A rustic fantasy tabletop RPG based on the acclaimed City of Mist. Spin a tale of journey and peril where choices transform gameplay.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Last Chance to Back Cairo:Otherscape and Neuro:Otherscape - with a special backer-only gift!
11 months ago
– Tue, May 13, 2025 at 12:03:16 PM
Hey there companions! This update is about the soon ending Cairo:Otherscape campaign. Another update will be sent on Friday along with the Narrator chapter and Solo rules, as planned.
Greeting Hieroglyphic Cryptographers,
Cairo//Neuro Kickstarter Ending Soon!
We're writing one last time to let you know of the impending conclusion of the Cairo:Otherscape and Neuro:Otherscape Kickstarter! Thanks to more than 2100 backers, the Mythic Cyberpunk RPG will be expanding to Egypt and into cyberspace - join us there:
To celebrate crossing 2,000 backers, we’ve included an additional gift with every Kickstarter pledge: the Loadout Deck. This deck includes 30 cards, each depicting a unique artifact or spell from Cairo:Otherscape (the Egypt setting book), or a hardware or software from Neuro:Otherscape (the Cyberspace expansion book).
All Kickstarter backers will receive the digital version of the deck, and anyone pledging at the Box Set tier or higher will get the printed deck as well!
Why Pledge on Kickstarter?
Here is what you already know, being a backer of this project, but is worth mentioning:
Your pledge helps us make a better game by unlocking more stretch goals
You will get the best price and best bundles on Kickstarter
As a backer, you get early access to the game materials
As a backer, you get to influence our design decisions
Now, you also get a gift of Loadout Deck (valued $20)!
The support of the community so far has been phenomenal, unlocking a slew of new content and physical items, making each pledge worth so much more! Together, we unlocked:
100 extra spells, artifacts, apps, and hardware in the Loadout Catalogs
5 Maps and 20 Tokens for exciting encounters
30 Extra Theme Kits for Cairo & Neuro professions and ability sets
Two new adventures (Cairo and Neuro) for you cyberpunk mercs
10 extra character folios, for a total of 20!
Neuro:OS cyberspace Domain generator
And that’s not all, we are inching close to unlocking the Adversary Deck, a pack of 40 tarot-sized cards, featuring engaging Challenges that your crew may encounter on the job.
Play as Jinn!
The Jinn are unique entities that exist in cyberspace and meatspace simultaneously. We are excited to present HĀLA, one of 20 pre-generated characters you’ll get with your Cairo//Neuro character pack, as a free download!
Grab HĀLA’s full character sheet with the Free Cairo:OS Demo Game available on the Kickstarter page!
Finale Livestream: See it in Action!
To celebrate the final hours of the Cairo:Otherscape Kickstarter campaign, we are hosting a Live Play Stream!
Tune in and watch MC Kevin Carpenter take our Egypt team of game writers on a cyberpunk adventure in dystopian Cairo! Featuring our dashing mercs: Omar Samir, Albert Basilli, and Sarah Helen Slovak.
We go live on Thursday May 15th at 11am PT | 2pm ET | 8pm CET !
That's all for now - see you at the finale!
- Amit and the Son of Oak team
The Heap-Thing of Skunk Glen!
11 months ago
– Fri, May 02, 2025 at 07:47:20 AM
Hello there companions,
Starter Adventure Drops!
We are now sending the updated Core Book Playtesting PDF to all backers and late pledges via DriveThruRPG. Within the next few hours, you should receive an email invite to download this file from DriveThruRPG. If you encountered any issues, please reach out to [email protected].
(Only backers and late pledgers received this playtesting file. Pre-orderers will receive the file upon its official release.)
What's Inside
In addition to everything from previous updates, and an update for the art in the book, you'll find the Starter Adventure: The Heap-Thing Of Skunk Glen.
This is a wholesome-meets-eerie opening adventure inspired by folktales about a village festivity that goes awry, spiraling into a strange affair with a mysterious being. It's designed as both an opportunity to learn the game together AND the ideal "first chapter" in a campaign (whether focused on a village or on a journey), where we get to know the Heroes and their origin environment -- the place they likely will be fighting to save later on!
The adventure is set in the official Hearts of Ravensdale setting, in Ravenhome (the same village as the Demo Game), but you can easily play it in any original village or setting you've created for your Legend In The Mist game.
What's Not Inside (Yet!)
While we promised the Narrator chapter and Solo rules, and though we've worked intensively to share them with you, these are just not ready to roll out yet. We're reworking the chapter so that GMless play, and specifically our new Oracle tools, are built into the Narrator chapter in a way that anyone can use them for solo play, co-op play, or just to help Narrators roll up a scene when you're not sure where to take the story next. We will also collect all the Oracles and rules in a few handy reference pages.
