Bastionland Press
@bastionland.bsky.social
Chris McDowall
Tabletop Game Designer
Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland, Mythic Bastionland
The Doomed, MAC Attack
www.bastionland.com
Tabletop Game Designer
Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland, Mythic Bastionland
The Doomed, MAC Attack
www.bastionland.com
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Mythic Bastionland is now up for general sale.
Order directly from Bastionland Press (now including Canada):
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Or for those in the US and Central/South America, please go to: plusoneexp.com/collections/...
Order directly from Bastionland Press (now including Canada):
bastionlandpress.com/collections/...
Or for those in the US and Central/South America, please go to: plusoneexp.com/collections/...
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VERY excited to announce that the next season of Roll For Distraction will be a game of @bastionland.bsky.social's Mythic Bastionland! Join us as we follow the perilous journey of our brave knights! Coming to YouTube and podcast platforms 01/05/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGT...
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MYTHIC BASTIONLAND Actual Play: Knight Crawlers Teaser | Coming January 5th!
YouTube video by Spellbook Gaming
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
VERY excited to announce that the next season of Roll For Distraction will be a game of @bastionland.bsky.social's Mythic Bastionland! Join us as we follow the perilous journey of our brave knights! Coming to YouTube and podcast platforms 01/05/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGT...
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It's time for more BETWEEN TWO CAIRNS featuring special guest @explorersdesign.bsky.social. We review "Warped Beyond Recognition" by @traaa.sh. Enjoy your delicious moments, folks.
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Warped Beyond Recognition | Between Two Cairns
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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's time for more BETWEEN TWO CAIRNS featuring special guest @explorersdesign.bsky.social. We review "Warped Beyond Recognition" by @traaa.sh. Enjoy your delicious moments, folks.
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So what's your job on the starship?
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Life as Crew
Ships large enough to travel between the stars are a big investment, so most interstellar travellers get around as part of a captain’s crew....
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November 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
So what's your job on the starship?
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(Please repost!) Remember, remember the fifth of November...
Today is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, so I figured it was a perfect time to do a GALLOWS CORNER ASK ME ANYTHING!
I'm George, the game's creator and designer, and I want to answer your questions about GALLOWS CORNER! 🧵
shorturl.at/MzXnF
Today is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, so I figured it was a perfect time to do a GALLOWS CORNER ASK ME ANYTHING!
I'm George, the game's creator and designer, and I want to answer your questions about GALLOWS CORNER! 🧵
shorturl.at/MzXnF
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
(Please repost!) Remember, remember the fifth of November...
Today is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, so I figured it was a perfect time to do a GALLOWS CORNER ASK ME ANYTHING!
I'm George, the game's creator and designer, and I want to answer your questions about GALLOWS CORNER! 🧵
shorturl.at/MzXnF
Today is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, so I figured it was a perfect time to do a GALLOWS CORNER ASK ME ANYTHING!
I'm George, the game's creator and designer, and I want to answer your questions about GALLOWS CORNER! 🧵
shorturl.at/MzXnF
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🚨And we are live!🚨 Time to sail away.
🚨NEW WEIRD GAME KLAXXON🚨
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨And we are live!🚨 Time to sail away.
The Bastionland Podcast is back! This episode welcomes @limithron.bsky.social to pick three games that are important to him.
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Luke Stratton's Rule of Three
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November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The Bastionland Podcast is back! This episode welcomes @limithron.bsky.social to pick three games that are important to him.
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I had a great time talking about Mythic Bastionland on the Smiling Fox podcast, which is a whole podcast just about that one game!
I talked a lot about @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social's wonderful approach to running the game in a way that facilitated lots of great character drama.
I talked a lot about @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social's wonderful approach to running the game in a way that facilitated lots of great character drama.
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I had a great time talking about Mythic Bastionland on the Smiling Fox podcast, which is a whole podcast just about that one game!
I talked a lot about @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social's wonderful approach to running the game in a way that facilitated lots of great character drama.
I talked a lot about @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social's wonderful approach to running the game in a way that facilitated lots of great character drama.
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(PLEASE REPOST!) Reviewers, journalists, content creators, YouTubers, podcasters, bloggers, and TTRPG people of all kinds : WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
(PLEASE REPOST!) Reviewers, journalists, content creators, YouTubers, podcasters, bloggers, and TTRPG people of all kinds : WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
This month we're sending out the press preview version of GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG, and we want to add you to our media distro list!
