Immersion, the willing suspension of disbelief, and player buy-in are some of the most important aspects in tabletop rpgs, and sometimes the small things can made a world of difference in-game. Syrinscape aids GMs…
How can one person know the heart of another? How can we look into the still waters of a calm lake and know for certain the the image looking back is blameless? We cannot.…
Not all episodes are paved with gold, but this one is! Which is unfortunate because really that process doesn't improve the sound quality in the slightest and it doesn't make it the least bit…
More Samurai madness in Way of the Samurai 4! In this episode I help out some homeless people, use a telegraph with a British child and kill like 10 dudes with baskets on their…
Way of the Samurai was an important game during my youth. I would play it and its sequel over and over again trying to unlock every ending and cosmetic item. It was the first…
Perhaps no other book has influenced my thinking about freedom of expression and the power of art as much as The Merro Tree. Yet when I tell people that, I get blank stares. It's…
The off season is here listeners, and we have many goodies to keep your thoughts dreadful all year round. We played a fantastic game of Bully Pulpit's "Fiasco" with a Penny Dreadful theme, and…
People complain that they're sick of vampires, that they're overdone or just done, and I can understand that. There have been a lot of (ahem) pale imitations of Stoker and Rice, far more than good…
Full disclosure: I am a librarian. (Among other things.) Librarian stereotypes are largely mild, often going so far as a severe, buttoned-up woman who shushes people and no further. But of course, then we…
Michael is a bad person who does bad things to good people which leads to them crying in a darkened bathroom. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann),…