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Seeking playtesters

Hello Tier 3 Mythicists! I'm looking for playtesters for Mythic GME 2e to get feedback from.

The book is mostly finished and all the core components have been tested, so maybe this is less playtesting than seeking people's impressions. This will help me decide if I need to change any of the explanations in the book or offer more clarity.

I'm mainly looking for spot testing, having players use a specific portion of the new ruleset and get feedback from you in how it feels compared ...

Progress Journal, Nov. 12

Greetings Mythicists! I hope everyone had a good and safe Halloween season, and played plenty of appropriately scary solo adventures :)

The progress I have to report now is much like the previous, where work is continuing on Mythic Game Master Emulator 2 steadily. I am hoping to have it out by the end of the year, or January 2023 at the latest. I am considering January as the 20th anniversary of Mythic so that would be a good month to release it. It's a big book, however, so I want to t...

Mythic Magazine #24 Content Poll

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! Welcome to another content poll.

This next issue marks 2 full years of Mythic Magazine! I am blown away, and I want to thank you for being my Patrons and making this possible!

As usual, feel free to mark as many options as you want on this poll. I will choose the top two vote getters that fall into different article categories.

Good luck!

Mythic Magazine #23

Happy Halloween everyone! While this issue of Mythic Magazine isn't season related, hopefully you still consider it a treat :)

This issue contains:

• Creating Complicated Campaigns: Advice and tools for managing complicated campaigns, adventures that have grown in scope to the point they are difficult to manage.
• Generating Adventure Puzzles: A Mythic method for randomly generating puzzles for your Characters to solve in solo play. 2022-10-31 21:54:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Preview Random Event

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! I have another preview for you. This time it's the lovely artwork of Jorge Muñoz for the cover of the next Mythic Magazine.

As you can see he's hinting at the dungeon puzzles article. I have to admit, when I saw that "A Mythic system for generating dungeon style puzzles" had won as one of the articles for this issue my first thought was "Oh my God, they chose the puzzles article! I really hadn't thought they would ..."

I had added that one last minut...

October 2022 Preview

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! I have a preview random event for you :)

This is both a preview, but also a "what do you think of this" kind of thing. It's one of the Elements Meaning Tables in the upcoming Mythic GME Second Edition. This one is for coming up with names.

My approach to randomly generating names is a little odd, which is why I'm looking to see how you respond to this.

This table is a collection of sounds and concepts that when combined are meant to be suggestive...

Progress Journal - Oct. 7, 2022

Greetings Mythicists! I hope everyone is doing well today :)

I've started work on the next issue of Mythic Magazine, #23, with the content poll going up today for Tier 3 Mythicists. I was really happy with how issue #22 turned out, so I'm excited to see what's in store for the next one!

Work on Mythic GME 2e is moving steadily. I'm still projecting a publishing date of by the end of the year. I had originally hoped to get it out by the end of October, but it needs a few more month...

Mythic Magazine #23 Content Poll

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! Once again the awesome responsibility of deciding the fate of the next issue is in your hands!

As usual, feel free to choose from as many of the options below as you like. I will select the top two vote getters that fall into different categories: What If (WI), Variations (V), Tool Box (TB), and Interrupt (I).

Good luck! :)

Mythic Magazine #22

Greetings Mythicists! I hope everyone is doing well :)

I invite you to take a journey with me to a mysterious jungle island full of danger and opportunity. It's Mythic Magazine #22!

I went a little nuts with this one. The issue clocks in at 68 pages long which, I believe, makes it the largest issue of Mythic Magazine yet. Most of that is because of the adventure setting which kept growing as I developed it. I guess mysterious islands have a way of doing that :)

This issue co...

Progress Journal, Sept. 21, 2022

Greetings Mythicists!

Work on Mythic Magazine #22 is coming along well. It should drop late next week. Pictured above is the title page for a solo adventure setting that's in this issue. This is similar to the Tockley Manor adventure published in Issue #11, except this is a setting designed for sandbox solo play.

With Tockley I was hoping to present a framework for a style of adventure module that's optimized for solo. There are various methods for solo adventuring with published ...

