Modern Mythology | Story & Setting in RPGs and beyond

How do stories and systems intersect and influence each other?

This push and pull offers us a chance to deepen our understanding and appreciation of how writing and role-playing games connect and co-evolve. Through conversations and one shot Actual-play episodes, we explore how the tools we use shape the stories we tell, whether those tools are implicit or explicit.

Whether you’re a veteran or new to the scene, we invite you to join us.

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Episoder(28)

Ep.4: Player Agency

In episode 4, Jamie and Scott have a lot to say about agency at the table. Who controls what? Who drives the story? Who narrates die outcomes? Traditionally the GM handles a lot of this but we challen...

24 Feb 20251h 46min

Ep.3: Chronicles of Darkness, working with the basics

In Episode 3 of Modern Mythology, we continue our exploration of horror RPG systems with Chronicles of Darkness, the successor to White Wolf’s World of Darkness and the “new” World of Darkness. While ...

11 Feb 20251h 25min

Ep.2: Collective Stories & Blades in the Dark

Welcome to modern mythology, a podcast that explores the many intersections of story and system in every episode. We will discuss some facet of how RPGs function as modern myths, providing a shared ca...

27 Jan 20251h 40min

Ep.1: Why ‘modern myth’?

In the first episode of Modern Mythology, hosts Scott and James have an introductory discussion about how RPGs function as modern myths, blending ancient storytelling structures with collaborative, ch...

13 Jan 202533min