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Another Dunsany episode: plot hooks at the end! In an ill-lit ancient tavern that I know, are many tales of the sea; but not without the wine of Gorgondy, that I had of a private bargain from the gnomes, was the tale laid bare for which I had waited of an evening for the greater…

This episode went live early, so here’s a bonus transcript for the week. *** I’ve discussed previously the idea that there may be worlds, in deep Arcadia, where the Faerie Aura is a negative number. To come up to speed on that discussion see the previous episode about Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance.…

The transcript for this week went live early. This little bonus episode is to fill the gap. Saffron is the most expensive agricultural product, weight for weight, in Mythic Europe. There’s some question as to how hardy it is: people at the time claimed it grows best in arid climates, but in the 16th century, the…

Chaucer notes that roosters are natural astronomers. They innately know the time of dawn, dusk and the equinoxes. If your magus has a rooster familiar do they innately know when Sun and Year spells end, to the second? Is one of the astrological mystery cults led by a Bjonaer rooster? Many Bjornaers become a kaiju…

Welcome to Micro-Episode week! Here’s a poem by Walter de la Mare that I love, and think some redcap has repeated by an inn fire. The recording quoted in the podcast is from MarryAnn at Librivox. ‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller,    Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed…

As always with philosophy episodes let’s start with defining terms. The Omphalos Hypothesis was defined in the late 19th Century by Phillip Gosse, but the same idea had cropped up for at least 1 500 years. It’s that at creation God placed evidence of false age into the world. We don’t need to plumb the…

A story from Lord Dunsany, about a collection, of sorts, which the player characters may stumble upon. A redcap, Jerbiton or urban covenant may discover the Club, and find it necessary to defeat its members, or steal their treasures. Given that they are the treasures of distant fallen kingdoms they make excellent Arcane connections. They…

This episode went live early: so here’s the transcript folks!  Thanks to Imreal on the forums for the new tag line.   Many early roleplaying games had a strong division between good and evil, so that violence was just. In Ars Magica, many sagas are more interested in the results of the use of power…