{"id":873,"date":"2015-07-10T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T08:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenandrobin.wpengine.com\/?p=873"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:09:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:09:19","slug":"episode-148-the-truffles-of-the-fiend-folio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/episode-148-the-truffles-of-the-fiend-folio\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 148: The Truffles of the Fiend Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; display: inline;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kenandrobin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/kartas\/images\/rocket_colour.png\" align=\"left\" \/>The <strong>Gaming Hut<\/strong> acquires extra filigrees and an extended backstory as we examine the cognitive investments gamers make when they learn to love detail.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Food Hut<\/strong> takes a turn for the imaginary in response to this <a href=\"http:\/\/britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk\/digitisedmanuscripts\/2012\/04\/unicorn-cookbook-found-at-the-british-library.html\">medieval recipe for griddle-roasted unicorn<\/a>, brought to our attention by Terry O\u2019Carroll. What happens when F20 adventurers start to regard monsters and mythical creatures not just as opponents, but as ingredients in fantasy-world cuisine?<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Ask Ken and Robin<\/strong>, Sean Phelan asks for ground rules on killing key NPCs offstage.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we find ourselves in the <strong>Eliptony Hut<\/strong>, inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence\/csi-publications\/books-and-monographs\/the-cia-and-the-u-2-program-1954-1974\/u2.pdf\">a CIA document drop<\/a> on Project Blue Book, to investigate disinformation campaigns waged against UFOlogists.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Look out, Lieutenants of evil! The sinister mastermind you work for has taken some time to shake the post-conquest blues. But he&#8217;ll be back soon, and your survival depends on impressing him. Thankfully, our lead sponsor Atlas Games has just what you need: their delightful new card game of competitive minion-stacking, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/atlas-games.com\/3c4m\">Three Cheers for Master<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atlas-games.com\/3c4m\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-u4EMjhnsRi4\/VYxiI_dN-ZI\/AAAAAAAANMs\/HJgFaP2XSSw\/w303-h150-no\/Three%2BCheers.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8865\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-873-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20148.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20148.mp3\">https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20148.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken And Robin Talk About Stuff Episode 148.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?powerpress_pinw=873-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/kenandrobin.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20148.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken%20And%20Robin%20Talk%20About%20Stuff%20Episode%20148.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gaming Hut acquires extra filigrees and an extended backstory as we examine the cognitive investments gamers make when they learn to love detail. The Food Hut takes a turn for the imaginary in response to this medieval recipe for griddle-roasted unicorn, brought to our attention by Terry O\u2019Carroll. What happens when F20 adventurers start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13,30,26,10],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-ask-ken-and-robin","tag-eliptony-hut","tag-food-hut","tag-gaming-hut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}