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I’m Amit Moshe, Founder of Son of Oak Games and creator of Legend In The Mist RPG -- Ask Me Anything!
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I’m Amit Moshe, Founder of Son of Oak Games and creator of Legend In The Mist RPG -- Ask Me Anything!

Hey all,

I'm Amit, creator of Legend In The Mist (LitM) and founder of Son of Oak Game Studio.

I'm 45, I live in Boston with my husbear Mark, and I just had a delicious chocolate croissant (I know, it's not what it's called) from a great local bakery/coffeeshop (Tatte). 

So with that covered, I'm ready to answer any questions you may have, especially about Son of Oak, our games, the Mist Engine with its stateless tag-based mechanics, future plans, Legend In The Mist and its creation process, the Hearts of Ravnesdale setting, indie publishing or anything really.

About Legend In The Mist

If you haven't been following, Legend In The Mist is a rustic fantasy TTRPG that is also a universal, description-based game engine which can support any fantasy (or other) setting and includes solo/GMless play in the core rules. It was Kickstarted in 2024 to the tune of $855,000, was voted 2025's Most Anticipated TTRPG, and was the Top-Rated TTRPG of 2025 on DriveThruRPG (the most 5-star reviews). You can try it with the free comic book tutorial , a free quickstart (demo) game, as well as a free 5e crossover guide.

LaunchFest!

Legend In The Mist coming in print next month (yay!) and we're having a big party to welcome it, titled LaunchFest, with daily content drops and lots of events. Ending June 17th, LaunchFest is the last chance to preorder the game at up to 40% off retail price after which you get an instant download of the PDFs and can start playing. (There are also bundles for retailers!)
Check it out here: https://sonofoak.com/pages/legend-in-the-mist-rpg-launch-fest

One of our most interesting upcoming events is a stream this Thursday with YouTube legend Dungeon Dad, discussing the differences between DnD and LitM: https://youtube.com/live/w4mWzQEtAAs

Thank You!

The TTRPG community's reaction to Legend In The Mist has really touched the Son of Oak team so deeply (myself, Alejandra, Eran, Manuel, Kelly, Itamar, we're too many to list...). As creators, especially of a game that's quite different from traditional RPGs, we were just incredibly delighted to find so many players wanted that - a simple, narrative, yet highly flexible and customizable game, where you choose the crunch level in every action and where any conflict can take center stage, combat or not.

This week I was really moved by this review by Darren on DriveThruRPG:

>It took a while to work out the rules, which did not seem anywhere near as easy to follow as the book proclaimed. But, wow, when it clicked this product suddenly became fabulous. Character creation is adorable. Superbly presented. I think this is the best game in decades.

Switching to a statless, classless game is definitely a paradigm shift for most traditional TTRPG players (not so much for new players, we've found!), but I was so thrilled that Darren found the magic and creative freedom that await once you make that leap...

Anyway - now to your questions!

u/SonOfOakGameS — 1 day ago

One-Shot Tips?

Im running a one shot tonight to test out the new game! Got any advice on making it fun.

Im excited to try out tags and status amd everything. Fingers Crossed.

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u/Fathomless_Black — 2 days ago
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Legend In The Mist / Amit Moshe AMA on r/rpg Tue 5/12 12pm-2pm ET

Hey all,

I'm Amit, creator of Legend In The Mist and founder of Son of Oak Game Studio.

Legend In The Mist is arriving in print next month and we're already in the midst of the LaunchFest countdown event.

As part of LaunchFest, I'll be here on r/rpg for an AMA session next Tuesday at 12pm ET, to talk about the tag-based engine, how to balance narrative with tactical, rustic fantasy, and whatever else you'd like to ask.

If you haven't heard of LitM yet, I'm proud to share its digital version was 2025's top-rated game on DriveThruRPG - receiving more organic reviews and 5 star ratings than any other game published that year (even those that presumably sold many more copies). We've worked hard on this one, so it's a darn good feeling to see that fans love the outcome.

Anyway, we'll talk about all that on Tuesday!

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u/macdaire — 5 days ago

I'm getting ready to run my first LitM game for some friends on Foundry and I wanted to pull together a soundtrack but I'm drawing a blank. Putting together music for my Otherscape game was a lot easier!

I'm hoping folks could have some recommendations - either bands, specific songs, soundtracks, Soundcloud accounts, etc. Anything you've heard that you think might be cool for the vibe of the game would be appreciated!

*Edit - I'm using the default setting of Ravenhome

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u/apoapsis_138 — 9 days ago

Hi friends, I've been working away at an unofficial Legend in the Mist system for Foundry. I'm ready to release it to beta and have folks start to use it. I've primarily made it for my own use but I am happy to have it out there for others to use as well :)

This is an unofficial version (I have shared it with Son of Oak Games) and you will need a copy of the game to use this system!

You can take a look at the system here if you're interested: https://github.com/coreyhickson/legend-in-the-mist-foundry/tree/main

It is still in beta, as I'm still getting things worked out but I'm pretty happy with where it's at right now, despite a few kinks to figure out.

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u/coreyhickson — 10 days ago

Hi folks. I haven't purchased the game yet, but I'm on the verge. I'm really interested in GM or Narrator perspective on prep. How much time do you spend per session? How easy it it to throw together adversaries and NPCs/Challenges/Obstacles, etc? Thanks for any thoughts on the subject.

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u/Kirkshoulderroll — 10 days ago

First, for those who might be interested - Hearts of Ravensdale is on sale - 1/2 off, today only.

But the copy on DrivethruRPG has a different cover then my copy. And it's 348 pages, compared to the 419 that I have. I pre-ordered my copy from Son of Oak. Does anyone know what's going on?

u/SNicolson — 7 days ago