{"id":3834,"date":"2025-10-03T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:29:13","slug":"episode-669-his-botanist-turns-on-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-669-his-botanist-turns-on-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 669: His Botanist Turns On Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Gaming Hut<\/strong> becomes a pit stop as beloved Patreon backer Aser Tolentino asks how a tabletop game might reproduce the spectacle of Formula One racing.<\/p>\n

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In the History Hut <\/strong>we ask if Elizabeth Bathory was framed.<\/p>\n

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Robin shares his KARTAS-friendly discoveries from this year\u2019s Robin and Valerie International Film Festival in the Cinema Hut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Finally at the behest of estimable backer Bob J. Koester, Ken\u2019s Time Machine <\/strong>gets mixed up with that most fossilized of controversies, the Prototaxites Feud.<\/p>\n

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Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is now up and running<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Also check out the Goodreads list<\/a> of books mentioned on the show.<\/p>\n

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Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The official CatStronauts<\/a> board game features cooperative play that’s only 30-45 minutes long, for 1-4 players ages 10+. Designed and illustrated by CatStronauts comic book creator Drew Brockington and available now from Atlas Games!<\/p>\n

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A global mythos conspiracy ensnares the player characters in The Borellus Connection<\/a>, Pelgrane Press\u2019 new 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

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Get caught in the spiral with God’s Teeth<\/a><\/em>, a new set of pulse-pounding Delta Green scenarios dripping with the once and future corruption of a nation swirling into cruelty and spite. From a government panopticon to alien worms to an app-driven mass shooter, your agents have nothing to fear but every screaming headline. <\/p>\n

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Play spies, skirmishers, and saboteurs in the battle for the future of the Thirteen Colonies in Flagbearer Games\u2019 thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated 5E compatible roleplaying game Nations and Cannons<\/a><\/em>. Jump into the early actions of the war with the new campaign guide The American Crisis<\/em>, available as a PDF or for print pre-order.<\/p>\n

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