{"id":3546,"date":"2024-09-06T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2024-09-03T18:36:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:36:29","slug":"episode-615-ranger-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-615-ranger-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 615: Ranger Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Banner-615.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> we look at ways to tell whether your group will thrive in a sandbox game.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ken-spacer.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken and\/or Robin Talk To Someone Else<\/strong> features our chat with fast-rising board game designer Clarence Simpson, whose credits include<em> The Wolves<\/em>, <em>A<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Message from the Stars<\/em>, <em>Chomp<\/em>, and <em>Merchants of Magick<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Robin-Spacer.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Part two of our <strong>Horror Hut<\/strong> look at reality horror, as spurred by beloved backer Greg, tackles scenario design for this mind-tripping sub-genre.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ken-spacer.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally the <strong>Consulting Occultist<\/strong> cracks the code on pioneering steganographer Johannes Trithemius.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Robin-Spacer.png\" \/><\/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><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ken-spacer.png\" \/><\/p>\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>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Robin-Spacer.png\" \/><\/p>\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>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Ken-spacer.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snag Ken and Robin merchandise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teepublic.com\/user\/kenrobin\">at TeePublic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Robin-Spacer.png\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The prophecy has been fulfilled: Ars Magica Definitive, a revised and expanded deluxe version Ars Magica 5th Edition, launches this fall. With a host of new material published since the original rulebook&#8217;s release and heirloom production quality, this belongs in the library of every magus. Instruct your most trusted companion to <a href=\"https:\/\/atlasgames.m-pages.com\/ars-magica-definitive\">sign up for launch alerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ars-Magica-blogsize.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That cult would never die, till the stars came right again, and the secret priests would take great Cthulhu from His tomb to announce <a href=\"https:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/trail-of-cthulhu-second-edition\/?utm_source=kartas&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=podcast\">Trail of Cthulhu Second Edition<\/a>, coming October 1st on Backerkit. Get ready to alert your friends and anyone else you\u2019d be willing to climb into a ghoul pit with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/trail-of-cthulhu-second-edition\/?utm_source=kartas&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=podcast\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Trail-2-banner.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don your pallid mask and get all the Ken, Carcosa, and footnotes you require now that Arc Dream&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.arcdream.com\/collections\/fiction\/products\/the-king-in-yellow-annotated-edition-paperback\">The King in Yellow: Annotated Edition<\/a><\/em> is now available in paperback and ebook formats. With stunning art by Samuel Araya, this lavish tome of terror earns a space on any shelf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.arcdream.com\/collections\/fiction\/products\/the-king-in-yellow-annotated-edition-paperback\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/King-In-Annotated.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turn your digital dials to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/gencontv\">Gen Con TV<\/a>, The Best Four Days in Gaming \u2013 All Year Long. Entirely free and streaming your way on Twitch, Gen Con TV offers actual plays, reviews, dramatized gaming shorts, minis painting and its flagship show, Table Talk, beaming to you Fridays at 2 pm with polyhedral news you\u2019re dying to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/gencontv\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GenConTV-blogsize.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_675\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3546-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS615.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS615.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS615.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\/KARTAS615.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=3546-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/KARTAS615.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"KARTAS615.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Gaming Hut we look at ways to tell whether your group will thrive in a sandbox game. 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