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Medieval Tales KICKSTARTER

Started by Gamer1970s, August 08, 2024, 10:32:41 PM

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Gamer1970s


Medieval Tales
Fantasy role-playing in war-torn 15th century France, where superstition, folklore, and fairy tales are all very real.

The Kickstarter campaign for Medieval Tales is live as of today. We are looking to fund an initial print run of 100 for the 400+ page rulebook, with additional supporting books and supplements available as digital downloads.

Check out our Kickstarter campaign here: Medieval Tales Kickstarter

Guiding Principle
Medieval Tales is a medieval-themed TTRPG. The guiding principle is that what medieval people believed in is real. Demons guide the actions of evil men, witches fly by night to sabbats in the forests or atop storm-ravaged hilltops, and the Devil in dragon form marauds about the countryside, adding misery to an already despairing land. In the forests and mountains dwell fairies and goblins, whose mischief plagues the common folk. Ghosts and other restless spirits lurk in cemeteries, by the waterways in which they drowned, or continue to walk the corridors of ruined castles. Strange animals, ogres, and dog-headed cyanocephali live on the fringes of the known world.

Magic - from the rustic charms of peasant "cunning folk", to the rituals of invokers who pronounce the names of angels over intricately-drawn circles, to the scientific formulas of alchemists or the more malevolent spells of "maleficia" - is faithfully portrayed as medieval man believed in it. Every spell or ritual available to practioners of the "Art" in Medieval Tales is drawn from historical accounts, including witchcraft trials and contemporary folklore, making the game's magic feel grounded and somehow more "real". The miraculous, too, is possible. Those who are pious enough, whose reasons are just, can call upon the "Holy Helpers" (saints) to protect them from harm, from injustices, or to aid in their fight against demonic influences.


Dan Davenport

Hello Gamer1970s!

I run the Randomworlds TTRPG Discord chatroom and hold text-based Q&A sessions for game authors there. Would you be interested in coming by to discuss Medieval Tales?

Past guests include Kenneth Hite, Robin D. Laws, Greg Stafford, Greg Stolze, Marc Miller, Jonathan Tweet, Margaret Weis, Mike Pondsmith, Ken St. Andre, Peter Adkison, James M. Ward, and Mark Rein•Hagen.

This is a free service, although tips are welcome at https://ko-fi.com/gmshoe.

Your Q&A will be promoted on my Facebook feed, at 16 Facebook groups -- 18 if it is a Kickstarter -- and on three major RPG web forums (TheRPGSite, RPGPub, and Enworld). In addition, the log of the Q&A will be maintained on my blog.

Here's the schedule, where you can see upcoming guests: https://tinyurl.com/randomworlds-schedule

Here's where to book your Q&A: https://tinyurl.com/randomworlds-booking

(The current standard time slots are 1:00-3:00 pm Central Standard Time Saturday and Sunday and 7:30-9:30 p.m. Central Standard Time every day of the week except where otherwise noted.)

Here's the shortcut to the chatroom:
http://www.tinyurl.com/randomworlds-discord

Here's my blog, where I save the Q&A logs: http://gmshoe.wordpress.com/

And here's the Q&A format: https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/qa-format/

I should also mention that game authors are always welcome to hang out with us and discuss their products, and we have quite a few authors who do so on a regular basis. A Q&A simply gives you the floor to yourself. Stop by and check us out! :)
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