Archive for July, 2015
- March 2025|
- February 2025|
- January 2025|
- December 2024|
- November 2024|
- October 2024|
- September 2024|
- August 2024|
- July 2024|
- June 2024|
- May 2024|
- April 2024|
- March 2024|
- February 2024|
- January 2024|
- December 2023|
- November 2023|
- October 2023|
- September 2023|
- August 2023|
- July 2023|
- June 2023|
- May 2023|
- April 2023|
- March 2023|
- February 2023|
- January 2023|
- December 2022|
- November 2022|
- October 2022|
- September 2022|
- August 2022|
- July 2022|
- June 2022|
- May 2022|
- April 2022|
- March 2022|
- February 2022|
- January 2022|
- December 2021|
- November 2021|
- October 2021|
- September 2021|
- August 2021|
- July 2021|
- June 2021|
- May 2021|
- April 2021|
- March 2021|
- February 2021|
- January 2021|
- December 2020|
- November 2020|
- October 2020|
- September 2020|
- August 2020|
- July 2020|
- June 2020|
- May 2020|
- April 2020|
- March 2020|
- February 2020|
- January 2020|
- December 2019|
- November 2019|
- October 2019|
- September 2019|
- August 2019|
- July 2019|
- June 2019|
- May 2019|
- April 2019|
- March 2019|
- February 2019|
- January 2019|
- December 2018|
- November 2018|
- October 2018|
- September 2018|
- August 2018|
- July 2018|
- June 2018|
- May 2018|
- April 2018|
- March 2018|
- February 2018|
- January 2018|
- December 2017|
- November 2017|
- October 2017|
- September 2017|
- August 2017|
- July 2017|
- June 2017|
- May 2017|
- April 2017|
- March 2017|
- February 2017|
- January 2017|
- December 2016|
- November 2016|
- October 2016|
- September 2016|
- August 2016|
- July 2016|
- June 2016|
- May 2016|
- April 2016|
- March 2016|
- February 2016|
- January 2016|
- December 2015|
- November 2015|
- October 2015|
- September 2015|
- August 2015|
- July 2015|
- June 2015|
- May 2015|
- April 2015|
- March 2015|
- February 2015|
- January 2015|
- December 2014|
- November 2014|
- October 2014|
- September 2014|
- August 2014|
- July 2014|
- June 2014|
- May 2014|
- April 2014|
- March 2014|
- February 2014|
- January 2014|
- December 2013|
- November 2013|
- October 2013|
- September 2013|
- August 2013|
- July 2013|
- June 2013|
- May 2013|
- April 2013|
- March 2013|
- February 2013|
- January 2013|
- December 2012|
- November 2012|
- October 2012|
- September 2012|
- August 2012|
Episode 151: Draculas Competing To Be the Dracula
July 31st, 2015 | Robin
Robin gets a head start on his Dracula Dossier homework as the Gaming Hut lays out the whys and hows of campaign frames.
The titular chapeau takes on a conical shape as Ken talks Yithians in Among My Many Hats. Check out his Ken Writes About Stuff installment for more.
How to Write Good examines different authorial worldviews and how they determine what does and doesn’t fit in your narrative.
Finally Ken’s Time Machine whirs up for a trip to pre-gold rush California, courtesy of a question from Rich Fryer.
Look out, Lieutenants of evil! The sinister mastermind you work for has taken some time to shake the post-conquest blues. But he’ll be back soon, and your survival depends on impressing him. Thankfully, our lead sponsor Atlas Games has just what you need: their delightful new card game of competitive minion-stacking, Three Cheers for Master.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode 150: Anniversary Lightning Round Extravaganza III
July 24th, 2015 | Robin
Stuff we’re here to talk about in this milestone episode might include Ben Franklin, the Flash, Zeus, Tom Fury, Phar Lap, keraunomedicine, the Lockheed P-38, Mjolnir, the blitzkrieg, Final Fantasy XIII, James Otis Jr., Garth Ranzz, al-Borak, Tampa Bay hockey, or the static discharge between clouds and the earth.
That is to say, we’ve hit episode 150, a milestone requiring us to pull out all the meteorological stops for our customary all Ask Ken and Robin lightning round edition.
Warning: actual episode does not discuss any of the above.
Look out, Lieutenants of evil! The sinister mastermind you work for has taken some time to shake the post-conquest blues. But he’ll be back soon, and your survival depends on impressing him. Thankfully, our lead sponsor Atlas Games has just what you need: their delightful new card game of competitive minion-stacking, Three Cheers for Master.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode 149: Contemptible People Tavern
July 17th, 2015 | Robin
Line up your polyhedrals in order of social preference as we enter the Gaming Hut to examine caste and class in worldbuilding.
The History Hut provides a footnote to a somber event with details on the 1822 trial of Denmark Vesey, a founder of Charleston SC’s Mother Emanuel Church, for conspiracy to revolt against slavery.
Tom Pleasant poses a challenging Ask Ken and Robin query, asking what we would do if we could use Ken’s Time Machine to alter roleplaying history.
Finally we bathe ourselves in light as the Consulting Occultist profiles the preeminent practitioner of nice magic, Dion Fortune.
Look out, Lieutenants of evil! The sinister mastermind you work for has taken some time to shake the post-conquest blues. But he’ll be back soon, and your survival depends on impressing him. Thankfully, our lead sponsor Atlas Games has just what you need: their delightful new card game of competitive minion-stacking, Three Cheers for Master.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode 148: The Truffles of the Fiend Folio
July 10th, 2015 | Robin
The Gaming Hut acquires extra filigrees and an extended backstory as we examine the cognitive investments gamers make when they learn to love detail.
The Food Hut takes a turn for the imaginary in response to this medieval recipe for griddle-roasted unicorn, brought to our attention by Terry O’Carroll. What happens when F20 adventurers start to regard monsters and mythical creatures not just as opponents, but as ingredients in fantasy-world cuisine?
In Ask Ken and Robin, Sean Phelan asks for ground rules on killing key NPCs offstage.
Finally we find ourselves in the Eliptony Hut, inspired by a CIA document drop on Project Blue Book, to investigate disinformation campaigns waged against UFOlogists.
Look out, Lieutenants of evil! The sinister mastermind you work for has taken some time to shake the post-conquest blues. But he’ll be back soon, and your survival depends on impressing him. Thankfully, our lead sponsor Atlas Games has just what you need: their delightful new card game of competitive minion-stacking, Three Cheers for Master.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode 147: The Worst Doppelganger
July 2nd, 2015 | Robin
Spruce up your decor as the Gaming Hut reveals the secrets of room description.
Ken does the bulk of the replying in an eliptonic Ask Ken and Robin, as RogerBW seeks a disentanglement of convex and concave hollow earth theories.
Once again we rev up the Recommendation Engine, tipping you to a movie, two books, two food products and, believe it or not, a game!
Impose your will on reality through whatever lens you want as the Consulting Occultist casts a gimlet eye on chaos magick.
Look out, Lieutenants of evil! The sinister mastermind you work for has taken some time to shake the post-conquest blues. But he’ll be back soon, and your survival depends on impressing him. Thankfully, our lead sponsor Atlas Games has just what you need: their delightful new card game of competitive minion-stacking, Three Cheers for Master.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