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Are you ready to get a Mythic Bastionland campaign off the ground? Don't know where to start? Fear not, 'What a Horrible Knight' has got you covered!
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What a Horrible Knight
"A suitably horrible introduction to Mythic Bastionland!"–Chris McDowall AN INTRODUCTORY ADVENTURE FOR MYTHIC BASTIONLAND Step inside the Architect’s abandoned labyrinth and discover the secrets locke...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Are you ready to get a Mythic Bastionland campaign off the ground? Don't know where to start? Fear not, 'What a Horrible Knight' has got you covered!
plusoneexp.com/products/hor...
plusoneexp.com/products/hor...
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The 1st print 3rd party supplement for Mythic Bastionland is live for PreOrders!
Step inside the Architect’s abandoned labyrinth and discover the secrets locked deep within its twisted hallways in this one-shot inspired by the ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur.
ttrpg.link/horribleknight
1/3
Step inside the Architect’s abandoned labyrinth and discover the secrets locked deep within its twisted hallways in this one-shot inspired by the ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur.
ttrpg.link/horribleknight
1/3
What a Horrible Knight
"A suitably horrible introduction to Mythic Bastionland!"–Chris McDowall AN INTRODUCTORY ADVENTURE FOR MYTHIC BASTIONLAND Step inside the Architect’s abandoned labyrinth and discover the secrets locke...
ttrpg.link
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The 1st print 3rd party supplement for Mythic Bastionland is live for PreOrders!
Step inside the Architect’s abandoned labyrinth and discover the secrets locked deep within its twisted hallways in this one-shot inspired by the ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur.
ttrpg.link/horribleknight
1/3
Step inside the Architect’s abandoned labyrinth and discover the secrets locked deep within its twisted hallways in this one-shot inspired by the ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur.
ttrpg.link/horribleknight
1/3
You all wanted more admin in your Mythic Bastionland games, right?
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The Tax, the Tithe, and the Levy
The life of a Knight isn’t all myth-seeking and feast-eating. Sometimes you’re called in for proper work, namely taking stuff from vassals a...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
You all wanted more admin in your Mythic Bastionland games, right?
www.bastionland.com/2025/10/the-...
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🚨A NEW (WEIRD)HOPE ALERT🚨
Hello all! I'll be part of this---writing an expansion to "To Put Away A Sword", my dead-giant-mecha adventure.
A sleeping godsoldier has reactivated, and is dragging its corpse to the sea! It has a belly full of biomechanical roe ...
Hello all! I'll be part of this---writing an expansion to "To Put Away A Sword", my dead-giant-mecha adventure.
A sleeping godsoldier has reactivated, and is dragging its corpse to the sea! It has a belly full of biomechanical roe ...
🚨NEW WEIRD GAME KLAXXON🚨
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
October 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
🚨A NEW (WEIRD)HOPE ALERT🚨
Hello all! I'll be part of this---writing an expansion to "To Put Away A Sword", my dead-giant-mecha adventure.
A sleeping godsoldier has reactivated, and is dragging its corpse to the sea! It has a belly full of biomechanical roe ...
Hello all! I'll be part of this---writing an expansion to "To Put Away A Sword", my dead-giant-mecha adventure.
A sleeping godsoldier has reactivated, and is dragging its corpse to the sea! It has a belly full of biomechanical roe ...
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A wee thing I made to stick on the wall to remember the attack steps in @bastionland.bsky.social's Mythic Bastionland
October 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A wee thing I made to stick on the wall to remember the attack steps in @bastionland.bsky.social's Mythic Bastionland
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Next is Sapphic Knights in a Mythic Land, a mashup of Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Mark of the Odd, and the vibes of Mythic Bastionland by the amazing @bastionland.bsky.social
Obey the Seers; quest for the myths; explore Sapphic love!
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Obey the Seers; quest for the myths; explore Sapphic love!
drgwenmarshall.itch.io/thirsty-sapp...
