Episode 703: I Only Knew Twenty Lesser Sages
June 12th, 2026 | Robin
The Gaming Hut picks up on our previous general discussion of tuning pregens to a scenario by finding hooks for Trail of Cthulhu Investigators about to enter an old dark house.
Beloved Patreon backer Alex Gill convenes the Book Hut for an explanation of a tome sometimes translated as The Book of Mad Desire for the Knowledge of Written Symbols.
Fun with Science checks out the extraction of DNA from parchment manuscripts.
Finally our resident chrononaut hops into Ken’s Time Machine to decide whether to undo or protect the Cadaver Synod.
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Big news from mission control! If you missed out the first time, don’t panic. The wait is over: the CatStronauts board game is finally back in stock at Atlas Games! The first printing disappeared at lightspeed! Don’t let this reprint of CatStronauts slip through your claws.
Delve into epic fantasy adventure with one player and one GM in The Paragon Blade. Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan tunes GUMSHOE One-2-One for a mighty barbarian, skulking thief, and covert magician. Take your trusty companion and legendary artifact with you to pick it up at the Pelgrane web store or a discerning retailer near you.
The play The King in Yellow has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream’s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart.
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