We have also have crafted the 16 pregen character folios which will feature characters from the Hearts of Ravensdale setting -- from villagers and wandering Dalespeople to hedge magic practitioners, Creatures of Twilight, and Thaumaturges -- and yet these can be used in any setting. They are waiting for your truly's (Amit's) final review and then we'll forge them into beautiful character sheets for you all.
So, there is certainly a lot that has been done but is not yet visible, and we hope to share it with you as soon as possible.
What To Expect (Reminder)
This Core Book combines rustic with other genres to support any fantasy game, so it might feel a little more generic fantasy in some parts (although we still focus mainly on rustic fantasy). The setting book will lean into rustic fantasy will full force.
It's a playtesting copy, which means it's a **partial preview** of the core book meant to allow you to start playing the game and experiencing it.
Content-wise, it's a final draft. While not the absolute final version, what you find in the file represents the finished and complete product. We may yet make some changes, but we don't plan to make many. Prrofreading has not yet been applied.
Art- and design-wise, it's a Work In Progress (WIP). Art is being added as it is created, but some art is still missing. The graphic design is in its final draft, but still being tweaked.
What's Next?
Adventure Feedback
Get a group going and run the starter adventure! We will be taking feedback through the Discord server (invite here) where there is already a thread in the #feedback channel for the starter adventure feedback.
Next Drop
We're going to give ourselves a good chunk of time to polish off all that has been done and share the full book + pregens on May 16th. Work on the Hearts of Ravensdale book is also in full swing and we hope to share more of that in the upcoming drops.
Preparing For Print
While there is still substantial work on the PDFs, we're lining up print operations to be able to print items in separate phases, so that items that are complete can begin printing. We hope this will prevent a congestion around print operations (by reducing the number of titles printing simultaneously) and help minimize delays. More on this as we get closer to the date.
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That's it for now, companions! Go ahead and dive into The Heap-Thing Of Skunk Glen and stay tuned for more updates soon,
-Amit and the Son of Oak team
Release Schedule Update, Free RPG Day, and Livestream tomorrow
12 months ago
– Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 09:40:00 AM
If you meet a bargaining devil on the trail, be very careful what you terms you accept. More Challenge art by the incredible Mark Hretskyi!
Hi Companions,
Our apologies for the delayed release! While our release schedule was momentarily disrupted by the launch of the Cairo:OS Kickstarter (a necessary step to line up work for later this year and into 2026), we are back on track.
The Revised Drop Schedule
Our next drop will be on May 1st, and we plan to include the starter adventure and sections of Chapter 2, the Narrator, which will also include the solo rules (!!!). With that, we will be approaching the final form of the core book. We're also taking into account all the feedback we received from you and will make significant changes to the structure and of the book based on that. Proofreading is halfway done for published sections, and art is approaching completion. The end of this part of the journey is in sight!
Following that, we will release the character pack pregens and begin releasing the Hearts of Ravensdale Setting Book chapters which we've been working on.
Playtesting Window is Closing!
With this, we're also nearing the end of the playtesting period (although there will be at least one month available for playtesting with the full book, and with solo rules). If you haven't put together a group to try this game out yet, or if you haven't shared your insights with us on the Discord #feedback threads, please do! (Discord invite here)
FREE RPG Day is coming!
If you're looking to get your friends into Legend In The Mist, this Free RPG Day - June 21st - is your chance! We'll be offering free copies of the demo game in Friendly Local Game Stores worldwide, so make sure your local store knows about this (they are probably already participating in Free RPG day, but just to be sure).
Until then, persevere on your Quests, no matter how small or epic!
-Amit and the Son of Oak team
Cairo:Otherscape is live! + Adventure Update
12 months ago
– Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:33:52 AM
Hello companions,
As we've noted in the last update, we've launched the Cairo:Otherscape Kickstarter today, we we'll tell you about that below.
The Heap-Thing of Skunk Glen
However, work on Legend In the Mist continues in full force! We're working on the starter adventure and the Narrator's chapter as promised, in an effort to complete the core book this month.
Currently, the working title of the adventure is The Heap-Thing of Skunk Glen but that may yet change. It's a beautiful folktale-inspired rustic fantasy adventure that can either set up your locally-centered campaign, or be a great prelude to an epic journey.
We'll send another update on where we stand with all this next week. Stay tuned.
Cairo:OS, the new Egyptian Expansion for :Otherscape, is now live on Kickstarter - and FUNDED!
If you love the Mist Engine, and you love cyberpunk, then venture with us into a dystopian Cairo, where corporate cults have dubbed themselves the new pharaohs and everyone is scrambling to obtain powerful artifacts in a new magical and technological arms race.
