Episode 677: South America is Very Long

2025-11-28

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Beloved Patreon backer Darcy Casselman summons us to the Gaming Hut in search of tips on playing a gestalt or troupe-style leader character, such as a starship captain. The Architecture Hut peers at Sibiu, Transylvania, the town of 7,300 eyes. Try to keep a lid on it as the Stock Character Hut looks at the hothead. Finally the Ken’s Time Machine finds out what happens when Magellan fails to quell a 1520 mutiny against h...

Beloved Patreon backer Darcy Casselman summons us to the Gaming Hut in search of tips on playing a gestalt or troupe-style leader character, such as a starship captain.

The Architecture Hut peers at Sibiu, Transylvania, the town of 7,300 eyes.

Try to keep a lid on it as the Stock Character Hut looks at the hothead.

Finally the Ken’s Time Machine finds out what happens when Magellan fails to quell a 1520 mutiny against him.

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