Myths, Memory, and Adventure
The historical line is part of the foundation of Lightspress. If you see a Medusa head on the cover, framed in rich leather brown, you're looking at a book built for stories shaped by memory, myth, and belief. These books cover pirates, Victoriana, the medieval and Renaissance periods, the Bronze Age, and other eras where history turns into legend. This isn’t dry textbook material. This is the spark that imagination catches when you look at the past and realize it was never simple. It was never safe. It was alive.
Stories drive history. The beliefs people held, the myths they lived by, the legends they carried into battle, and courts, families, and dreams. Every culture layered its memories with symbols and meaning. That is what made history move. That is what makes it a perfect engine for roleplaying. These books are about stepping into a world where ideas mattered enough to change everything.
The historical line is where all of that lives. Some of it will stand alone. Some of it will overlap with other lines, like the Jane Austen games, where Regency history and literary adaptation come together. There are worlds inside every era. There are stories waiting in every moment where history slipped, shifted, and left questions behind. Pirates, philosophers, kings, outlaws, revolutionaries, explorers, and healers. History holds all of them. So will this line.
This one gets pushback too. Some people want stories without having to think. Some people think imagination stops when facts start. They’re wrong. Knowing where stories come from only makes them stronger. Playing inside history doesn’t lock you down. It opens every door.
The Medusa marks the past. The leather frame holds the memory. The future of historical roleplaying is ready to be explored.
