{"id":1396,"date":"2017-09-01T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T08:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:38","slug":"episode-257-gen-con-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-257-gen-con-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 257: Gen Con 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Banner-257.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Annual traditions happen only once a year, and since Gen Con has now happened fifty times, we must bring you an extra special convention review <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With a <strong>Travel Advisory<\/strong> on something that won\u2019t happen for a long time or possibly ever&#8211;Ken&#8217;s journey into\u00a0 eclipse totality!<\/p>\n<p>Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/kenandrobin\">Support for the KARTAS Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Snag Ken and Robin merchandise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/kenrobin\">at TeePublic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In <em><a href=\"http:\/\/atlas-games.com\/unknownarmies\/\">Unknown Armies<\/a><\/em>, Atlas Games\u2019 modern-day, occult roleplaying game, you play the heroically broken people who conspire to fix the world. That conspiracy just got easier, with the arrival of the game on store shelves near you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atlas-games.com\/unknownarmies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"class\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Unknown-Armies-image.png\" width=\"359\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>T<\/i><i>he book has been written. <\/i><i>The book has been read. <\/i><i>Now it rewrites you.<\/i> <i>Across time it spreads, creating dread new realities. <\/i><i>And you\u2019re in all of them.<\/i> Robin\u2019s epic new GUMSHOE project, <em>The Yellow King Roleplaying Game <\/em>has concluded its Kickstarter run, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pelgranepress.com\/shop\/?v=defaultYKRPG\">is now available for pre-order at the Pelgrane Store<\/a> for those who missed it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pelgranepress.com\/shop\/?v=defaultYKRPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/TYKRPG-KARTAS-banner.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do intervals between episodes plunge you into Hite withdrawal? Never fear! 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=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-N45Q8_7wIGg\/VfBTixQfXjI\/AAAAAAAAO2U\/JvfELtiSBVU\/s200-no\/Best-of-Fenix_KaR.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John Scott Tynes\u2019 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product\/186347\/Puppetland?affiliate_id=48458\">Puppetland<\/a><\/em> is ready to knock the stuffing out of a game store near you in its gorgeous new full-color hardcover edition. Join the good folks at Arc Dream in battling the horrific forces of Punch the Maker-Killer!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgnow.com\/product\/186347\/Puppetland?affiliate_id=48458\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Puppetland-cover-2016.jpg\" width=\"206\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_245\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1396-1\" 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%20257.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20257.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20257.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 257.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1396-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%20257.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20257.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Annual traditions happen only once a year, and since Gen Con has now happened fifty times, we must bring you an extra special convention review Gaming Hut. With a Travel Advisory on something that won\u2019t happen for a long time or possibly ever&#8211;Ken&#8217;s journey into\u00a0 eclipse totality! Want to pose a question to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[549,26,10,236,548,12],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-eclipse-vortex","tag-food-hut","tag-gaming-hut","tag-gen-con","tag-gen-con-2017","tag-travel-advisory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}