Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

Episode 707: What Animal Did That to You

Beloved Patreon backer Hyperlexic summons us to the Gaming Hut to propose alternate eras for Fall of DELTA Green. Fun with Science reveals the gnarly details of animal attack forensics. Estimable backer Mike Coleman Asks Ken and Robin how they prune their book and DVD libraries. Finally the Conspiracy Corner looks at the latest team-up of urban legend and paranoia, the fear that pilots are dropping ticks out of planes. Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon! Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is now up and running. Also check out the Goodreads list of books mentioned on the show. Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic. Big news from mission control! If you missed out the first time, don’t panic. The wait is over: the CatStronauts board game is finally back in stock at Atlas Games! The first printing disappeared at lightspeed! Don’t let this reprint of CatStronauts slip through your claws. In a hole in the ground… they found a body! Solve this mystery and more in the most adorable, yet murdery, GUMSHOE game yet, Merryshire Detective Club. Fantasy mystery master Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan brings you all the clues and crumpets your tiny frame can handle in the ultimate game of halfling sleuthing, crowdfunding soon on Backerkit. The play The King in Yellow has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream’s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart. Sign up to be notified of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The American Crisis: Dark and Bloody Ground at YourDadWillLoveThis.com. Download a free copy of the Nations & Cannons core rules using code KENROBIN.

Episode 706: A Thing I Seemed to Be Wrong About

Our Gaming Hut tour of concepts from Robin’s new book Hamlet’s GM Screen continues with a look at up and down beats, the lifeblood of narrative engagement. In Ken and/or Robin Talk to Someone Else, Ken chats with Than Gibson and Derek White about their Darkspace RPG. The Word Hut quizzes Ken on slang terms that came into use in the Revolutionary War period. Would Nations and Cannons characters use them, or do they come along a little later? Finally the Eliptony Hut gets into crank linguistics with the Sun-Language theory of Hermann Feodor Kvergić. Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon! Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is now up and running. Also check out the Goodreads list of books mentioned on the show. Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic. Big news from mission control! If you missed out the first time, don’t panic. The wait is over: the CatStronauts board game is finally back in stock at Atlas Games! The first printing disappeared at lightspeed! Don’t let this reprint of CatStronauts slip through your claws. In a hole in the ground… they found a body! Solve this mystery and more in the most adorable, yet murdery, GUMSHOE game yet, Merryshire Detective Club. Fantasy mystery master Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan brings you all the clues and crumpets your tiny frame can handle in the ultimate game of halfling sleuthing, crowdfunding soon on Backerkit. The play The King in Yellow has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream’s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart. Sign up to be notified of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The American Crisis: Dark and Bloody Ground at YourDadWillLoveThis.com. Download a free copy of the Nations & Cannons core rules using code KENROBIN.

Episode 705: A Real Science That Can Do Magic

Gaming Hut starts a deep dive into Robin’s imminent book Hamlet’s GM Screen, by looking at the types of narrative beats as they appear at the gaming table. Ripped from the Headlines dons hazmat suits to look at a recent case of unauthorized biolabs. In the Horror Hut beloved Patreon backer Kristian Groenseth asks what ingredients he should be sure to add to a terrifying mythos he’s cooking up. Finally the Consulting Occultist profiles Chicago-based mail order woo-purveyor Sydney Flowers. Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon! Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is now up and running. Also check out the Goodreads list of books mentioned on the show. Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic. Big news from mission control! If you missed out the first time, don’t panic. The wait is over: the CatStronauts board game is finally back in stock at Atlas Games! The first printing disappeared at lightspeed! Don’t let this reprint of CatStronauts slip through your claws. In a hole in the ground… they found a body! Solve this mystery and more in the most adorable, yet murdery, GUMSHOE game yet, Merryshire Detective Club. Fantasy mystery master Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan brings you all the clues and crumpets your tiny frame can handle in the ultimate game of halfling sleuthing, crowdfunding soon on Backerkit. The play The King in Yellow has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream’s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart. Sign up to be notified of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The American Crisis: Dark and Bloody Ground at YourDadWillLoveThis.com. Download a free copy of the Nations & Cannons core rules using code KENROBIN.

Episode 704: Mummy Curse Coded

Among My Many Hats presents Robin’s new book Hamlet’s GM Screen, coming in July from Pelgrane Press. The Monster Hut looks around the corner at that long-necked yokai, the rokurokubi, and its sometimes entirely detachable head. In Ken and/or Robin Talk to Someone Else, Ken talks to Jared Twing about his game Of Hearth & the Harrowing. Finally the Conspiracy Corner takes a hard squint at the dead and missing scientists flap. Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon! Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is now up and running. Also check out the Goodreads list of books mentioned on the show. Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic. Big news from mission control! If you missed out the first time, don’t panic. The wait is over: the CatStronauts board game is finally back in stock at Atlas Games! The first printing disappeared at lightspeed! Don’t let this reprint of CatStronauts slip through your claws. In a hole in the ground… they found a body! Solve this mystery and more in the most adorable, yet murdery, GUMSHOE game yet, Merryshire Detective Club. Fantasy mystery master Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan brings you all the clues and crumpets your tiny frame can handle in the ultimate game of halfling sleuthing, crowdfunding soon on Backerkit. The play The King in Yellow has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream’s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart. Sign up to be notified of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The American Crisis: Dark and Bloody Ground at YourDadWillLoveThis.com. Download a free copy of the Nations & Cannons core rules using code KENROBIN.

Episode 703: I Only Knew Twenty Lesser Sages

The Gaming Hut picks up on our previous general discussion of tuning pregens to a scenario by finding hooks for Trail of Cthulhu Investigators about to enter an old dark house. Beloved Patreon backer Alex Gill convenes the Book Hut for an explanation of a tome sometimes translated as The Book of Mad Desire for the Knowledge of Written Symbols. Fun with Science checks out the extraction of DNA from parchment manuscripts. Finally our resident chrononaut hops into Ken’s Time Machine to decide whether to undo or protect the Cadaver Synod. Want to pose a question to the show? Get your priority question asking access with your support for the KARTAS Patreon! Our Patreon-backed Letterboxd list of all films mentioned on the show is now up and running. Also check out the Goodreads list of books mentioned on the show. Snag Ken and Robin merchandise at TeePublic. Big news from mission control! If you missed out the first time, don’t panic. The wait is over: the CatStronauts board game is finally back in stock at Atlas Games! The first printing disappeared at lightspeed! Don’t let this reprint of CatStronauts slip through your claws. Delve into epic fantasy adventure with one player and one GM in The Paragon Blade. Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan tunes GUMSHOE One-2-One for a mighty barbarian, skulking thief, and covert magician. Take your trusty companion and legendary artifact with you to pick it up at the Pelgrane web store or a discerning retailer near you. The play The King in Yellow has haunted imaginations like a dirge since its first appearance in 1895. Now ask it to predict the future and run your life with Arc Dream’s King in Yellow tarot deck. Daniel Harms and John Scott Tynes, famous clairvoyants, divined the forms and portents of this Carcosan deck. Painter Kurt Komoda, in a fevered fugue of inspiration, reproduced designs thought long lost. Add it now to your accursed Arc Dream shopping cart. Sign up to be notified of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The American Crisis: Dark and Bloody Ground at YourDadWillLoveThis.com. Download a free copy of the Nations & Cannons core rules using code KENROBIN.