Frank and Tormsen return to the northern hemisphere to investigate another country's occult landscape. Friend of the show Toasty accommodates us with stories of sacrificial cults, KGB psychics, and some homemade Russian conspiracy theory.
Frank and Tormsen get stuck in a pit (again!) and are set upon, verbally and conceptually, but returning friend of the show Mellonbread. A discussion on dungeon crawls in Unknown Armies ensues, along with tangents on heists and Objectives. The Temple of the Crying Buddha, a one shot scenario by Mellonbread, can be found here: https://bellenmred.blogspot.com/2023/02/temple-of-crying-buddha-masterpost.html
Frank and Tormsen go crawling through Atlas Games' dungeons in search of treasure, only to discover a far stranger artifact. From the strata of the OGL's primordial days walks The Ascension of the Magdalene, a dungeon crawl for Unknown Armies 2e and Dungeons and Dragons 3e.
Alarmed by a sudden growth, Frank and Tormsen discuss two of UA's warped animal spirits and how they can be used in your Unknown Armies campaign. Information on Familiars can be found on pages 88-90 and 112-120 of the Break Today sourcebook, while Lycanthropes are described on pages 303-304 of Unknown Armies 2nd Edition.
What does it mean to "Wake the Tiger"? What really is "the Unnatural"? What makes people freak out when they witness the occult? Your two hosts get into the weeds on some common assumptions and received wisdom in the Occult Underground, looking for bugs.
Frank and Tormsen attempt to avoid going off topic too often as they scheme and plot for another year of content for our Blessed Century.
In the spirit of Christmas, Frank and Tormsen discuss the cultic consulting group currently representing many of His living incarnations, the Jesus Christ Advisory Board. They talk about some potential members of the board, give some tips for starting your own cult, and try to figure out just how many archetypes Jesus fits into.
To celebrate three years of uploads, Frank and Tormsen take a risk and bring two game designers onto the show.
Live from a holding cell at Changi airport, Frank and Tormsen discuss the developments, divergences, and bad trips to be found in sorcerous drugs and drug-addled sorcerers. Saddle up Saturn's horse, the UPS is about to hit.
Three factions, one episode! Frank and Tormsen take a look at some of the groups mentioned in passing in the second edition core book: the old world secret society the Seven Invisible Chairs, the airborne and enigmatic Awâmîd al-Samawât, and the hellish Sardinian constructions of Les Infernaux.
In search of answers for their many questions on the furry subculture, Frank and Tormsen bring Ironclaw and ABYSS designer Norman Rafferty into the studio. Most of these questions are left unanswered as the three instead talk about their experiences with Delta Green, Rafferty's time in the early years of the RPG hobby, and the changing face of occult and investigative role playing games. Rafferty is one of the founding members of Sanguine Games: https://www.sanguinegames.com/ And he's worked on ...
Unfortunate circumstances involving a needle gun and various lost body parts lead into a discussion on the works Michael Moorcock and the Moorcock Hypothesis. As your hosts fight to recover the Balance of Tormsen's depth perception, they talk Moorcock's far reaching influence, multiversal Neverwhen travel, and Henry Kissinger's role as the Eternal Champion.
Frahnk, Tormsen, and Mellonbread discuss the release of RITE, a new Statosphere fan splatbook for the Scottish Rite, part of a series devoted to the squabbling factions of contemporary Mak Attax called Special Orders. Mellonbread's creations can be found at The Rogue's Wallet https://bellenmred.blogspot.com/ Look for RITE at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/411973/Special-Orders-RITE
Frank and Tormsen bring an actual skeleton into the studio to discuss the finer points adept magick. With this meeting of some of the statospheric minds underway, they cover how they wrote adept schools of their own, principles for designing adept schools yourself, and some ideas for fixing some issues with existing adept schools. Necroturgy: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/367440/ Qichijia: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233188/ Praviturgy: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/303116...
