lawrence.whitaker Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 12th February 2019 The Design Mechanism (TDM) is thrilled to announce that Ken St.Andre, one of the Founding Fathers of the Fantasy Roleplaying Game hobby, will be writing a Mythic Aztecs supplement for TDM’s popular and acclaimed Mythras roleplaying system. Ken is the legendary creator of Tunnels & Trolls, the second roleplaying game ever published, and is a pioneer of the hobby, bringing solo play at a time when roleplaying games were in their infancy. Among many gaming achievements, Ken also wrote the first ever Science Fiction RPG, Starfaring, and the superb Stormbringer game for Chaosium. In 2018, he was inducted into The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame, and just this year, has published his latest game, Fours (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/265645/Fours-2d-Augmented-Printing?), which presents a simple, innovative game system described in just four pages. A prolific designer and writer, the Mesoamerican period is of great interest to Ken, and the Mythic Aztecs project is one that he has harboured for a long time. TDM Director Lawrence Whitaker has a special reason for welcoming Ken to the Mythras team: “Stormbringer was my favourite game for many years, and writing for it brought me into the professional side of the industry. As I’ve told Ken several times, this is all His Fault. It is, of course, an honour and privilege to have the Trollgodfather write a supplement for Mythras – and one that we know will be very popular with fans of mythic history and historical fantasy. We are looking forward to working closely with Ken on this exciting project.”Mythic Aztecs is planned to follow a similar style to TDM’s other critically acclaimed Mythics supplements: Mythic Britain, Mythic Rome, and Mythic Constantinople. Other planned releases for the Mythics range include Mythic Babylon and Mythic Polynesia.Mythic Aztecs is anticipated to be a 2020/21 release. 15 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nclarke Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Where's the thumbs up button, Great News Loz. Looking forward to this very much. Quote Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 It's on the lower right corner of the post, nclarke. If I could find it, so can you. Question: will the game contain a "Take That, You Quetzalcoatl" spell ? 2 Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 19 minutes ago, RosenMcStern said: It's on the lower right corner of the post, nclarke. If I could find it, so can you. Question: will the game contain a "Take That, You Quetzalcoatl" spell ? I sincerely hope so... 1 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiyel Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I'm very excited for this. 2021 can't come soon enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorax Transtellaris Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Cautiously enthusiastic... Quote RPGbericht (Dutch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nclarke Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 15 hours ago, RosenMcStern said: It's on the lower right corner of the post, nclarke. If I could find it, so can you. But it's not a thumb. How could I know that the stupid software decided to use something other than a thumb for a Thumbs up response. Nigel Quote Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Excellent news. I am a big fan of Alternate/Mythic Earth and can only welcome more settings. The Aztecs are a really good culture to explore. Of course, I'd then also want the Incas and Mayans. Mythic Polynesia is also a very interesting and underexplored culture. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 On 2/12/2019 at 4:42 PM, nclarke said: Where's the thumbs up button 👍 In the emojis, about two-thirds down. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarence Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 This is excellent news. On a side note, I had no idea there was a connection between Stormbringer and Tunnels & Trolls. Very cool. 1 Quote FrostByte Books M–SPACE d100 Roleplaying in the Far Future Odd Soot Science Fiction Mystery in the 1920s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippyHippy Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Mythic Aztecs is a bit of a surprise - I hadn't thought it would have been released ahead of Mythic Greece for example - but a welcome one. Basically, I like all the 'Mythic' book line, and hope we get many more. I honestly don't know much about Aztec culture or history, so it'll be an education anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, TrippyHippy said: Mythic Aztecs is a bit of a surprise - I hadn't thought it would have been released ahead of Mythic Greece for example - but a welcome one. Basically, I like all the 'Mythic' book line, and hope we get many more. I honestly don't know much about Aztec culture or history, so it'll be an education anyway. I don't believe we have said that Aztecs will released ahead of Mythic Greece. Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippyHippy Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 3 hours ago, lawrence.whitaker said: I don't believe we have said that Aztecs will released ahead of Mythic Greece. Oh. Was there an announcement about Mythic Greece?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 No, but that doesn't mean the Aztecs book will be released first. Work on Greece progresses. Slowly perhaps, but it's still going to happen. 1 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Greeks vs Aztecs ... on Monster Island! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raleel Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 27 minutes ago, seneschal said: Greeks vs Aztecs ... on Monster Island! I firmly support this, with the war being interrupted by a kaiju. Probably going to need some animated statue as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Daimajin, stone giant warrior of wrath. Fits the Mythras/Runequest vibe perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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