Bindwright · a turn-based mythology RPG

Bindwright

Knowledge is Power.Learn the Myths.Bind the Legends.

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Every legend in its own lair

You meet each legend where its story happens. These are the Slavic lairs, painted for the game in progress.

Zmey Gorynych at the river crossing below his caves, painted battle scene — **Zmey Gorynych**At the river crossing below his caves

Koschei the Deathless in his hall, before the throne, painted battle scene — **Koschei the Deathless**In his hall, before the throne

Baba Yaga at the skull fence before her hut, painted battle scene — **Baba Yaga**At the skull fence before her hut

Zhar-ptitsa in the tsar's orchard at night, painted battle scene — **Zhar-ptitsa**In the tsar's orchard at night

Leshy deep in his forest, painted battle scene — **Leshy**Deep in his forest

Vodyanoy in the shallows of his millpond, painted battle scene — **Vodyanoy**In the shallows of his millpond

Rusalka on the river bank under the birches, painted battle scene — **Rusalka**On the river bank under the birches

Domovoi beside the stove, painted battle scene — **Domovoi**Beside the stove

Sirin under her branch in the orchard, painted battle scene — **Sirin**Under her branch in the orchard

Alkonost on the grey foreshore, painted battle scene — **Alkonost**On the grey foreshore

Nightingale the Robber on the old road under his nest, painted battle scene — **Nightingale the Robber**On the old road under his nest

Upyr in the village graveyard, painted battle scene — **Upyr**In the village graveyard

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The old stories are the rules.

Every legend in Bindwright comes out of a story people wrote down centuries ago. Learn the story and you learn how to face it.

You are the Bindwright. Legends from fourteen mythologies walk the world, and binding one means meeting it on its own terms: some fight, some test you, and some ask you a question only the myth can answer. Battles are turn-based, from single duels to whole packs, and you take three legends with you.

There is only one of each. Bind Koschei the Deathless and he's yours alone.

14pantheons, from Norse to West African
8elements that drive every battle
3legends at your side
1of every legend, in the whole world

The Slavic legends come first

Twelve legends from the byliny and the skazki, the old songs and folk tales. Each grows through three stages, Young, Mature and Ancient, and gains power at every one. Open a legend to read its myth.

Zmey Gorynych
BeastStorm
Three heads, wings and fire. Dobrynya let him go once, and it took three days to finish him.
Koschei the Deathless
UndeadTrickster
He can't be killed while his death stays hidden in a needle, in an egg, in a duck, in a hare.
Baba Yaga
TricksterUnderworld
Iron teeth, a fence of bones and a hut on chicken legs that keeps its back to you.
Zhar-ptitsa
DivineSky
A bird of fire that lights a whole orchard. Ivan Tsarevich caught one feather.
Leshy
BeastTrickster
The master of the forest leads you in circles until you turn your clothes inside out.
Vodyanoy
SeaUnderworld
He owns the pool under the mill wheel, and the millers feed it so their dams hold.
Rusalka
SeaUndead
For one week each early summer the drowned leave the water for the birches and the rye.
Domovoi
TricksterDivine
The house spirit behind the stove. When the family moves, they ask him to come along.
Sirin
SkyTrickster
Hear her sing and you forget everything, so the town rings its bells to drown her out.
Alkonost
SkyDivine
Her song brings a joy so complete you want nothing else. The sea lies flat for her eggs.
Nightingale the Robber
StormTrickster
His whistle knocked riders dead on the road to Kiev, until Ilya Muromets rode into it.
Upyr
Undead
A corpse that climbs out after dark and is back by first light. Keep an aspen stake.