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Reviews, Previews & Overviews of MYFAROG
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Thulêan Meditations
Free PDF with the words of wisdom; Thulêan Meditations
Read it all with background music:
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Why a second edition of MYFAROG?
A second edition of MYFAROG is coming up, and will be ready for purchase in a week or two, from our Ancenstral Cult shop (link).
Originally, I intended not to ever make any new editions of MYFAROG, and instead just continuously update and improve the first edition. However, I was trying to play MYFAROG with two of my kids, age 5 and 7, and first edition was a bit too complicated for them. So I figured I should make a ‘basic’ edition of the game, to enable them to play without being overwhelmed.
As I progressed with the ‘basic’ edition, I realized that what I did made the game so much better, easier and faster to play, and for some strange reason I also made the game more logical – and not least more fun.
So the ‘basic’ edition of the game became so good that I decided not only to publish it as a ‘basic’ version of MYFAROG alongside the more ‘advanced’ 1st edition, but instead to publish it instead of the 1st edition! So yes; I will discontinue the 1st edition of the book (meaning that I will print no more of it, and when it’s sold out it’s sold out forever), and replace it with the 2nd edition.
Now, 2nd edition is only 122 pages (compared to 1st editon’s 264 pages), it has been printed (in France) in soft cover (but on the same paper), and will cost only 50% of what the 1st edition cost. As you can understand, much of the information found in the 1st edition is missing from the 2nd edition; the names lists are gone, all the proverbs are gone, all the Hávamál poems are gone, many skill example task tables are gone and I have reduced the size of the font in the text (and also changed the font into Book Antiqua), so that I could fit much more information on fewer pages. However, I will make all the missing information available as free PDFs here on this website (to be found here soon), so that anybody who wises to use those can still do so.
In the end, I can add that all source material for MYFAROG published in the future will be compatible with both editions of the game, and if you are happy with 1st edition, I will advice you to stick to that and don’t waste your money on buying the 2nd edition. If you don’t have MYFAROG, or if do, but want a faster, easier to play, an even more logical and even more fun MYFAROG, and if you can afford it, I strongly advice you to buy the 2nd edition of the game!
Thank you for your attention,
V.
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Some things you might enjoy from the first edition of MYFAROG
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The Thulêan Calendar
The Thulêan Calendar in PDF format.
MYFAROG 2.0 Calendar
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Have a look inside MYFAROG
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MYFAROG 2E Fillable PDF Character Sheet
A fillable PDF character sheet is now available for MYAFROG 2E, courtesy of Jeff Cape.
MYFAROG 2E PDF fillable Character_sheet
The regular PDF is of course also available:
MYFAROG 2E Character Sheet & Equipment Sheet
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MYFAROG 2E Reviews and First Impressions
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A FREE sample adventure for MYFAROG
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MYFAROG 1E Final Report
MYFAROG 1E is now sold out and out of print. Only MYFAROG 2E will be printed henceforth, and the name list found only in 1E can be found as a free PDF here.
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100% of the copies were sold through our Ancestral Cult shop.
The promo copies of MYFAROG 1E were sent to ‘Red Dice Diaries’ (v. 1.3), Thrand (v. 1.2) and later Eldgrim (v. 1.3) at ‘ThegnThrand’, ‘Talking About Games’ (v. 1.2) and a printed Polish RPG magazine called ‘Magia i Miecz‘ (v. 1.4).
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MYFAROG and RPGs in general as home-schooling tools
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Anachronisms for MYFAROG 2E
Some medieval weapons and armour for MYFAROG 2E.
The PDF: Anachronisms.
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Comparative Mythology
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The World of Þulê
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Rather than build a world from ground and up I have used and build upon an existing area in Northern Norway (Lofoten, Vesterålen og Lofoten) as the geographical location of Þulê (“the land of the sages”). Naturally I have exaggerated some of the features, added new features (like proper forests) and also changed the scale, but other than that the land of Þulê is pretty much identical to this real world area in Northern Norway. I have also kept the real world roads as either cart tracks or pathways (and the real paths could well be animal trails), the settlements of Þulê are to be found where there is real settlement today and names have been translated into English (like «Tjukkeskogen» is in MYFAROG named «Densewood». This will make the world very logical and realistic, and thus believable, and I think that is very important for an RPG focusing on atmosphere.
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This area in Northern Norway is historically an old Viking Kingdom with age old roots, but the main reason why I have used this area is that even during the Ice Ages this area was believed to be ice-free and actually inhabitable, because of the Gulf Stream and the warm winds from the south along the coast of Norway. So in theory anyone could have survived there for tens of thousands of years, while the rest of Northern Europe was submerged under thick glaciers. In MYFAROG what we would identify as mainland Norway is submerged under glaciers (and populated by ettins), but the Ice Age has long been ending so the climate is very much temperate (although located in the Arctic). This area, Northern Norway, is in real life known as Hålogaland (translated as «the holy land»), so I took this information and combined it with our myths about a lost continent, and I created this sacred «continent» up there in the North, where the deities in secret created the Þulêan race of men (i. e. the Europeans). However, Þulê has been discovered by other races of men, and even worse, by the ettins, and naturally they all have arrived in Þulê, and in their wake comes all sorts of troubles, challenges – and great opportunities for adventure!
