{"id":3840,"date":"2025-10-10T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=3840"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:45:22","slug":"episode-670-the-ghost-of-cromwells-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-670-the-ghost-of-cromwells-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 670: The Ghost of Cromwell’s Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Gaming Hut<\/strong> looks at the peace paradox, in which players successfully negotiate their way out of a conflict and then feel let down by the anti-climactic result.<\/p>\n

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Ken and\/or Robin Talk to Someone Else<\/strong> features Lyla Fujiwara, project lead on the Cosmere<\/em> RPG.<\/p>\n

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The fantasy film essentials series returns to the Cinema Hut <\/strong>for a bumper crop of late 80s classics.<\/p>\n

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Finally at the behest of beloved Patreon backer Gray St. Quintin, the Eliptony Hut<\/strong> explores the rich weirdness of Cambridge.<\/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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