Timothy Ferguson

Games From Folktales

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A podcast that mixes historical trivia and tabletop roleplaying settings.

Author

Timothy Ferguson

Episodes

032 - Sanctuary of Ice : The Boring Bit At The Start 12.01.2017 24:53

031 - The Early History of Magic 05.01.2017 12:31

030 - Daquin, China views the West 29.12.2016 6:16

029 - Who brings Christmas presents to the Order of Hermes. 22.12.2016 3:41

028 - Why there is no Art of Tempus 15.12.2016 12:19

027a - Plans for 2017 11.12.2016 4:10

027 - Ruminations on ghosts 09.12.2016 11:42

026 - Dowry bargains as story hooks 01.12.2016 16:17

025 - A Covenant for Shallot 24.11.2016 32:29

025.1 - Robinsonades 21.11.2016 4:53

The way my podcast plan works, I can squeeze in an extra five minutes this month. You'll still get an episode Friday (the biggest ever).

024 - Curdling magic 18.11.2016 6:55

023 - Ptolemaic survivals 11.11.2016 7:15

022 - Environmental determinism and the Order of Hermes 04.11.2016 16:22

021 - Clown punching in Mythic Europe 31.10.2016 8:46

020 - Why do magpies keep following me 27.10.2016 10:45

Trivial things make for excellent stories.

019 First fruits 20.10.2016 10:01

018 Prosthetic parasites 13.10.2016 8:52

017 Pre-Romantic Models of Love 06.10.2016 8:00

A comparison of how love is constructed in classical and romantic stories, arguing that the classical form serves gaming better. The lecture which prompted this series of ideas is available at https://youtu.be/sPOuIyEJnbE After the recording was scheduled for release, a more succinct version was published at https://youtu.be/WPXbaJC2hLo

015 Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio 30.09.2016 12:16

014 The Patient Art of Aquam 23.09.2016 9:41

The Ars Magica rules give a creation penalty for water that is slightly unnatural. What is slightly unnatural water?

016 The Fall of Babbulkund 14.09.2016 7:33

With thanks to Alex Clarke from Librivox.

013 Don't eat the werebear 09.09.2016 7:50

Finnish wizards and fine dining.

012 What is a sampo? 02.09.2016 13:12

A note on the Kalevala, and the McGuffin within it.

011 Mythic Europe is tiny 26.08.2016 8:28

You may not need travel magic: everything is closer than you think.

10a - End of Season 1: we break to Librivox 17.07.2016 1:10

Series 1 is finished and scripts are available form the website. I'll be taking a few weeks off to push for a milestone on librivox.org: 10 000 free audio books, by our eleventh anniversary! Season 2 kicks off in August