Roleplaying games from historical research
Continuing our new series of Dunsany stories: Don Rodriguez is about to enter an inn that clearly has an Infernal aura. If your characters clear it out it is a suitable location for a Spring Covenant. Again, thanks to Ed Humpel and Librivox. I’ve cut things, so if you want the full ambience, go get…
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This week one of our Isle of Man episodes: the Buggane of the broken church of St Trinian’s. The recording used came from the book by Sophia Morrison and was released into the public domain through LibriVox by Kurt from Tucson. A long time ago there came some monks to the broad, rough meadow, which…
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A pair of monsters from some comedic poems.
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A few further notes from Kunz’s Curious Lore of Precious Stones. Diamond The virtues ascribed to this stone are almost all directly traceable either to its unconquerable hardness or to its transparency and purity. It was therefore thought to bring victory to the wearer, by endowing him with superior strength, fortitude, and courage. Marbodus tells us…
Read MoreA simple transcript, with little decoration, for last month. Last month was a tricky one, where I filled up 5 months worth of episodes. This stopped me making elaborate transcripts or statistics. I’ll be catching this up soon.
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This week: when noblemen ruin perfectly good vis sources for no reason. The recording used in this episode was released into the public domain through LibriVox. Thanks again to all the LibriVoxians! Once upon a time a knight was riding in the country beyond Gloucester and came to a forest abounding and boars stags and…
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The works of Lord Dunsany provided many dozens of plot hooks, and monsters, for the early episodes of this podcast. It also provided material for the longest. In my fossicking I took the easy pieces, in his short story collections, and left Dunsany’s novels alone. I thought them insufficiently fantastical. I was, however, mistaken. Time…
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One of our Isle of Man episodes. This story was originally collected by Sophia Morrison and was recorded into the public domain by Andrew Calvillo. Thanks to Andrew and all the people at LibriVox. After the story I’ll be popping up with a few observations. It was Midsummer Day, and the Peel Herring Fleet, with…
Read MoreTwo months worth of transcripts, July and August.
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This week, an extract from English Fairy Tales that calls back to a previous episode from the Cornish series. The tales of Jack the Giant-killer that I’m familiar with come from Cornwall so they deal with his early career and his retirement after he becomes a Knight of the Round Table, but it turns out…
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Games From Folktales 