{"id":1683,"date":"2018-11-30T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:52","slug":"episode-321-red-dawn-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-321-red-dawn-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 321: Red Dawn Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Banner-321.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get out your space calculators as we meet in the <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> to entertain a request from Patreon backer Robert Dean, who wants to hear more about the time Ken ran <em>Traveller<\/em> for accountants.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>History Hut<\/strong> we fulfill the desire of backer Joe Littrell to learn the real reason behind Churchill\u2019s wartime initiative to protect the apes of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n<p>The other <strong>Consulting Occultist<\/strong> continues our <em>Yellow King<\/em>-inspired series on occultists of the Belle Epoque with a look at the original neo-Gnostic, Jules Doinel.<\/p>\n<p>We close with our promised venture into the <strong>Cinema Hut<\/strong> to talk about Orson Welles\u2019 new film, <em>The Other Side of the Wind<\/em>.<\/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>If you dig clever, take-that game play and\/or ironic Soviet robots, Atlas Games\u2019 new card game <em>Cogs and Commissars<\/em> was made for you. Buy it at a brick-and-mortar game store and send a selfie to Atlas, to get a special Neon Botsky promo card.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cogs_KARTASpromo.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"125\" \/><\/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 in print or PDF or both 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<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>Just in time to save the world, though perhaps not your team of hardened covert agents, from the Mythos, the <a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/category\/delta-green\/\">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 <em>Handlers\u2019 Guide<\/em> and <em>Agents\u2019 Handbook<\/em>, fitting snugly into your go bag along with your extra passports and list of weapons caches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Delta-Green-slipcase.png\" width=\"128\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9084\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1683-1\" 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%20321.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20321.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20321.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 321.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1683-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%20321.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20321.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get out your space calculators as we meet in the Gaming Hut to entertain a request from Patreon backer Robert Dean, who wants to hear more about the time Ken ran Traveller for accountants. 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