{"id":547,"date":"2014-04-18T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenandrobin.wpengine.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:15","slug":"episode-85-history-is-replete-with-idiots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-85-history-is-replete-with-idiots\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 85: History is Replete With Idiots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In Ask Ken and Robin<\/strong>, Kevin Maroney asks us to expand on an earlier Ken comment questioning the suitability of the d20 structure for Cthulhu gaming.<\/p>\n

The History Hut<\/strong> flies the Jolly Roger to examine best practices of, and essential conditions for, piracy.<\/p>\n

In the Gaming Hut<\/strong> we recount our least favorite setting cliches.<\/p>\n

And in spoiler-ready last position, we point the remote at the Television Hut<\/strong> to give our take on True Detective.<\/p>\n

It’s yo ho ho and a pocketful of doubloons as Atlas Games surveys the seven seas from the crow’s nest that is our coveted anchor sponsor slot. Parrot on its shoulder, it orders up another special deal for Ken and Robin listeners<\/a>, this time in the form of their innovative game of piratical nautical warfare, Pieces of Eight.<\/em><\/p>\n

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After ten years delighting the Swedish gaming scene, our pals at Fenix Magazine now bring the Best of Fenix<\/em> to English-language GMs and players with their now-active Indiegogo campaign<\/a>. This project so resounds with Hitean goodness that you have surely chipped in already. But if you haven\u2019t, that burning bird of prey is still passing the hat.<\/p>\n

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Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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