{"id":2249,"date":"2020-07-31T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:10:08","slug":"episode-406-the-mystical-land-of-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-406-the-mystical-land-of-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 406: The Mystical Land of Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Banner-406.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Beloved Patreon backer Manfred convenes us in a camouflage-covered <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> to ask how to run Fall of Delta Green agents through the Vietnam War. Complicating factor: his players are ex-military; Manfred is not.<\/p>\r\n<p>Esteemed Patreon backer Dan O\u2019Hanlon unfurls the <strong>Crime Blotter<\/strong> for a briefing on Toronto\u2019s tow truck wars.<\/p>\r\n<p>In <strong>How to Write Good<\/strong>, we wonder which words are too laden with earthbound cultural reference to use in texts concerning other worlds.<\/p>\r\n<p>Finally astute Patreon backer Rolfe Bergstrom attaches a telescope to the <strong>Eliptony Hut<\/strong> so we can look at that most anomalous of asteroids, \u2018Oumuamua.<\/p>\r\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>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p>Snag Ken and Robin merchandise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/kenrobin\">at TeePublic<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:separator --><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p>You know your dance crew is the hottest around\u2026 but now it\u2019s time to prove it. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/product_tables\/AG1460\">Breakdancing Meeples<\/a><\/em> is a real-time dexterity game of, you guessed it, breakdancing meeples, designed by Ben Moy and published by Atlas Games. Two to four people, ages six and up, compete for dancefloor glory, in five exciting minutes.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/product_tables\/AG1460\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/061520-KARTAS-Breakdancing-Meeples.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard him talk about it. Now you can get it at retail or in the Pelgrane Press store: <a href=\"https:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/category\/products\/yellow-king-roleplaying-game\/\"><em>The Yellow King Roleplaying Game<\/em><\/a>. Shatter your world with this eerie, physically imposing GUMSHOE game of decadent art and multiple existences. For a limited time only, enter the voucher code YELLOW at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pelgranepress.com\/shop\/default.asp?i=PELGY01\">Pelgrane shop<\/a> to get 15% off all Yellow King items when you combine the core set with <em>Absinthe in Carcosa<\/em> and\/or <em>The Missing and the Lost<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Slipcase-cartoon-isolated-250.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Slipcase-cartoon-isolated-250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The treasures of Askfageln can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/browse\/pub\/8767\/Askfageln\">DriveThruRPG<\/a>. Get all issues of FENIX since 2013 available in special English editions. Score metric oodles of Ken Hite gaming goodness, along with equally stellar pieces by Graeme Davis and Pete Nash. Warning: in English, not in Swedish. In English, not Swedish. While you&#8217;re at it, grab <em>DICE<\/em> and <em>Freeway Warrior<\/em>!<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/browse\/pub\/8767\/Askfageln\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Askfageln.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<p>Suit up, agents of Delta Green. Your battle to save humanity from unnatural horrors is going beyond the Beltway. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/294687\/Delta-Green-The-Labyrinth?affiliate_id=48458\">Delta Green: The Labyrinth<\/a><\/em> is now shipping to a secure dead drop near you. Written by Delta Green co-creator John Scott Tynes, this all-new collection of organizations dives deep into the fissures of America in the new millennium.<\/p>\r\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\/2020\/07\/Labyrinth.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"412\" \/><\/p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5689\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2249-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-406.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-406.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-406.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-406.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2249-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-406.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-406.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved Patreon backer Manfred convenes us in a camouflage-covered Gaming Hut to ask how to run Fall of Delta Green agents through the Vietnam War. Complicating factor: his players are ex-military; Manfred is not. Esteemed Patreon backer Dan O\u2019Hanlon unfurls the Crime Blotter for a briefing on Toronto\u2019s tow truck wars. 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