Play as rebels, mercenaries, mystics, and hackers and combine cybernetics with the magical powers of Egyptian and Arabian mythology.
Last chance to back Zamanora! + Challenges Chapter Update
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 09:09:01 AM
The art of Mark Hretskyi, which will be included in the Challenges chapter
Good day companions!
We have some updates for you as promised. While it is April Fool's Day, and while there are House Hobs and Brownies all around us, there are unfortunately no falsities and jokes here today. We're much too busy for that - have to finish the cobbler's shoes before sunrise!
Zamanora, The Balkan-Slavic Setting for Legend In The Mist, Enters Its Last 48 hours!
If you're already loving what you see from Legend In The Mist and you anticipate wanting MORE CONTENT to play with in six months or so, you should grab Zamanora as it nears its Kickstarter ending on Thursday.
It's packed with authentic player options, creatures, and adventures from the world of Balkan and Slavic cautionary tales, spread over two books and lots of accessories.
Backers not only get the best price, but also access to some Kickstarter exclusive bundles and add-ons, such as the Collector's Box; early access to content and the team's playtesting sessions; and, as always, help unlock more content by contributing to stretch goals. You can even bundle in print copies of Legend In The Mist if you didn't get them on this project.
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The Challenges Chapter Is Coming Later This Week
As we've shared on Discord and in a comment here, we've been working diligently on the Challenges chapter, but some unexpected delays did set us back this time and we will release it only toward the end of the week. We will continue to send updates on the exact time on the Discord #litm-updates channel (here's the Discord invite link, if you're new).
You will be getting the chapter as part of the updated Core Book Playtesting PDF, which will be sent to all backers and late pledges via DriveThruRPG. (Only backers and late pledgers will receive this playtesting file. Pre-orderers will receive the file upon its official release.)
What's Inside
In addition to everything from previous updates, here's what you'll find in the soon-to-come updated PDF. Note that this chapter was greatly expanded thanks to the $300K Expanded Survival & Bestiary stretch goal!
Challenge Chapter Intro: Challenge types, how to use their Threats & Consequences, tags, and Limits, and (my favorite) more insight into Journeys and their component Vignettes, which are small Challenges that Heroes meet along the way and resolve with a single Quick outcome.
70 Challenges
20 Journeys
40 standalone Vignettes you can plug into any Journey
20 Power Sets you can use to enhance any Challenge
Challenges and Journeys grouped into 11 story "zones": Homestead & Village, Outskirts & Fields, On The Trail, In The Wilds, Open Water, Forsaken Places, Town & City, The Castle, On The Battlefield, Blighted Badlands, Vaults of Darkness
Rather than a condensed card, Challenges are now formatted in the style of a "cooking recipe" for improved readability (see example below).
Some Challenges are also graced by the art of Mark Hretskyi, an incredible artist from the Ukraine who has joined the team to help us deliver this book sooner!
Layout test page (Challenge not final). How do you like the readability of this style of Challenge layout?
What To Expect (Reminder)
This Core Book combines rustic with other genres to support any fantasy game, so it might feel a little more generic fantasy in some parts (although we still focus mainly on rustic fantasy). The setting book will lean into rustic fantasy will full force.
It's a playtesting copy, which means it's a **partial preview** of the core book meant to allow you to start playing the game and experiencing it.
Content-wise, it's a final draft. While not the absolute final version, what you find in the file represents the finished and complete product. We may yet make some changes, but we don't plan to make many. The text is not yet proofread.
Art- and design-wise, it's a Work In Progress (WIP). Art is being added as it is created, but a lot of art is still missing. The graphic design is in its final draft, but still being tweaked.
What's Next?
Challenges Chapter Feedback
Once the Challenge chapter is released later this week, we will be taking feedback through the Discord server (invite here) where there is already a thread in the #feedback channel for the Challenges chapter.
Adventure Coming
As promised, the Challenges chapter will also have a short starter adventure, which will be added later.
Next Drop
Our next update will be on April 15th, as we launch the Cairo:Otherscape Kickstarter. Our next drop will be two days later, on April 17th, and is planned to include the aforementioned adventure, and parts of the Narrator chapter. We hope to complete the book by the following drop on May 1st, with the complete Narrator's chapter and solo rules. Meanwhile, we have also been working on the Hearts of Ravensdale book, the pregens, the Narrator's screen, and so on, and will share those as we complete them.
Physical Rewards Timeline
We will reevaluate the physical shipping date as soon as we complete the delivery of the digital game, but it can be expected to be 3-4 months from digital completion. We are working on preparing files to print as we finish them to reduce that lead time as much as possible, and have printers lined up for this project. More to come as we progress.
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That's all for now, companions! Stay tuned for the Challenges chapter as it comes your way later this week.