September Preview

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! I have a Random Event for you, a preview of some of the artwork in the upcoming Mythic GME 2e.

I've shown some of the artwork in past posts, but these should be new ones.

Jorge finished all the art a month or so ago. I'm in the process now of finalizing text and working images into place.

I hope you enjoy these images. I'm very much looking forward to when 2e comes out! I anticipate it should be by the end of the year.

Happy adventuring! 2022-09-16 22:50:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Future project poll

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! I hope everyone is doing well today.

There is still much to do on Mythic GME 2e, but with it only a few months off from being completed I wanted to take a pulse for what you all think should be the next project after this.

There are a number of things I know I will do, and want to do, but I'm curious what you all think should be the priority after the 2e book is done.

Please choose only one option from the choices below.

Thank you, and happ...

Compilation #3 print discount

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! I have a discount for you :)

I just published the print on demand editions of Mythic Magazine Compilation #3 at DriveThruRPG. If you're interested in grabbing one, you can use one of the links below which will knock $5 off the print price.

Mythic Magazine Compilation #3 softcover standard color paper: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=9f544d09...

Progress Journal, Sept. 6, 2022

Greetings Mythicists! I hope everyone is doing well.

As usual, there is lots going on and in development. Mythic GME 2e is moving along nicely. All the artwork is in from Jorge, including the cover. I went back to the drawing board regarding the cover, and I'm happy with how it's shaping up. I've also hired an editor to help me polish the text. I'm still looking at by the end of the year for it being published.

I've been working on getting the PDFs into print form. Mythic Magazine...

Mythic Magazine #22 Content Poll

So sorry, I just posted this poll then had to delete it as I forgot to enable multiple voting on it and that option can't be changed once the poll is posted. So here we go again! :)

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! Once again the content poll is before you! As usual, feel free to choose as many selections as you like. I will go with the top two vote getters that fall into separate article categories.

I was very happy with the reception of the Mythic magic rules in the last issue. The ...

Mythic Magazine #21

We're in for a magical time with this issue! Volume 21 brings:

A Chat With Trevor Devall: A discussion with the host of Me, Myself & Die! about the elements of a good solo adventure.

The Mythic Magic System: A complete magic system that can be used with Mythic alone, or in conjunction with any RPG.

This was a fun issue to do because I never get tired of talking about magic. It also feels good to write rules based on the Mythic RPG Ranks ...

The Fate Check in 2e

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! I have a Random Event for you ... a preview of how the Fate Check works in Mythic GME Second Edition. You can download the 2 page PDF here.

The Fate Check from Mythic Variations 2 is going to be included in the 2e book as part of the core rules. However, the Fate Check system has been overhauled. I think it works better and more elegantly.

The percentage chance of getting a Yes answer very closely matches the 2e Fate Chart (which is a little different ...

Posters and such?

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists :)

Since I consider my Tier 3 people as part of a creative roundtable, I have an idea I want to put before you to see what you think.

Do you think it would be a good idea to produce Mythic related products like posters and other physical objects? What I'm picturing is stuff like the Fate Chart and important tables arranged into posters, GM screens, or whatnot.

I'm looking for an online source where these kinds of things can be produced. I'm consid...

Mythic Magazine Podcast Question

Hello Tier 3 Mythicists!

I am considering doing another podcast episode, and I'm trying to decide what it should be. So I am going to ask your opinion.

I'm considering one of three possible things:

• Another interview with an interesting solo RPG personality. If I go this route, we can discuss who to reach out to.
• Start an actual play series. If I do this, I'm viewing it as on ongoing, serialized adventure. I figure each episode would involve a Scene or two. I'm...
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Progress Journal, August 12, 2022

Greetings Mythicists!

So what's new ... I've been working on getting more POD versions of current books available. The top priority with this has been Compilations 2 and 3. I'm waiting on print copies to come to me through the mail. If all looks good, then those editions should go live soon.

I'm also going to make available a hardcover edition of the Mythic GME blue book.

I'm considering also having softcover and hardcover editions of the GME blue book available. However, I'...

