Podcast Episodes

Episode 88: Script Justification Technology

In the Gaming Hut, Robin asks Ken to specify a suitable period of occult ferment and together they riff it into a DramaSystem Series Pitch.

We unseal…

11 years, 8 months ago

Episode 87: The Whacking Shovel

Ken’s return from Portland’s HP Lovecraft Film Festival and its sister event Conthulhu prompts the issuance of an especially eldritch Travel Advisory…

11 years, 8 months ago

Episode 86: Al-Qaeda Doesn’t Read Their Comments

Pull up an extra special chair in the Gaming Hut as we look at ways to put guest players to good use.

In the Tradecraft Hut, Ken helps listener Rick …

11 years, 8 months ago

Episode 85: History is Replete With Idiots

In Ask Ken and Robin, Kevin Maroney asks us to expand on an earlier Ken comment questioning the suitability of the d20 structure for Cthulhu gaming.

11 years, 8 months ago

Episode 84: Those Punk Magicians Killed My Elephant

The Gaming Hut rings with the sound of accents and impressions as we examine the role of voice work in GMing.

The Crime Blotter finds a surprising ne…

11 years, 9 months ago

Episode 83: Chekov’s Squid Throwing

Is that a displacer beast in your pocket, or are you just glad to listen to us? Convene in the Gaming Hut as we discuss monster abilities and to what…

11 years, 9 months ago

Episode 82: Ken and Robin’s Tiny Dolls Talk About Stuff

In the Gaming Hut we again lift the RPG design hood to tinker with PC/NPC asymmetry.

Eerie Horror Hut riffing ensues as we sift the story possibiliti…

11 years, 9 months ago

Episode 81: If I Were an Otter

In the Cartography Hut we set out techniques to add a dose of psychogeography to the map of your imaginary city.

The Gaming Hut looks at the elastici…

11 years, 9 months ago

Episode 80: Vulnerable to Attack By Panzer Leaders

Gaming Hut starts on a somber note as we remember the roleplaying innovations of Aaron Allston (1960-2014.) We go on to discuss one of the key themes…

11 years, 10 months ago

Episode 79: Take That, Entertainment

Grab your retrospective popcorn and hunker down in the Cinema Hut as Ken and Robin review their movie top tens for 2013.

Responding to popular demand…

11 years, 10 months ago