{"id":1259,"date":"2017-03-03T08:30:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T08:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:35","slug":"episode-231-please-compensate-for-our-brutal-incompetence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-231-please-compensate-for-our-brutal-incompetence\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 231: Please Compensate For Our Brutal Incompetence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Hoary Hosts of Patreon backer Elias Helfer command the opening of the Gaming Hut<\/strong>! Therein we shall describe ways to portray weird and magnficent landscapes like those seen in the Doctor Strange<\/em> movie in roleplaying sessions!<\/p>\n

Backer Alex Johnston penetrates the vaunted infosec of the Tradecraft Hut<\/strong> to demand our dossier on Nikolai Vavilov and the Nazi bio-pirates.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think this would be the last segment, but nonetheless How To Write Good<\/strong> looks at crafting climactic sequences.<\/p>\n

Then backer Jacob Ansari meets the Consulting Occultist<\/strong> at the baggage carousel to ask about the sorcerous significance of the Denver International Airport.<\/p>\n

Support the KARTAS Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wish to introduce innocent children to the horror of the Mythos, while remaining on budget? Atlas Games is here to affordably twist young minds with a buy two, get one free deal<\/a> on Ken’s Mini Mythos line of childrens’ book parodies: Where the Deep Ones Are, Cliffourd the Big Red God<\/em>, Goodnight Azathoth<\/em>\u00a0and Antarctic Express<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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