{"id":7410,"date":"2026-07-30T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=7410"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:21:13","slug":"legend-in-the-mist-rustic-fantasy-goo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=7410","title":{"rendered":"Legend In The Mist &#8211; Rustic Fantasy &amp; Goo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;d been seeing some stuff about a game called City of Mist, a sort of Supernatural Noir thing, but couldn&#8217;t get a session; Then I noticed demos of Legend in the Mist, their fantasy variant, using the same or a similar system.<br>So I figured, why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260731_081540944-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260731_081540944-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260731_081540944-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260731_081540944-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260731_081540944-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260731_081540944-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260731_081540944-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ran into the guy who&#8217;d run an impromptu<sup>1<\/sup> game of Rapscallion for us last year in one of the hallways, and it turned out that he was now doing demos\/games for the City of Mist\/Legend in the Mist folks<sup>2<\/sup>, so there was at least a chance he&#8217;d be running the demo. Sadly, not the case; He was running  a &#8216;city&#8217; demo at the other table in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260730_155320491_HDR-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260730_155320491_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260730_155320491_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260730_155320491_HDR-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260730_155320491_HDR-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260730_155320491_HDR-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260730_155320491_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a one-hour demo, so there was a limit to what we could do, but we saved a small child from some goo-animated creature shambling through the barley, tracked it to the flooded remains of a tower, did a deal for information with one of the Fairy Folk, and battled the goo some more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was interesting, and what I saw of the system seemed simple enough: They gave us copies of the demo game, so I can read through that &amp; see what I think of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>1 <\/sup> The organising company (Magpie) didn&#8217;t have enough people, which is a bit of a known thing for them, and while he wasn&#8217;t rostered on &amp; didn&#8217;t know the game we&#8217;d intended to play, he threw together something for the five of us left hanging.<br><sup>2<\/sup> Citing issues with cost, Magpie didn&#8217;t have a game-running presence this year. 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