Man, Myth, and Magic - anyone but me have even vauge memories of playing this game? It was published in 1982 during the wild-west free-for-all era of RPGs, where anything went. What made me even remember it was my recent purchase of Ars Magica (which, in fact, was what I THOUGHT I was remembering but really turned out to be MM&M - damned old age!). Very little about it online, aside from the endearing quality that I remember the most; random-ish characters drawn from points in history from 4000 BC to 1000AD, which led to VERY diverse gaming groups. I seem to remember my character being a European-style follower of Egyptian deities, for example.

Anyway, just throught I'd throw this out and see if it triggered anyone else's neurons, or if I was the only person on Earth who actually bought a copy, much less played it.

I never owned or played it, but I remember seeing it advertised in American comics I read as a kid. Back then I was very excited by MMM's premise, but couldn't find a shop that sold it in the UK. I'd enjoy hearing what the game was actually like.

hells yeah...in a box, on my shelf.  totally gonzo, and having given it a re-read after purchasing again, i have NO IDEA how we ever played the thing.  The rules are clunky, missing, and all over the place.  The weird hodgepodge of cultures was just whacky...i mean, Leprechaun PC's?

I'll toss up some pics later...

Like I said, it was the heyday of anything-goes games and gamers. Rules missing? Must not need 'em, or make it up as you go. Crazy premise? That's what makes it fun. And clearly, Yaquinto (which was a PRINTING company based here in Dallas, of all things) was just jumping on the bandwagon. Wouldn't surprise me if guys in the print-shop played D&D and said "Let's do one of our own", and the guys in the front office said "Sure why not?". They also had a line of "album-cover" games (so named because they were packaged in album-sleeve envelopes) that got alot of play in my group at the time - particularly the pirate game I can't remember the name of. Think it was "Swashbuckler" or something like that.

Wonder if it has become "abandonware". or where I might find a copy. Where'd you find yours, Kreg?

It was pretty weird, yes.

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Quote from: Werekoala;304685Like I said, it was the heyday of anything-goes games and gamers. Rules missing? Must not need 'em, or make it up as you go. Crazy premise? That's what makes it fun. And clearly, Yaquinto (which was a PRINTING company based here in Dallas, of all things) was just jumping on the bandwagon. Wouldn't surprise me if guys in the print-shop played D&D and said "Let's do one of our own", and the guys in the front office said "Sure why not?". They also had a line of "album-cover" games (so named because they were packaged in album-sleeve envelopes) that got alot of play in my group at the time - particularly the pirate game I can't remember the name of. Think it was "Swashbuckler" or something like that.

Wonder if it has become "abandonware". or where I might find a copy. Where'd you find yours, Kreg?

WK - I think it was my very first eBay purchase, for iirc less than $10.  

here's another one!

i would definitely say that nostalgia fueled the purchase.  it was one of the many games i use to own, bought new, that were stolen from our storage lot years ago.  i've often hoped to find an old D&D book or game with my name scrawled in it some day.

I still have my copy, bought in shrink at a garage sale.

I didn't like it at all when I was a kid, though the adult me sees some merit in the advanced rules (and notes a similarity with how characters in Mithras' fantastic Zenobia are set up, mechanics-wise).

I still use the maps, though: the generic outdoor encounter map, the labyrinth, the villa...even the Stonehenge map has found use in my games.

Just eBay'd a copy of the Advanced Rules (!!!) for $10 - what could it hurt?

They had alot of the old Yaquinto board games too - was tempted, but nobody I know plays those type of games anymore.