Progress Journal, August 6, 2022

Greetings Mythicists! I hope everyone is doing well today.

Progress on the Second Edition Mythic Game Master Emulator is moving along very well. I would say I'm ahead of where I thought I would be at this point. I anticipate it coming out before the end of this year.

The book has shaped up into something much more than what I had originally envisioned. I had at first thought it would be more of a revised edition, updated with new rules from the other books. Kind of a compilation e...

Mythic Magazine #21 content poll

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists! It is that time again! Can you feel the AWESOME WEIGHT of the choice you are about to make?!?

So here we are with this month's batch of article ideas for you to choose from. As usual, please select as many as you like. I will select the top two ideas that fall into separate article categories (What If, Variations, Tool Box, & Interrupt).

I do plan to include in this issue a written account of my interview with Trevor Devall of Me, Myself, & Die...

Mythic Magazine Podcast 1.1 - A Chat With Trevor Devall

Here is my interview with the amazing Trevor Devall of the solo role-play show Me, Myself, & Die! I'm offering this as a little bonus extra to my Tier 2 and 3 Mythicists :)

We talk about a number of topics, including approaches to interpreting oracle prompts, and how far to improvise and when it's time to stop and ask a question.

I enjoyed doing the interview very much, he was a pleasure to talk with. I will be writing a written version of this interview in the next issue of...

A chat with Trevor

This morning I had a wonderful interview with Trevor Devall of Me, Myself, & Die. Not only is he interesting and a nice person, but we were able to get into some depth about making a solo session go well and he has some great insight.

When I have the audio on this sufficiently put together, I'll post it here for your Mythicist enjoyment :)

Mythic Magazine Compilation #3 Tier 3 Discount

Hello Mythicists :)

Well, I finally got the third Compilation out today. It just hit DriveThruRPG. Most of you probably already have the individual issues included in the compilation, however if you still want to pick this up you can use this discount code that gives you a third off.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=97155afd81 

Whenever I release something...

Mythic Magazine #20

Hello Mythicists! I hope all is going well. It's really hot where I am, and getting hotter. I think it's best to just stay inside, run the air conditioner, and play role-playing games.

Welcome to issue #20! This issue contains:

• Conclusive Adventure Conclusions: Tips and rules for arriving at a satisfying conclusion to any solo adventure.
• Turn Any Show, Movie, Or Book Into A Solo Adventure: A method for transforming your favorite nar...
  2022-07-26 23:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post

So, I was thinking ...

And I thought, I'm going to be interviewing Trevor Duvall. How cool is that! And then I thought, if I'm going to be interviewing him over the phone, why not do it over the internet and record it podcast style. I asked him if he thought this was a good idea, and he gave me his thumbs up.

Thus is born The Mythic Magazine Podcast!

Why not, right? I know no one wants to hear my voice, but I'm sure all of you would like to hear his. I will still write this up as an interview in the nex...

Mythic Magazine Directory

I know it's sometimes difficult to find a particular article from a past issue, so I've set up a visual directory of Mythic Magazine issues on the Word Mill Games site. You can view it here: https://www.wordmillgames.com/mythic-magazine.html

This should make it a little easier to flip through the magazine covers and locate a particular article.

July Preview

Greetings Tier 3 Mythicists, I have a Random Event for you :)

The image above will be the cover art for Mythic Magazine Compilation #3, which should be coming out in the next 4 weeks or so.

The artist, the ever wonderful Jorge Munoz, composited this cover as an homage to one of his favorite comic book covers, Love And Rockets 1.

As with the covers on the previous Compilations, this one incorporates elements from the 6 issues included. Compilation 3 covers issues #13-18. Each...

Progress Journal, July 15

Greetings Mythicists! I have a few updates for you ...

I am looking at the remainder of 2022 as a time to make a big push to get some important Mythic projects completed. Top priority on that list is completing Mythic GME 2nd Edition, which I hope to have out before the end of the year.

I'm also working on getting Mythic Magazine Compilation 3 done within the next four weeks.

I've been slowly making changes to the Word Mill Games website to make it more approachable and nic...