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Mythic
Mythic earns this tag by making mythic material matter during play. A tabletop RPG that stands out for its versatility and support for solo and cooperative play.
Best Mythology and Folklore TTRPGs
Mythology and folklore games draw on legends, oral traditions, supernatural bargains, and culturally specific stories. The strongest fits make mythic logic matter in play rather than using folklore as a decorative monster list.
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Mausritter
Choose Mausritter for mythology and folklore play when you want play shaped by legendary or folkloric logic. A charming tabletop RPG where players take on the roles of intelligent mice adventuring through a medieval world filled with danger and intrigue.
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Alas for the Awful Sea
Alas for the Awful Sea fits mythology and folklore because it gives myth, legend, or folklore a practical role in the fiction. A melancholy Powered by the Apocalypse game about fishing towns, old grief, and the pull of the supernatural sea.
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Epyllion
Choose Epyllion for mythology and folklore play when you want play shaped by legendary or folkloric logic. A Powered by the Apocalypse game about young dragons protecting their world, their friendships, and the magic that holds their age together.
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King Arthur Pendragon
King Arthur Pendragon fits mythology and folklore because it gives myth, legend, or folklore a practical role in the fiction. King Arthur Pendragon immerses players in the legendary era of Arthurian lore, where they embody knights of the Round Table, navigating the complexities of chivalry,...
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Legend in the Mist
Legend in the Mist belongs in mythology and folklore because local legends, Creatures of Twilight, folk magic, taboos, and village traditions are the logic that adventures grow from.
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Legend of the Five Rings
Legend of the Five Rings earns this tag by making mythic material matter during play. A samurai fantasy RPG of duty, honor, courtly pressure, and violence in a mythic version of Rokugan.
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Sagas of the Icelanders
Sagas of the Icelanders belongs here when the table wants play shaped by legendary or folkloric logic, not just the label on the cover. A historical PbtA game about honor, household pressure, gendered roles, and social survival in medieval Iceland.