Progress Journal, January 2026
Greetings Mythicists! I hope your year has gotten to a good start with lots of promising roleplaying potential :)
Here's what's been going on around here lately:
Compilation #9 Taking Shape
I've gotten behind on the Compilations, as sometimes happens. It seems like I look away for a moment, look back, and six issues or more of the magazine have gone by just like that! We're actually due for Compilation #10, but I need to get #9 out first ... and it's taking shape!
Assembling a Compilation isn't as difficult as making a whole book, but it presents its own challenges, mostly in the form of making sure I don't mess something up when collecting six issues together. I expect to have it assembled this month and made available once Jorge's cover art arrives.
The Art Is In For Micro Mythic!
Last week Jorge came through with another chunk of artwork for Micro Mythic, which mostly completes the art side of things except for a couple more pieces. The writing and design is all done, and now it's in the editing phase.
That means Micro is close to being done!
I'm fine tuning as I edit, since I can now view individual sections with the knowledge of everything that comes after. This allows me to tighten the rules so all the One-Pagers function as smoothly as possible with each other.
Mythic RPG 2e Waits Patiently
Work on Mythic RPG 2e has slowed as I prioritize Micro Mythic and Compilations #9 and #10. I expect progress to speed up once those are done since that will clear my board of all but one pressing project.
Also, I am taking my time with this book because I want it to have everything in it that it should have. And that's a lot.
By the way, that robot image above is from the Combat chapter. There's a guy facing that thing with nothing but an axe. I hope he's got a good swinging arm.
Mythic Strikes Coil!
My quest to make the books available in coilbound format continues, with Compilation #5 next to appear on Lulu with little curly plastic bindings. That should happen later this month.
Mythic, The Video Game? What??
I hesitate to mention this one since this is something I'm doing for fun, so nothing may ever come of it. I find it relaxing to dabble in Unreal Engine to make a video game inspired by the "solo roleplaying in video games" article from issue #37. Back then, I was playing a video game that I was also roleplaying in using Mythic, and it was a blast. I figured, why not make a video game that has Mythic tools built into it?
"Shadows Over Kitra" will (hopefully) be a survival style open-ish world game set in a version of the setting from issue #22. Will this game ever actually see the light of day? I doubt it. Am I having fun making it anyway? You betcha!
If nothing else, this is a good exercise in porting Mythic systems to other forms of media. This could be the catalyst for article ideas about variant ways to put Mythic to work for you.
That's about it for now! If you have concepts for Mythic Magazine articles, please load them into a catapult and fire them at me! In the last few days I've had four or five ideas sent to me, all of them great. I keep all of these ideas and choose randomly from the ever-growing pile each month for the content poll.
Thank you for being a member of my Patreon :)
Happy adventuring!
Comments (10)
Yay compilation #9! Also good to see I wasn't hallucinating thinking it was overdue. 😅 (which was fine by me, I have *so much* reading to catch up, Mythic and otherwise)
Strong start to the year; Micro Mythic grows ever closer and I can't wait. And compilation #9 as well! You mentioning issue #37 reminded me of my first thought when I read that article: Tomb Breakers! Darkest Descent, the fictional game you made up in that article, is a really cool concept for a video game and I wish it was real.
Ohhh yeah, I forgot about that ... you know, now that I think of it, the game I'm working on is a lot like Darkest Descent!
Does this mean we might see the PDF of Micro Mythic by the end of the month? 😮😮😮
No, unfortunately, there is much editing to be done on it and a couple of important pieces of artwork are pending. Still, there's not much left to do, so almost!
Sounds both fun and exciting! Looks like you are off to a strong start.
Happy new year, Tana! Always glad to see an update from you!
Thank you, happy new year :)
That game sounds so exciting! Would love to see screenshots or something of the like if you ever feel like sharing!
Sure, I'd love to! I'm close to having something worth sharing. So much of what I've been doing so far has just been learning .. a lot. Oof, there is a lot to learn. But I'm getting into the fun fiddly bits now, like level design.