{"id":1625,"date":"2018-09-07T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T08:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:51","slug":"episode-309-snort-the-pringles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-309-snort-the-pringles\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 309: Snort the Pringles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the alert for treacherous banana peels, we gather in the Gaming Hut<\/strong> to wonder if GUMSHOE can handle incompetent PCs.<\/p>\n

In Ask Ken and Robin<\/strong>, Patreon backer Frank Rafaelson wants Ken to pitch a new edition of Nephilim<\/em>.<\/p>\n

How to Write Good<\/strong> posits that idiot plotting is not just an issue in procedure-heavy narratives. We look at ways to avoid it in dramatic scenes.<\/p>\n

Finally, Patreon backer Adam Grotjohn wonders what fell reality Ken\u2019s Time Machine<\/strong> was preventing at the cemetery now known as Lincoln Park in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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

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The White Box<\/a> is a game design workshop in a box, bursting with inspiring theory and the basic components to turn that theory into playable reality. Brought to you in tandem by Atlas Games and Gameplaywright, it\u2019s the perfect gift for the aspiring game master in your life\u2014who might well be yourself.<\/p>\n

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Ken\u2019s latest roleplaying game, The Fall of Delta Green<\/em><\/a>, is now available for preorder from Pelgrane Press. Journey to the head-spinning chaos of the late 1960s, back when everyone\u2019s favorite anti-Cthulhu special ops agency hadn\u2019t gone rogue yet, for this pulse-pounding GUMSHOE game of war, covert action, and Mythos horror.<\/p>\n

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Grab the translated riches of FENIX magazine 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

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Just in time to save the world, though perhaps not your team of hardened covert agents, from the Mythos, the Delta Green Handlers Guide<\/a> from Arc Dream Publishing is now in print and either at or headed to a game store near you. The slipcase print edition includes both the Handlers\u2019 Guide<\/em> and Agents\u2019 Handbook<\/em>, fitting snugly into your go bag along with your extra passports and list of weapons caches.<\/p>\n

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