Podcast Episodes

Rock, Paper, Fangs

Season 2025 Episode 673

The Gaming Hut pays tribute to Halloween by envisioning a game pitting classic monsters against the non-Euclidean horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos.

The Cinema Hut Fantasy Film Essentials series round…

Published on 13 hours ago

I Mostly Like Cowboys

Season 2025 Episode 672

Now that Ken has finally seen it, beloved Patreon backer Justin Mohareb can pitch his Kpop Demon Hunters question to the Gaming Hut: how could it be used as a game, and how would that be a Feng Shu…

Published on 1 week ago

Steve is Hell

Season 2025 Episode 671

The Gaming Hut examines parallels between killer dungeons and horror movie slashers.

Impelled by beloved Patreon backer Jurie Horneman, the Tradecraft Hut looks at the career of financial fraudst…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Ghost of Cromwell’s Head

Season 2025 Episode 670

The Gaming Hut 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.

Ken and/or Robin Talk to Someon…

Published on 3 weeks ago

His Botanist Turns On Him

Season 2025 Episode 669

The Gaming Hut becomes a pit stop as beloved Patreon backer Aser Tolentino asks how a tabletop game might reproduce the spectacle of Formula One racing.

In the History Hut we ask if Elizabeth Bath…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Skating and Painting

Season 2025 Episode 668

In the Gaming Hut we wonder what might appear on a tabletop roleplaying design course curriculum.

At the behest of beloved Patreon backer Charles Picard the History Hut looks at the Welsh settlem…

Published on 1 month ago

Live at Gen Con

Season 2025 Episode 667

Recorded live at Gen Con, Ken, special guest co-host Darcy Ross and a cameo from Robin’s disembodied voice, this extra-special episode features the obligatory nerdtrope deck plus meatloaf secrets, …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

It Ruins the Flavor

Season 2025 Episode 666

In the spirit of the episode number, we kick off a demons and devils special in the Gaming Hut. Robin pitches Ken three ideas for a game with demon PCs; Ken picks one and we flesh it out.

In the…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Friend is a Crunchy Bit

Season 2025 Episode 665

Clutch your stakes and polish your silver bullets as the Gaming Hut looks at the special vulnerabilities that allow player characters to defeat monsters.

In the Stock Character Hut, we look at a ke…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Oxford, Another University

Season 2025 Episode 664

In the Gaming Hut we look at how the unsatisfying nature of real life persuasion leads to player dissatisfaction with social combat systems.

In Ken and/or Robin Talk to Someone Else, Ken sits down…

Published on 2 months ago