Episode 431: Working for Bigfoot
February 5th, 2021 | Robin
Keep that Abingdon Island giant tortoise under a blanket as beloved Patreon backer Kevin L. Nault beckons us into the Gaming Hut to work animal trafficking into RPG scenarios.
Part 6 of our Cinema Hut horror essentials series continues the 60s gothic resurgence, and we assure you this segment wouldn’t hurt a fly.
Plangent notes ring through the Culture Hut as esteemed Patreon backer Ethan “Mr. E” Schoonover seeks the terrifying reality behind composer Erik Satie’s Vexations.
Finally the Holy Roman Empire once again rears its head as perceptive Patreon backer Paul Douglas visits the Consulting Occultist to learn about Michael Scot, court magician to Frederick II.
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Mike Scott Rohan wrote a book about Michael Scot (THE LORD OF THE MIDDLE AIR) and claimed him as an ancestor. I have no idea on what basis.
If you’re like me and mostly monolingual, and Robin’s French confused the heck out of you, what you’re looking for is “Erik Satie – Gymnopédie No.1”
I found it by Googling “Satie piano #1”, luckily google is smarter than me.
Note, this is not a dig at Robin’s French, but my ears 😉
I entirely take the point about anti-poaching operations in Africa being an insufficiently escapist low-fun topic for a game, but it turns out that it would at least provide an example of seriously competent combat-trained female characters:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/06/akashinga-women-rangers-fight-poaching-in-zimbabwe-phundundu-wildlife-area/