Getting Started with the Mythic Apps

Welcome! This quick guide is based on the app itself: you start at the Fate Chart and move between Lists, Scenes, and Meaning Tables as you play. Your Journals are stored on your device. On iPhone, iPad, and the Mac App Store version you can turn on Use iCloud Sync to keep them in iCloud.

What you need: Bring these to the table

• Your favorite RPG and character(s) created (keep sheets handy)
• The Mythic GME 2e book for odds and rules context
• The desktop or mobile app installed

Before you begin

• A copy of the Mythic Game Master Emulator 2e book (Word Mill Creative) for rules context and guidance
• Your favorite RPG system and character(s) created and ready to play
• The desktop or mobile version of the app

Core steps

1) Install

Download and install the desktop or mobile app and launch it. The app creates your first Journal, called My Journal. To rename it, open SETTINGS, go to Files, tap the menu on the Journal’s row, and choose Rename Journal.

2) Start at the Fate Chart (or switch to Fate Check)

On first launch, the app opens to the Fate Chart. You can switch the default to Fate Check in Settings later if you prefer. Set your Chaos Factor, choose odds, and roll. The app highlights Yes/No/Exceptional results clearly.

Tip: Change A Screens Settings

• There’s a settings wheel that let’s you change the settings for each screen.
• To show more roll detail in the Adventure Log on a phone, open SETTINGS, choose the Game Behavior tab, and open Adventure Log Settings. On a tablet or desktop, tap the gear on the Adventure Log panel.
• You can also turn on the ability to ask a question before each roll

3) Core screens you’ll use every session

• Fate Chart (and Fate Check): ask questions, choose odds, roll, and interpret answers.
• Lists: track Characters, Threads, and Features. These lists feed your event rolls and bring elements into your story in unexpected ways.
• Scenes: jot a title and summary; add notes as you play or wait until the conclusion of a scene and summerize.
• Meaning Tables: Action Meaning 1, Action Meaning 2, and other tables that give you words to interpret.

Layout notes

• Mobile: each area is its own screen; switch using the navigation drawer on the top left.
• Tablet and desktop: Home shows Meaning Tables, the Adventure Log with the Fate controls, and Lists side by side, and Scenes has its own entry in the navigation rail. On a desktop computer you can turn on Classic 6-Panel Layout (Desktop) to see every area on one screen.

4) A simple first session flow

1. Set Chaos Factor (CF) in the Fate Chart
2. Create a Scene with a short summary. The Scene takes the Journal’s current Chaos Factor by itself, so there is nothing to record.
3. Begin the scene by asking your first yes/no Fate question in the Fate Chart and roll
4. If you get stuck, roll on Meaning Tables for inspiration
5. Add items to Lists (Characters, Threads, Features) as they emerge
6. Adjust CF between scenes as your story shifts

Tips & troubleshooting

• Unsure about how to start? Keep the book nearby and start with likely/50‑50 early on
• The Chaos Factor changes how likely a Yes answer is and how often a Random Event happens.
• On mobile, try landscape when you want more context while playing

Next steps

• Learn formulas and per‑system starters: “Dice Formulas & Customization”
• Build custom tables (optional feature): “Getting Started with Custom Tables”
• Share and safeguard journals: “Sharing Adventure Journals”