Synopsis
A podcast mixing historical trivia and tabletop roleplaying games.
Episodes
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532 - Venice's Faerie Market - The Maskmakers
29/06/2025 Duration: 08minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one?affiliate_id=1776916 https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one
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530 - Mythic Cheshire - Covenant Sites
19/06/2025 Duration: 08minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one?affiliate_id=1776916 https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one
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531 - Mythic Cheshire - The Magic Book
13/06/2025 Duration: 08minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one?affiliate_id=1776916 https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one
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529 - Venice's Faerie Market - The Bookseller
08/06/2025 Duration: 11minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one?affiliate_id=1776916 https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one
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529 - Go buy the other Venice book now
08/06/2025 Duration: 18minAn episode to convince you to buy the Ars Magica supplement for Mythic Venice that I didin't write. This is not a paid advertisment - I just want them to do well. https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/vortex-verlag/serenissima-obscura-rpg-setting-guide-adventure If you're into buying Ars Magica supplements, may I interest you in the new magazine? It is available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. These are affiliate links. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one?affiliate_id=1776916 https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one
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528 - Two merfolk variants
04/06/2025 Duration: 13minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/Mythic-Europe-Magazine-Issue-One?affiliate_id=1776916
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537 - Mythic Cheshire - The Wehr-wolf
31/05/2025 Duration: 10minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one?affiliate_id=1776916 https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one
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527 - The Monster by Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
17/05/2025 Duration: 03min"Faeries stole Bridget" by Caprice, refered to in the episode, is at https://youtu.be/0N837i5PUVA?si=2oeediOduL98dC2a The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/Mythic-Europe-Magazine-Issue-One?affiliate_id=1776916
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525 - Annual report
17/05/2025 Duration: 09minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/Mythic-Europe-Magazine-Issue-One?affiliate_id=1776916
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525 - Mythic Cheshire - Basics
17/05/2025 Duration: 10minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/Mythic-Europe-Magazine-Issue-One?affiliate_id=1776916
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526 - Mythic Cheshire - Lord Lovel's Fate
12/05/2025 Duration: 10minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/Mythic-Europe-Magazine-Issue-One?affiliate_id=1776916
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538 - A stinking demon
04/05/2025 Duration: 15minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Drivethru, Patreon and itch.io. https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/520248/Mythic-Europe-Magazine-Issue-One?affiliate_id=1776916
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534 - Advice to commercial Ars Magica authors
27/04/2025 Duration: 05minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Mythic Europe Magazine is now available from Patreon and itch.io. https://www.patreon.com/c/timothyferguson/shop https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-europe-magazine-issue-one Drivethrurpg link to follow once their human-mediated approval system ensures its quality. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.
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518 - Hart's-leap well by William Wordsworth
11/04/2025 Duration: 09minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.
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517 - Demonic Justinian by Procopius
02/04/2025 Duration: 09minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.
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520 - Nesbit's Book of Dragons
19/03/2025 Duration: 28minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.
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523 - Man-size in marble by Edith Nesbit
16/03/2025 Duration: 35minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.
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519 - Sir Gualter and his lady
02/03/2025 Duration: 04minThe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.
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516 - Fair Ellen of Radcliffe
24/02/2025 Duration: 05minhe Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.
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515 - Heather Ale
14/02/2025 Duration: 06minEpisode Description The Ars Magica roleplaying game is currently complete, but the community is still mining great gaming material out of medieval history as part of a Share Alike License. The Games From Folktales podcast gives you new, odd, useful material each week, for roleplaying games set in European-styled fantasy settings. Creature statistics and transcripts are available from the blog which accompanies the podcast.