{"id":3615,"date":"2024-12-13T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2024-12-13T15:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T15:15:58","slug":"episode-629-laugh-with-you-near-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-629-laugh-with-you-near-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 629: Laugh With You Near Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Banner-629.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Banner-629.png\" \/>Make sure your ropes are securely fastened as the <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> asks: have we been doing falling damage wrong?<\/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>In <strong>Ken and\/or Robin Talk To Someone Else<\/strong>, we talk to tabletop game designer of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rowanrookanddecard.com\/product\/die-the-roleplaying-game\/?v=5435c69ed3bc\">DIE: the Roleplaying Game<\/a><\/em> fame (and sure, comics writer extraordinaire) Kieron Gillen.<\/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>The <strong>Mythology Hut<\/strong> gets festive for an encounter with the krampus, demonic dispenser of jolly Yuletide punishment.<\/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> raps tables and psychically excites the zither for a look at Victorian spiritualist William Stainton Moses.<\/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>Stop gazing lovingly at that seed catalogue and start pre-ordering <a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-games.com\/vicious\">Vicious Gardens<\/a> from Atlas Games. This contemporary, distinctive, choice driven card game combines the joy of gardening with the thrill of being a total jerk. Strategically cultivate your garden, harvest plants, and sabotage others in a cut-throat competition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-games.com\/vicious\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Vicious-Gardens.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A global mythos conspiracy ensnares the player characters in <a href=\"https:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/product\/the-borellus-connection\/\">The Borellus Connection<\/a>, Pelgrane Press\u2019 new <em>Fall of DELTA Green<\/em> mega-campaign by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan and Kenneth Hite. Journey in the guise of federal narcotics agents to Saigon, Beirut, Prague and Bozukepe. Buy it for your GM and demand that she run it today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/product\/the-borellus-connection\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Borellus.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_4136\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3615-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kartas.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/KARTAS629.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kartas.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/KARTAS629.mp3\">https:\/\/kartas.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/KARTAS629.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/kartas.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/KARTAS629.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=3615-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kartas.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/KARTAS629.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"KARTAS629.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure your ropes are securely fastened as the Gaming Hut asks: have we been doing falling damage wrong? In Ken and\/or Robin Talk To Someone Else, we talk to tabletop game designer of DIE: the Roleplaying Game fame (and sure, comics writer extraordinaire) Kieron Gillen. 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