In the latest episode of their lavishly attired podcast, Ken and Robin talk professional GMing, John Stonehouse, Carcosa at the Met Gala, and mysterious Sahara markings.
Author Archives: Robin Laws
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May
May
A scenario hook for The Esoterrorists This one works well for one-shots, particularly at a convention everyone flew into. The team assembles in a diner not so far from a small regional airport. Its Mr. Verity, a nervous man resembling an elderly Steve Buscemi, congratulates them on receiving a simple case for once. Local citizens […]
In the latest episode of their organic, undulating podcast, Ken and Robin F20 time travel, dreamlike artist Joseph E. Yoakum, and Ken’s Austin book raid.
In the latest episode of their lead-lined podcast, Ken and Robin talk frenemy NPCs, cursed airship metal, the Notre Dame sarcophagus, and Ken’s tarot collection.
In the latest episode of their shrimp-enthralled podcast, Ken and Robin talk boons, architects we’d commission for dungeon design, Colombia’s shapeshifting tunda, and the Popish Plot.
In the latest episode of their faux feline podcast, Ken and Robin talk conceptual vs. in-play problems, the Chester Cat Hoax, allegory, and the Bridgewater Triangle.
In the latest episode of their brazenly heady podcast, Ken and Robin talk sidekick-based play, Vladislav Surkov, the kingdom of Ys, and Roger Bacon.
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Apr
Apr
The reality of the final This is Normal Now sequence of The Yellow King Roleplaying Game dials up or down in weirdness. In its more openly unreal modes, Ironic Normal and Normalcy Shift, new quasi-Carcosan lifeforms stalk the land. The most terrifying of these are the deadly rampagers, which come in various shapes and sizes. […]
In the latest episode of their mystically abstract podcast, Ken and Robin talk gremlin warnings, Arkham in 2022, Wassily Kandinsky’s Yellow Sound, and the Octopus conspiracy theory.
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Apr
Apr
The series outlines for The Yellow King Roleplaying Game now reaches the last of the canonical four sequences, This is Normal Now. Previous installments cover Paris Part One and Part Two, and The Wars, Part One and Part Two, and Aftermath, Part One and Part Two. As before, this outline presents one way to do […]