Exploring Rustic Fantasy in Legend in the Mist

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I often say I like different games at different times. I’m not just saying that, I genuinely mean it. I want to try new things, because, well, it’s just fun but because it’s also always educative. I do often just come back to my darlings, but I don’t regret checking out games that are out there. This time I am really stepping out of my comfort zone into the world of more narrative gaming. More specifically, the game Legend in the Mist by Son of Oak. I’m not going to lie, it’s the two-pronged attack of that amazing art and the game’s description of itself as rustic fantasy that just absolutely compelled me to check the book out. And I’m glad I did.

This is going to be sort of a series of posts where I share my experiences and thoughts along the way with Legend in the Mist and the more narrative style of playing. This is a longer post so feel free to read the parts you find interesting. Here I am going to first describe what does Legend in the Mist exactly mean with rustic fantasy after which I’ll describe how Legend in the Mist works. Third section is about where I am coming from and where I am at with role-playing games, and then comes a surprise Classic Traveller section and I end the post with some concluding thoughts.

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Folkloristics of Playing RPGs

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You would be surprised how much common role-playing games, D&D in particular, have with folklore and I don’t mean monsters from Celtic or Germanic folklore so often featured in fantasy. Things like how we play role-playing games in, in practice, like how we learn to play and how play is conduct at a table, is pretty much folkloric in its way it is transmitted.

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Many Ways of Role-Playing: Let Players Play However They Like

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Every once in a while discussions pop up on how to role-play correctly. Value judgements are cast on different ways of playing games and folks are called with names. Arguments pop up if “play-acting” has a place in role-playing games at all, or if anything outside acting your character out passionately is even worthwhile. People tend to have strong opinions on this and it greatly influences with whom they want to play with. Some folks don’t even want to share a table with people playing in a way different to them. Everyone has the liberty to choose with whom they play, but I think little open-mindedness never hurts.

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