大家好！Frahnk's Panda Express sits forlorn and uneaten as Tormsen rants about the Brotherhood of Harmonious Repose, it's origins in the ancient Sui dynasty, the shenanigans of its modern history, and its current position within China's occult underground.
While failing to pull off some gutter magick, Frank and Tormsen reminisce on 90's style tilt rituals. Peering through a shared pair of rose tinted glasses, they compare second and third edition's different approaches to design, and give some ideas for porting over parts of tilts that got lost with the universal reset.
An intercepted phone call between two great slanderers and friends of the show, Kate and CJ, is exposed to the world. Marvel as they discuss avatar consciousness, the effortlessness of true idiocy, theme music, Unsung Champion diagnostics, a bunch of information from as yet unannounced projects and campaigns unavailable to the public, and much much more. Guest starring Cookie the birb, weird uneditable beeps, and the incessant clicking of Kate’s mouse.
Frank and Tormsen analyze the recent activities of Data Freedom Foundation. While they check the figures, they get into the nonfalsifiable joys of gutter magick, what makes an Adept sell out, and the Foundation's role at the front lines of the war against the machines.
Lost in an infinite pub in what is probably still technically England, Frank and Tormsen encounter another local occultist, Obtuse, who edifies our hosts on the deep history of the United Kingdom's 'honest' underground,
While innocently urbexing through the ruins of Gleeson House, Frank and Tormsen discover local occultist Cliomancer, who edifies our hosts on class divisions, the British media, vegan sausage rolls, and the magickal utility of the King James Bible.
Clinging desperately to scaffolding under a verdant sky, Frank and Tormsen discuss Otherspaces and the motivations behind their construction. Rejected episode titles: Pocket Dimensions for Fun and Profit, Everybody’s Blowing Bubbles, Do You Wanna build a Cos-mos?
Frank and Tormsen cower in a closet hiding from indoctrinated child soldiers and discuss the Milk, everyone's favorite avatar training camp.
Frank and Tormsen get into it on the topic of Neverwhen People and Exostock. This leads into discussion of alternate timelines, how a Universal Reset actually goes down, and questions on the boundaries of humanocentricity. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/33point3fm
Frank and Tormsen accidentally wander into the Arctic Circle and inside the apartment of Finnish occultist, Zomner. While we try to figure out a way back home, he reveals info on the remote Finnish occult underground, including sauna adepts, Finland's demoscene, and the salacious origins of human language. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/33point3fm
Frank and Tormsen take a road trip to discuss Justin Miland's Three Miles of Bad Road, hot and fresh from the Statosphere, fits right into the cup holder of your game. Check it out here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/388581/Three-Miles-Of-Bad-Road Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/33point3fm
Desperate to rid Tormsen of his Paglian demons, Frank enlists the assistance of old friend of the show Kate and new guest CJ to attempt an exorcism. This quickly devolves into a discussion of the Naked Goddess, possibly the biggest hoax to ever hit the occult underground. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/33point3FM
Frank has spurious but plausible bone to pick with Tormsen, spurring a discussion on the most aggravating and the least noteworthy unnatural entities of Unknown Armies 2nd Edition. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/33point3FM
Tormsen concludes his Columbian investigation by looking into some person's of interest from the town's history, getting into aviation, emancipation, and occult patriarchal machinations along the way. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/33point3FM
Saved from the cutting room floor, 33.3 FM is proud to bring you our Ohiodyssey into the Columbus occult undergound, a topic of such magnitude that we end up needing two episodes to cover it all. Come along as Tormsen tells Frank of immortal Adena kings, giant mantises, and Isis-inspired brewing techniques.
Frank and Tormsen explore options for the upcoming year, discussing everyone's favorite skin flick apotheosis, modernist magick, rival RPGs, the global occult underground, prominent leftist thinkers, the gnostic unreality of Los Angeles, edition wars, furries, femaledatingstrategy, and more!
