{"id":2879,"date":"2022-07-01T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2022-06-28T16:52:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T16:52:53","slug":"episode-503-distinctively-muppety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-503-distinctively-muppety\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 503: Distinctively Muppety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Banner-503-actual.png\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Ken kicks us off with a <strong>Travel Advisory<\/strong> on his journey to Poland\u2019s Pyrkon, with ancillary adventures in Poznan.<\/p>\r\n<p>Then the <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> subtly ratchets up the tension as we ask how long a horror scenario can go without anything overtly terrifying or supernatural happening.<\/p>\r\n<p>But a worse fright awaits in <strong>The Business of Gaming<\/strong>, where we look at the global paper shortage and its impact on adventure gaming.<\/p>\r\n<p>Then a slightly less bad fright creeps our way as, at the behest of beloved backer Scott Wachter, the <strong>Eliptony Hut<\/strong> beckons the armless entity known as the Fresno Nightcrawler.<\/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>Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is <a href=\"https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/robindlaws\/list\/ken-and-robin-mention-films\/\">now up and running<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Also check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/group\/show\/1167780-ken-and-robin-talk-about-stuff-bookshelf\">Goodreads list<\/a> of books mentioned on the show.<\/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<!-- wp:separator --><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p>Human problems are out of hand, so thank goodness, and Atlas Games, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/magicalkitties\">Magical Kitties Save the Day<\/a>, a fresh, fun roleplaying game for players of all ages, and for GMs from age 6 and up!<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/magicalkitties\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KARTAS-MKDragonImage.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Score a blood-drenched special bonus from Pelgrane Press when you order the print edition <a href=\"https:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/product\/the-dracula-dossier-directors-handbook\/\">Night\u2019s Black Agents Dracula Dossier Director\u2019s Handbook<\/a> or any of its associated bundles. A new 50-page Cuttings PDF of deleted scenes and horrors that didn\u2019t fit is now available for a limited time with the voucher code VAMP2021.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/product\/the-dracula-dossier-directors-handbook\/&quot;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Directors-Handbook_front_cover_350.png\" width=\"195\" 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\/2020\/12\/Thunderbird_blue_border.png&quot;\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<p><em>Delta Green Iconoclasts<\/em>, a campaign of horrors modern and ancient, brings a team of Agents to a scene of horrors all too real: Mosul in 2016, held by the self-styled Islamic State in a reign of depraved brutality. From a small base at the Kirkuk airfield, the Agents must research the horrors to come and prepare for a harrowing infiltration. Terrors and new supplementary material await, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/394624\/Delta-Green-Iconoclasts?src=hottest\">now in PDF<\/a>, hardback now in preorder.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/394624\/Delta-Green-Iconoclasts?src=hottest\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/images\/521\/394624.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p><!-- \/wp:separator --><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1715\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2879-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS503.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS503.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS503.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\/KARTAS503.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2879-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS503.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"KARTAS503.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken kicks us off with a Travel Advisory on his journey to Poland\u2019s Pyrkon, with ancillary adventures in Poznan. 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