Mythic Russia, an outstanding game that everyone should know about, is back in print thanks to Lulu! If you’re not familiar with the game, here’s the official description:
Mythic Russia is a game of roleplaying with the HeroQuest game system in the ancient Russia of legend and folktale, a land of glittering onion-domed churches and dark, dangerous forests, home to heroes, fiends – and the flame-feathered firebird.
Now I’m not actually a big fan of HeroQuest as a system, but damn if this isn’t one fine game that’s well worth owning. If you’ve ever wanted to run a game that draws on Russian fairytales you must get a copy of this game. And at $9.99 for the PDF, you now have no reason not to.
After the great Arabian Nights BRP game is done a mythic russia game (lowercase because I’m talking setting, not rules) is something I hope to con my players into. Wish me luck 🙂
If you ever get a chance, try to catch Wolfhound and Viy (the latter either the original or the remake). These are Russian movies that show a lot of weird scenes and show an almost alternate Western take on some things, sort of like a bit of distortion. The old Viy is kind of creepy, even with the special effects of the late 60’s.
I will totally have to check those out. They sound quite groovy indeed.
mythic russia is every bit as good as Mythic Russia – thanks for the kind words, and good luck with the future game!
No, no. Thank you, good sir, for giving the world such a well-researched and well-considered game. I’m just glad your efforts are able to be enjoyed by the masses again. Go Mythic Russia (capital and lower case, both :))!
I’ve got a copy in my Lulu cart and will be picking it up within the next couple of weeks.
Excellent call, amigo. You won’t be disappointed!
Also, how’s life sans gall bladder?