Roleplaying games from historical research
The folklore for the Cheshire book is feeling a bit sparse. Leigh Egerton’s Ballads & Legends of Cheshire from 1867 claims that Cheshire lacks folklore because it has no mountains. Cornwall had enough folklore for a book, so I thought this was silliness. That being said, the richest folklore I’ve found has been in Longdendale,…
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Dear listener, this was the least pleasant of the many things I’ve worked through to find you historical material. This book is a summary of witch trials written by an early English antifeminist author. It’s a long litany of people killing aged and neurodivergent women. That being noted there’s material for three episodes here. This…
Read MoreA new piece of mythic lore, for those facing the might of the Flambeau, or other wizards skilled in fire magic. In On Architecture, the author records that Julius Ceasar once tried to subdue a tribe who had a great wooden tower before their fortress. He had his men rain down fiery arrows on it,…
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Games From Folktales 