{"id":1515,"date":"2018-04-13T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:49","slug":"episode-288-grift-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-288-grift-the-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 288: Grift the Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Banner-288.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another all-request episode begins in the<strong> Gaming Hut<\/strong>, as Patreon backer Ruth Tillman asks us how we might game <em>Annihilation<\/em> in both its film and novel iterations.<\/p>\n<p>We head into the <strong>Book Hut<\/strong> at the behest of backer Sean Gomez, who wants to know more about Ken\u2019s recent William Haggard fixation and spy thriller inspiration for Fall of DELTA GREEN more generally.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Ask Ken and Robin<\/strong> backer Louis Sylvester asks Robin, and also Ken, about devices to incorporate weird sounds and other subtle horror moments into games and fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in the <strong>History Hut<\/strong>, with indulgences purchased by backer Jacob Ansari, we investigate the career of the pretender-monk Paul Palaiologos Tagaris.<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Ken\u2019s latest roleplaying game, <a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/the-fall-of-delta-green\/\"><em>The Fall of Delta Green<\/em><\/a>, is now available for preorder from Atlas Games. Journey to the head-spinning chaos of the late 1960s, back when everyone\u2019s favorite anti-Cthulhu special ops agent hadn\u2019t gone rogue yet, for this pulse-pounding GUMSHOE game of war, covert action, and Mythos horror.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/the-fall-of-delta-green\/\"><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\/2018\/03\/FoDG-front-cover-image-1.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grab the translated riches of FENIX magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiepressrevolution.com\/xcart\/Best-of-Fenix-Volumes-123-Print-PDF.html\">in a special bundle deal<\/a> from our friends at Askfageln, over at Indie Press Revolution. Score metric oodles of Ken Hite gaming goodness, a cornucopia of articles, complete games, plus the cartoon antics of Bernard the Barbarian. Warning: in English, not in Swedish. In English, not Swedish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiepressrevolution.com\/xcart\/Best-of-Fenix-Volumes-123-Print-PDF.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indiepressrevolution.com\/xcart\/image.php?type=P&amp;id=19931\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><\/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_9698\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1515-1\" 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%20288.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20288.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20288.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 288.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1515-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%20288.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20288.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another all-request episode begins in the Gaming Hut, as Patreon backer Ruth Tillman asks us how we might game Annihilation in both its film and novel iterations. 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