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Minotaur Issue 9 Is Here (Since Several Months Ago)

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:12:04 +0000

This is another late report, but Issue 9 of Minotaur (originally Minotaur Quarterly) is now available as a free download on the Minotaur Quarterly page. Minotaur is the official online publication of Mazes & Minotaurs, the free mythical role-playing game.

Minotaur Issue 8 Is Here (Since Last Month)

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:53:52 +0000

This is a late report, but Issue 8 of Minotaur (formerly known as Minotaur Quarterly) is now available as a free download on the Minotaur Quarterly page. Minotaur is a publication that supports Mazes & Minotaurs, the role-playing game of Greek-inspired mythology and heroic adventure (q.v.).

Trait Conversions Updated Again

Gordon Cooper — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:43:16 +0000

The Ladder by Paul Elliott and Mazes & Minotaurs by Olivier Legrand have been added to Optimum Trait Conversions for Fudge.

Both have already been added to the Links page, but I’ll link them again here for good measure:

Role-Playing in Ray Harryhausen’s Mythical Greece

Gordon Cooper — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:35:05 +0000

Legendary Games Studio has announced the return of the original fantasy role-playing game, the progenitor of the entire role-playing hobby, Mazes & Minotaurs. Published in 1972 and later released as a Revised edition in 1987, M&M defined fantasy adventure for millions of gamers worldwide. Now, Legendary Games Studio is making both the Original Rules and the Revised Rules available to all for free! To download the free PDFs, visit the Legendary Games Studio Official Mazes & Minotaurs Web site!

As you might have guessed, Mazes & Minotaurs is a satirical speculation. What if the first role-playing game had been primarily inspired by Greek mythology as depicted by such movies as Ray Harryhausen’s Jason and the Argonauts? The result might be M&M.

Designed by Olivier Legrand and inspired by an idea conceived by Paul Elliott, M&M is a masterpiece of role-playing satire that is fully playable (at least inasmuch as D&D has ever been). Not only are there two editions from which to choose and multiple supplements for each, but they are interspersed with hilarious commentary and excerpts from the letters column of Griffin magazine. As a whole, M&M is a monumental work done with professionalism, humor, and style.

For years I have been toying with the thought of running historical or mythical role-playing games set in ancient Greece in a serious manner, and I still intend to do so (armed with Fudge, GURPS Greece, the Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, the Iliad, the Odyssey, and other sources), but I think Mazes & Minotaurs is perfect as a light alternative.

I am seriously thinking about running M&M at a convention this year. The problem is which edition to choose…

Curséd multiple editions!