Sapphic Knights in a Mythic Land by Gwen Marshall
Obey the seers; Quest for Myth; Explore Sapphic Love!
drgwenmarshall.itch.io
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Next is Sapphic Knights in a Mythic Land, a mashup of Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Mark of the Odd, and the vibes of Mythic Bastionland by the amazing @bastionland.bsky.social
Obey the Seers; quest for the myths; explore Sapphic love!
drgwenmarshall.itch.io/thirsty-sapp...
Obey the Seers; quest for the myths; explore Sapphic love!
drgwenmarshall.itch.io/thirsty-sapp...
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Now that the first game of Mythic Bastionland by @bastionland.bsky.social is in the bag and I don’t have to hide it from my players anymore…
The Realm of Valesant! Hex tiles designed by the Graven Guild from the #HextonHills range, #3DPrinting done on my @bambulabglobal.bsky.social on my X1C
The Realm of Valesant! Hex tiles designed by the Graven Guild from the #HextonHills range, #3DPrinting done on my @bambulabglobal.bsky.social on my X1C
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Now that the first game of Mythic Bastionland by @bastionland.bsky.social is in the bag and I don’t have to hide it from my players anymore…
The Realm of Valesant! Hex tiles designed by the Graven Guild from the #HextonHills range, #3DPrinting done on my @bambulabglobal.bsky.social on my X1C
The Realm of Valesant! Hex tiles designed by the Graven Guild from the #HextonHills range, #3DPrinting done on my @bambulabglobal.bsky.social on my X1C
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🚨NEW WEIRD GAME KLAXXON🚨
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
September 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🚨NEW WEIRD GAME KLAXXON🚨
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
Sometimes I wonder if my time as a teacher still influences my writing...
Shoutout to Mythic Bastionland’s Infuriating Children table. @bastionland.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Sometimes I wonder if my time as a teacher still influences my writing...
This Spark Table is full of Spark Tables!
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www.bastionland.com/2025/09/into...
Into the Land
Want to go a further step deeper on your land spark table? Let's see how deep this place goes. ---------------------------------------------...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This Spark Table is full of Spark Tables!
www.bastionland.com/2025/09/into...
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Coming next summer!
Join @bradkerr.net, Skullboy and I at Between Two Cons, an indie RPG/OSR convention in Portland, Oregon.
Fill out this survey to influence how it takes shape:
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Join @bradkerr.net, Skullboy and I at Between Two Cons, an indie RPG/OSR convention in Portland, Oregon.
Fill out this survey to influence how it takes shape:
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Between Two Cons
The Between Two Cairns podcast is hosting a convention (Between Two Cons) next year in Portland, Oregon, and we'd love your help! Please answer the following questions so we can plan accordingly.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Coming next summer!
Join @bradkerr.net, Skullboy and I at Between Two Cons, an indie RPG/OSR convention in Portland, Oregon.
Fill out this survey to influence how it takes shape:
forms.gle/bxs7RkvRkeeD...
Join @bradkerr.net, Skullboy and I at Between Two Cons, an indie RPG/OSR convention in Portland, Oregon.
Fill out this survey to influence how it takes shape:
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Old pal @benriggs.bsky.social had me on his podcast to interview Chris McDowall of Mythic Bastionland, a new fave indie ttrpg! We talk about improv, Arthurian myth, and of course, the Higgins Armory Museum.
Listen:
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Watch:
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Listen:
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Watch:
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The Ring Knight Honors the Weeping Seer-with Jeremy Bent & Chris McDowall Ep. 71
YouTube video by Reading D&D Aloud
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September 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Old pal @benriggs.bsky.social had me on his podcast to interview Chris McDowall of Mythic Bastionland, a new fave indie ttrpg! We talk about improv, Arthurian myth, and of course, the Higgins Armory Museum.
Listen:
readingdndaloud.libsyn.com/the-ring-kni...
Watch:
youtu.be/pyxt_y9oV5I
Listen:
readingdndaloud.libsyn.com/the-ring-kni...
Watch:
youtu.be/pyxt_y9oV5I
MAC Attack pre-orders are now open if you missed out on the initial crowdfunding
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Pre-order MAC Attack - Sci-Fi Mecha Miniature Wargame on BackerKit
MAC Attack: Mobile Armour Colossus.
A fast-playing, explosive mecha tabletop wargame, where factions of a fractured humanity fight for dominance on alien new worlds.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
MAC Attack pre-orders are now open if you missed out on the initial crowdfunding
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