I’ve been running Mythic Bastionland as an open table game. Each session, I put out a call for players from a pool of eight to see who has availability to jump on Discord for two hours and roleplay as knights of the Realm. If I have even one player, we play. The stable of knights has grown with new players and shrunk with unfortunate endings. But the range of ages, glory, possessions, and connections is vast among the player characters. You have young ones starting out alongside old knights, some successful, some not so much. All together for an adventure to seek the myths, honor the seers, and protect the realm. I might write more about the open table setup for MB. The drop-in, drop-out nature works wonders for vignette knightly storytelling and busy schedules. With a new grouping of knights each session, I wanted a quick luck table to determine their starting position instead of either letting the players pick all the time and have an easy time of where the story starts and where they want to go or picking where the story picks up and having it be completely my decision. So bring out the dice! At the beginning of the session, roll d6 to determine the company’s starting position:
SPRING TASKS
HARVEST TASKS
WINTER TASKS
Some Mouse Guard influence here: sworn knights doing mundane tasks based on the season. Sprinkled in connections to holding rulers (collecting tax, tithe, and levies), the weather, enemies, peasants, and the seers. All knightly stuff, very easy to expand on or swap out your own ideas. :) Happy gaming! The Dreaming Dragonslayer blog is FREE to ALL. If you wanna support this work, browse my itch.io page so you also get a game for your generosity. Contact me directly here if you have any questions or want to tell me something cool. :)
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