{"id":1496,"date":"2018-03-09T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T08:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:49","slug":"episode-283-its-just-a-tumor-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-283-its-just-a-tumor-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 283: It&#8217;s Just a Tumor Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Banner-283.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We gather suspiciously in the <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> to ask if and how GMs can assist players in horror games who want their characters to exercise a Scully-like skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>We break into the <strong>History Hut<\/strong> at the behest of Patreon backer Andy Young, who seeks the scoop on fresh-faced 19th century burglar Edward Jones.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Ask Ken and Robin<\/strong> Andy Bates seeks help incorporating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.louisville.com\/content\/legend-witches-tree\">Witches Tree<\/a>, which haunts his hometown of Louisville, into his gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of mysteries, how the heck have we done 283 episodes without getting around to Springheeled Jack? We finally remedy that oversight in the <strong>Eliptony Hut<\/strong>.<\/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 Atlas Games\u2019 wickedly different cooperative deck-building game <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/product_tables\/AG1390.php\">Witches of the Revolution<\/a><\/em>, you and your doughty coven fight the American Revolution the way it was really fought: with spells aplenty! Resurrect Ben Franklin, cure Paul Revere of lycanthropy and keep those red-coated witch hunters at bay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/product_tables\/AG1390.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Witches-of-the-Revolution.png\" \/><\/a><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t on the maps. No one talked about it. But now you live there. Cthulhu City. Where the mayor goes everywhere with twin sacred jaguars, and the chief of police blinks at your with fishy eyes. Where the cultists run city hall and the investigators are hunted criminals. <a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/cthulhu-city\/\">Cthulhu City<\/a>, the new <em>Trail of Cthulhu<\/em> sourcebook from Pelgrane Press, by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/cthulhu-city\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/\/nas\/content\/live\/pelgranepress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CthulhuCity_Cover_Draft_350.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Navigate your love of the Lone Wolf game books and\/or fantasy inspired by medieval Italy with the <a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/2BI0khp\">Sommerlund Map set Kickstarter<\/a> from Askfageln. Revel in 1o gorgeous maps inspired by Joe Dever\u2019s classic fantasy setting and the city of Bologna.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/2BI0khp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sommerlund-smaller.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With your <em>Handlers Guide<\/em> already at your side, it&#8217;s time to assemble some operations to spiral your Delta Green operatives into paranoia and Mythos horror. <a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2017\/12\/a-night-at-the-opera-hardback-pre-order\/\">Delta Green: A Night at the Opera<\/a> features six terrifying adventures from the conspiratorial minds of Dennis Detwiller, Shane Ivey, and Greg Stolze. Preorder before it&#8217;s desperately too late!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/2017\/12\/a-night-at-the-opera-hardback-pre-order\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.delta-green.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Delta_Green_A_Night_at_the_Opera_cover_front_1024x1024-771x1024.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6234\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1496-1\" 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%20283.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20283.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20283.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 283.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1496-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%20283.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20283.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We gather suspiciously in the Gaming Hut to ask if and how GMs can assist players in horror games who want their characters to exercise a Scully-like skepticism. We break into the History Hut at the behest of Patreon backer Andy Young, who seeks the scoop on fresh-faced 19th century burglar Edward Jones. 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