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There are all sorts of creatures in Þulê, all of them based on real world creatures or mythological creatures, and I have also included some now extinct animals that used to live in Europe alongside man, like the cave hyena, the cave lion, the giant hyena, etc. Animals in Þulê are assumed to behave like real animals would though (i. e. usually run as fast as they can by the mere scent of humans [unless they are e. g. polar bears, of course…]), but there are other types of creatures to fear too, like trolls, spirits and not least ettins – and the possibly most dangerous of all creatures; human beings…
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Now, as I might have expressed a few times already, my perception of mythology and the ancient world is not like the common one. I don’t base anything on Christian misinterpretations of old European «ideas», «creatures» or «spirits», so there are no goblins, hobgoblins, orcs or other creatures based on the perverse Christian demonisation of the Pagan ancestral cult. There are no ogres or trolls either, for the same reason. Well, there are trolls, but just not trolls like we usually think of when we hear the word troll. A troll was originally a name for malevolent spirits; the word itself means «song» (as seen in no. tralle), originally «spell» or «sorcerous song», as these spirits were assumed to have been summoned by a (failed?) spell. So in MYFAROG a troll is a malevolent spirit, and they take many forms, some corporeal and some incorporeal. Most of you will identify the MYFAROG trolls as simply different types of undead creatures; sea wraiths, wraiths, wights, ghosts, náir (sg. nár), spectres, shadows et cetera.
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The modern troll is really just a stone ettin, and naturally there are stone ettins in Þulê, and a wide variety of other ettins too, in different shapes and sizes. None of them particularly pleasant; different types of water ettins, stone ettins, fire ettins and of course worms (≈wingless dragons). All these terrible creatures have an ettin stone heart, that can be used by craftsmen for sorcerous purposes.
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The Land of Þulê chapter provides the GM with random encounter tables, random events tables, weather and wind tables (if he cares to use such things), a brief description of the 9 different native realms of Þulê (each one with a cultural expression most similar to the one of a real ancient European people), all the native tribes are named and their seats are listed, units of measurement, trade and rules regarding travel, dehydration, justice (i. e. laws, outlawing, duels and such), hunger and so forth, naturally all available for the GM to use as he sees fit, if at all. The creatures themselves, both those mentioned here and others too, will be described in The Creatures & Phenomena of Þulê chapter, as will the ettin phenomena.
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The ettin phenomena are strange phenomena that occur in Etunakaimas (“the world of the ettins”), and are inspired both by science fiction, not least the Cthulu Mythos, and European mythology. Etunakaimas is made up of the parts of the world dominated by the ettin powers; the deepest forests, largest bogs, the not inhabitable places of the Earth and the tallest mountains, where man has very little influence. Everything is different in Etunakaimas, the trees are twisted and grotesque, some animals grow larger and both animals and men more aggressive, the temperature is lower, the wind stronger, the clouds darker, the sky blacker and then you have these phenomena to deal with as well. It is a highly dangerous place, and naturally this place is said to be growing and consuming the rest of the world, threatening the human settlements. What or even who is responsible for this? I let the GM decide.
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The land of Þulê is of course heavily influenced by the natives’ sense of honour, and the natives are very religious or traditional as well, so much care is given by them to the high festivals and temples, customs and traditions. But – alas! (or for gamers: rejoice!) – it is also torn by conflict, as new human races arrive from distant lands, as refugees fleeing the growing ettin power, as invaders or as merchants.
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Errata, Updates & Changes
NB! This post will be used to provide you with an errata, updates and changes for all versions of MYFAROG. The version being sold in our shop is 1.4 (MYFAROG 1E) and 2.1 (MYFAROG 2E).
For Second Edition MYFAROG:
For First Edition MYFAROG:
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Reviews, Previews & Overviews of MYFAROG 1E
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MYFAROG Game Play Examples
#3 Myth Master Ian Christiansen:
#2 Myth Master Jeff Cape:
#1 Myth Master Ian Christiansen:
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Tutorials
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The Digital Map of Thulê
A high resolution digital map of Thulê is now available from here: Thulê Map PDF
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MYFAROG on AMAZON
MYFAROG version 2.3 was published yesterday (the 23rd of December) on Amazon.
Those who have version 2.2 and wish to use what is new for 2.3 can check out these PDFs:
MYFAROG 2.3 New way to handle Travelling
What else is new in version 2.3?
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