In the latest episode of their alcohol-absorbing podcast, Ken and Robin talk games that break, drunk food, our new Mythos deity, and the Philip Experiment.
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In the latest episode of their rich, silvery podcast, Ken and Robin talk genre shifts at the game table, Fenian infiltrator Thomas Miller Beach, what the Old Ones are missing, and David Lean’s Nostromo.
In their most 2022 episode of the year so far, Ken and Robin talk letter locking, making a new Mythos deity, antagonist smarts, and Montague Summers.
In their last episode of 2021, Ken and Robin talk the King in Yellow at White Castle, Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Edwardianness of ghost stories, and UMMO.
Omicron travel restrictions scratched Ken’s Dragonmeet trip, taking with it the annual highlight that is his London book haul. So in addition to our talking Christmas ghost stories, scenarios that highlight cool locations, and many-eyed Argus Panoptes, Ken took his time machine to many timelines for a very special extradimensional edition of Ken’s Bookshelf.
In the latest episode of their ever-shifting podcast, Ken and Robin talk playtesting and the designer’s GM skill, the bug wizard that rivaled Dracula, how Robin chooses projects, and Lenin as mushroom.
In the latest episode of their ummissable podcast, Ken and Robin talk unskippable F20 encounters, esoteric secrets of the London Eye, dream sequences in film, and that time pirates stopped the metric system.
In the latest episode of their inchoately terrifying podcast, Ken and Robin talk conclusive endings to ambient horrors, Barrett’s Privateers, Haunted West, and the Dead Man’s Hand.
On the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff podcast we recently wrapped our series on the various axes or oppositions that distinguish tabletop RPG designs. For future reference, here’s the list: A game has Elegance if all of its subsystems work in the same way, stemming from a central resolution mechanic, or is Ornamented if […]
In the latest episode of their furtive, pheasant-eating podcast, Ken and Robin talk compensating for GM skill when playtesting, Hassan-i Sabbah, Mutant City Yellow King, and alien big cats.

