{"id":2347,"date":"2020-11-20T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:10:09","slug":"episode-422-sumerian-gm-screens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-422-sumerian-gm-screens\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 422: Sumerian GM Screens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Banner-422.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>In the <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> we look at narrative coherence and whether GMs should enforce it by trying to make all introduced story elements pay off.<\/p>\r\n<p>Something sufficiently definitive has happened that we are willing to risk the wrath of our ten day lead time and reopen the dusty <strong>Politics Hut<\/strong> to chew over the results of the US election.<\/p>\r\n<p>Speaking of which, I guess it\u2019s finally time to duck into <strong>Conspiracy Corner<\/strong> and talk about QAnon.<\/p>\r\n<p>Finally, the <strong>Consulting Occultist<\/strong> for the first time trains his eye on a subject who is both a paranormalist and an RPG designer, James \u201cHerbie\u201d Brennan.<\/p>\r\n<p>Want to pose a question to the show? 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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><!-- \/wp:separator --><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9466\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2347-1\" 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-422.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-422.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-422.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-422.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2347-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-422.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken-And-Robin-Talk-About-Stuff-Episode-422.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Gaming Hut we look at narrative coherence and whether GMs should enforce it by trying to make all introduced story elements pay off. 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