Mythic's oracle-style question resolution system revolutionized solo role-playing. The Second Edition of the Mythic Game Master Emulator updates the ground-breaking 2003 ruleset with essential new additions, a wide range of options to customize your adventures, and numerous refinements.
This new edition contains:
- A revised and simplified Fate Chart for faster and more intuitive Fate Question resolution.
- The new Fate Check system, receive answers without a chart.
- Numerous rules refinements and enhancements taking into account two decades worth of Mythic Emulator player experiences.
- Many options for fine-tuning Mythic to get the kind of role-playing experience you want.
- 47 Meaning Tables to add just the right detail to your adventures when you need it.
Mythic Game Master Emulator Second Edition PDF is available online through DriveThruRPG, Patreon, and Itch. Print editions are available through Indie Press Revolution, Modiphius, DriveThruRPG, Amazon, and Lulu. See options below or click on Find Out More!
Mythic Magazine #59
The Spell Crafter: Whip up random spells with varied effects and requirements quickly and easily, and when you need them during play!
Mythic Cyber Dystopia: Boot up your cybernetic implants and head into the grim future with this guide to creating cybernetic settings and characters in your Mythic adventures.
Mythic Magazine #58
Creating Dialogue With NPCs: Have full, lively conversations with Non-Player Characters in solo adventures using familiar Mythic tools and a few guidelines.
Moonlight Radio: You are the host of a late night talk radio show about the unusual and bizarre. This scenario uses dialogue rules to generate random callers to your show, where your PC can converse with them and possibly unravel a cosmic secret.
Mythic Magazine #57
Evolve Adventure Settings With The Adventure Crafter: A modified version of The Adventure Crafter (with everything you need included here) creates background events that evolve over time.
Mythic Chases: Bring excitement and mayhem to foot and vehicle pursuits with simple rules to give narrative flare to any chase.
Mythic Magazine #56
Solo Playing Styles: A catalog of various solo play styles, with suggestions for why you might want to try some that you haven't tried before.
Detail Check Revisited: The Detail Check from Mythic Variations II gets a redo, presenting another way to build up your solo play.
Mythic Magazine Compilation #8 Print On Demand Editions
The 8th Compilation, collecting issues #43-48 of Mythic Magazine, has now reached the physical world! Print On Demand editions in softcover and hardcover are available at DriveThruRPG.com and Amazon!
Mythic Magazine Compilation #8
Mythic Magazine is a monthly ezine with tips, rules, and more goodies for the Mythic Role-Playing System, Mythic Game Master Emulator, and Crafter Series from Word Mill Games. This compilation collects the complete volumes 43-48 into a single book.
Offset Press Editions Of Mythic Game Master Emulator Second Edition
A special offset press limited edition of Mythic Game Master Emulator Second Edition is now on sale at the Modiphius Entertainment US website & Indie Press Revolution!
This edition features the second edition rules in high quality hardback offset printing and binding, rich color, commonly used tables printed on the inside covers of the book, and a cloth bookmark. It's the best version of the book available!
A (Not So) Gentle Introduction To Solo Roleplaying
Twinnrova breaks down using One-Page Mythic Game Master Emulator.
Solo TTRPG Tips And Guides
The Grouch Couch presents a collection of videos about solo roleplaying, covering a wide range of topics. Many of the videos feature Mythic, Crafter, and Mythic Magazine material, and all of the videos are excellent!
A Guide For New Solo Roleplayers
New to this solo roleplaying thing? Check out this article from the pages of Mythic Magazine that spells out how it works!
ACTUAL PLAY SPOTLIGHT
Surviving Solo: Mythic GME + Walking Dead
A solo zombie apocalypse adventure from TheGrouchCouch.
ACTUAL PLAY SPOTLIGHT
The Quiet Table
The Quiet Table is a space for introspective play, creative storytelling, and deep dives into the art of solo RPGs. Lots of great stuff here, including actual plays and one using the Mystery Matrix.
Let's Read:
Mythic GME 2e
A review and forum discussion on RPGGeek.
Pulled Apart Any Good Adventures Lately?
If you're enjoying the Deconstructing Prepared Adventures rules in issue #50 and wish there was a downloadable, fillable PDF for it … well now there is! Download the Deconstructed Adventure Sheet here.
Talking Playing Published Adventures Solo
I sat down with The Solo Roleplayers Podcast for an exciting chat about playing solo through published adventures.
COMING SOON:
Mythic Roleplaying Second Edition
The Mythic "red book" is getting an update, combining the GM emulator rules from Mythic GME 2e with roleplaying mechanics for a full solo RPG.
Play in any genre with any character, generating not only adventures but entire worlds, settings, and the rules that define them as you play.
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ACTUAL PLAY SPOTLIGHT
A Wasteland Story
A fallout solo-rpg podcast
Find more actual plays, as well as other goodies like downloads and reviews, check out the Resources Page.
ACTUAL PLAY SPOTLIGHT
Tabletop Bro Plays Mythic For The First Time
This is a great actual play video of a seasoned role-player trying solo play for the first time. He's using Dungeon World with Mythic first edition.
Coming Soon: Micro Mythic
Micro Mythic is the One-Pagizing of core Mythic and Crafter rules, to give you the most streamlined and complete version of the ruleset all packed together. There are 9 individual One-Page rulesets, which is everything you need to play. Use them individually, or all together for a complete RPG! The rest of the book provides suggestions for additional uses, and lots of examples.
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Mythic Magazine Index
Click the link for a thorough index of Mythic Magazine articles broken down by subject. Thank you Robin for making this!
Solo Play Tips, Updates, Discounts & More Delivered To Your Inbox
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Marketplace Author Pages
Got a favorite place you like to pick up your roleplaying treasures? Word Mill Games books can be found at a number of online marketplaces. The links below lead to Tana Pigeon's author pages.
Want To Make Mythic Stuff?
Most Word Mill Games books are attached to a non-commercial Creative Commons license to make it easier for players to make community content.
A Mighty Mythic Collection!
Curious about older issues of Mythic Magazine?
Click here to check out the full collection!
Season 4 Of Me, Myself, & Die
Trevor Devall has launched a new season of his amazing actual play show, featuring his own creation of the Broken Empires RPG used with Mythic GME 2e!
Get New Monthly Content With Mythic Magazine!
Mythic Magazine presents new rules and ideas for Mythic and Crafter gameplay.
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Download Suggestions
See a form in one of the books or magazine issues that you'd like to download from the Resources page, but it isn't there? Send me a note requesting it and I'll get it there as soon as I can!
Exchange Ideas With Mythic Players Online
Join other Mythic players for tips, discussions, and more Mythic goodness on Discord, Reddit, and Groups.io!
Mythic Downloads & Tutorials
Find useful downloads, like form-fillable PDF files for Mythic sheets, in the Resources section. You can also find links to online tutorials and actual plays so you can watch solo roleplaying in action!
RESOURCES
Mythic & Crafter Books, PDF & Print
Downloadable PDFs and printed Mythic and Crafter books can be found at DriveThruRPG.com and Amazon.
The popularity of solo and GM-less RPG play has grown ever since.
The Mythic system has been expanded with further books offering additional options for your solo RPG experience. The monthly ezine Mythic Magazine regularly presents new rules and tips.
Word Mill Games has also released the Crafter Series of books, designed to give Game Masters more tools to make adventure creation quick and fun.
Mythic Magazine is available for automatic monthly delivery through Patreon, or you can find individual copies on DriveThruRPG.com as they become available.
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