspot.com/</a></li></ul></p>
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