{"id":3870,"date":"2025-12-05T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:21:11","slug":"episode-678-a-word-for-all-the-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-678-a-word-for-all-the-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 678: A Word for All the Chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the Gaming Hut<\/strong> we look at a core part of the rpg designer\u2019s skill set, table sense, or the ability to predict what players will do with your material.<\/p>\n

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The Mythology<\/strong> Hut <\/strong>tells the story of a historical figure reputed to turn invisible, Qin Dynasty consort Zhongli Chun.<\/p>\n

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The Word Hut <\/strong>hosts a game of Jonson, Marlowe, or Shakespeare, in which Ken must guess which Elizabethan playwright claims the first attested use of various common words.<\/p>\n

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Finally Ken\u2019s Time Machine <\/strong>answers the question: which of Morton the Regent\u2019s murders would, if prevented, exert the greatest change on the timeline?<\/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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Make room on your shelf and in your heart for Page Turners<\/a>, Robin\u2019s game of dramatic interaction for one player and one GM, coming soon from Pelgrane Press. Explore the intensity of emotional storytelling driven by a single protagonist with scenarios ranging from Shakespearean comedy to tragic vampire love, written by Robin, Sarah \u201cSam\u201d Saltiel, Ruth Tillman and Wade Rockett.<\/p>\n

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Get caught in the spiral with God’s Teeth<\/a>, 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. For a limited time use promo code CANNON<\/a> at checkout for 17.75% percent off and free PDFs of your books.<\/p>\n

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