{"id":1164,"date":"2016-10-07T08:29:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:33","slug":"episode-211-its-called-salvage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-211-its-called-salvage\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 211: It&#8217;s Called Salvage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/themes\/kartas\/images\/d8_colour.png\" align=\"left\" \/>Unfurl your flags as we gather in the<strong> Gaming Hut<\/strong> to envision an F20 game in which nationalities take the place of alignments.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Ask Ken and Robin<\/strong>, Patreon backer Jason Breti asks us to talk about <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamemage.com\/microscope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microscope.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Write Good<\/strong> looks at things that happen in real life that writers have to work extra hard to put across in fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <strong>Ken\u2019s Time Machine<\/strong> obeys backer Shane McLean\u2019s demands for information on our hero\u2019s interactions with Thomas Bloodworth in the early stages of London\u2019s Great Fire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/kenandrobin\">Support the KARTAS Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Get trapped in Lovecraft&#8217;s story \u201cThe Call of Cthulhu\u201d in Atlas Games\u2019 addictive new card game Lost in R\u2019lyeh. Take a selfie with your purchased copy of the game at your brick and mortar game retailer and send it to Atlas to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/lostinkartas\">claim your special Ken and Robin promo card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KARTAS_LiRpromo_06_27_16.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do intervals between Ken\u2019s Time Machine segments leave you listless, bored, and itchy? Then you\u2019re in luck, because <a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/timewatch\/\">TimeWatch<\/a>, the wild and woolly GUMSHOE game of chrono-hopping adventure has now blasted its way into our reality. Brought to you by master of over-the-top fast-paced fun Kevin Kulp and our reality-maintaining overlords at Pelgrane Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/timewatch\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TimeWatch-cover-300.png\" width=\"154\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those seeking yet more Ken content, his brilliant pieces on parasitic gaming, alternate Newtons, Dacian werewolves and more now lurk among the sparkling bounty of <em>The Best of FENIX Volumes 1-3<\/em>, from returning sponsors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiepressrevolution.com\/xcart\/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=279\">Askfageln<\/a>. Yes, it&#8217;s Sweden\u2019s favorite RPG magazine, now beautifully collected. Warning: not in Swedish.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-N45Q8_7wIGg\/VfBTixQfXjI\/AAAAAAAAO2U\/JvfELtiSBVU\/s200-no\/Best-of-Fenix_KaR.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Attention, operatives of Delta Green, the ultra-covert agency charged with battling the contemporary forces of the Cthulhu Mythos! Now everything you need to know to play <em>Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game<\/em>, perhaps extending your valiantly short field life, can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product\/181674\/Delta-Green-Agents-Handbook?affiliate_id=48458\">Delta Green Agent\u2019s Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product\/181674\/Delta-Green-Agents-Handbook?affiliate_id=48458\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Agent-Handbook-banner.png\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-logO-150-x-150.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8132\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1164-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20211.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20211.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20211.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken And Robin Talk About Stuff Episode 211.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1164-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20211.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20211.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfurl your flags as we gather in the Gaming Hut to envision an F20 game in which nationalities take the place of alignments. In Ask Ken and Robin, Patreon backer Jason Breti asks us to talk about Microscope. 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