{"id":3969,"date":"2026-04-17T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:34:39","slug":"episode-695-youve-clearly-never-dealt-with-balloon-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-695-youve-clearly-never-dealt-with-balloon-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 695: You’ve Clearly Never Dealt with Balloon People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the Gaming Hut<\/strong> we wonder what encumbrance rules would look like if they were fun.<\/p>\n

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The History Hut <\/strong>profiles a figure who appears in Ballad Hunters<\/em>, the servant who passed herself off as a Javanese royal, Princess Caraboo.<\/p>\n

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The Horror Hut <\/strong>looks at the installation horror sub-genre.<\/p>\n

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Finally the Consulting Occultist <\/strong>gives us the lowdown on frequently arrested Elizabethan magician Simon Forman.<\/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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Meowtropolis, the brand-new superhero setting for the Magical Kitties Save the Day RPG is Kickstarting now! Check out the paw-some rewards<\/a> to see which ones you want to bat under the couch.<\/p>\n

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Ballad Hunters<\/em>, the GUMSHOE game of folk songs going supernaturally wrong on the gritty side of the Regency era, is coming to Kickstarter on March 17th. You heard about it in Episode 688, now sign up for a start date alert at the Kickstarter preview page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The play The King in Yellow<\/i> has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream\u2019s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart<\/a>.<\/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>. Download a free copy of the Nations & Cannons core rules using code KENROBIN here<\/a>. Sign up to be notified of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The American Crisis: Dark and Bloody Ground here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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