In this episode, Keepers Dave, Jon and Murph kick it old school... medieval even... as they go back to the Bestiary and talk about Golems! Enjoy! Noble Knight Games We want to thank Noble Knight Games for sponsoring this episode. Noble Knight Games just completed a major revamp of their website! The new site is cleaner, prettier, easier to navigate with improved search functionality. Be sure to check out the Publisher’s Spotlight section, too. Check it out at www.nobleknight.com. Also, it’s that...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 20 min
In this episode, Keeper Murph runs Keepers Dave and Jon through a quick game of Troika!
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 19 min
This episode Keepers Dave and Murph talk with author, sensitivity reader, & member of Rusty Quill, Helen Gould! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on October 24th, 2020. Chaosium has released the PDF version of their newest CoC campaign by Lynne Hardy, Children of Fear. You get it for $26.99 at their website. Mork Borg Cult Feretory has been released for general purchase at their website! So If you mi...
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on October 10th, 2020. Our friend and editor of the show, Edwin, is involved in the Midderland 5e setting Kickstarter! The book is a setting and bestiary for the “green-hued dark-fantasy” based on middle England. Edwin did the 5e conversion for the setting and Ennie Award winning artist, Glynn Seal is the primary author, artist, and layout artist. I’ve seen the 11 page t...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 28 min
In this episode, Keepers Murph and Dave discuss the highs and lows of GM Burnout. Enjoy!
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 3 min
In this episode, Keepers Jon, Murph, and Dave welcome Thom Raley, creator and host of the Into the Darkness club, a Call of Cthulhu actual play show on YouTube. Enjoy!
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 12 min
In this episode, Keepers Dave and Jon welcome Liam Stevens, game designer and podcaster. Liam co-hosts the Mud & Blood Podcast. Enjoy!
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 46 min
In this episode, Keepers Dave, Jon and Murph welcomes author and YouTube darling, Seth Skorkowsky! Seth's fun and informative YouTube show has garnered him an ENnie award, as did his contribution to the recently published New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley (2nd Edition), published by Stygian Fox, Enjoy!
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 49 min
This episode, Keepers Dave, and Murph welcomes back, (for the "first" time), authors Jo Kreil and Dean Englehardt, where they discuss Mythos apocalypses and their new game, Apocthulhu. Enjoy!
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 26 min
This episode, Keepers Dave, Jon, and Murph welcomes President of Golden Goblin Press, Oscar Rios. Golden Goblin Press is about to launch a new Kickstarter for a pair of short story collections, so we thought it'd be a great time to read some short stories and discuss them. Enjoy!
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 32 min
In this episode, Keeper Murph returns from his yearly sabbatical to speak with Keepers Jon & Dave about diversity in the RPG market-space and how we can affect change by voting with our dollars.
Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 18 min
This episode, Keepers Dave and Jon welcome guests Kat Welsford and Vi Huntsman. Kat and Vi helped create an amazing anthology of RPG adventures titled, Dissident Whispers, and they're here to talk about that project.
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 22 min
This episode, Keepers Jon and Dave play a game of Call of Cthulhu! The scenario is titled "The Silent Clowder," and it was exclusively available to backers of Goodman Games' Kickstarter to fund Keeper Jon's book, Age of Cthulhu #9: The Lost Expedition. Enjoy!
Jun 15, 2020•2 hr 21 min
This episode, the whole Keeper Krew is back! Keepers Dan, Chad, Murph, Dave, and Jon talk about everything. It goes off the rails far and wide. Enjoy!
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 57 min
The Keepers talk with Ambermancer about the movies The Lighthouse and Midsommar . They discuss how to bring elements from those movies to your gaming table.
May 18, 2020•1 hr 45 min
This episode, Keepers Jon, Dave and Murph talk to Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu Line Editor, Mike Mason, about the upcoming releases from Chaosium and playing Call of Cthulhu in different time periods.
May 04, 2020•1 hr 24 min
This episode, Keepers Jon, Dave and Murph talk to author, Chad Bowser, about the new 3rd edition of Cthulhu Dark Ages.
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min
This episode, Keepers Dave and Murph talk about what to do when things go wrong at the table.
Apr 06, 2020•57 min
This episode Keepers Dave immerses himself into the show by asking Keepers Jon and Murph some probing questions. And Jon & Murph interview Julian Simpson, the writer and creator of the Case of Charles Dexter Ward and The Whisperer in Darkness audio programs for BBC Radio4.
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 50 min
This episode Keepers Murph and Dave, (along with guest Keeper Matt Wiseman, via a email), judge a monster creation contest between Keeper Jon and the president of Golden Goblin Press, Oscar Rios.
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This is the second Live Play recording of the scenario Chariot of the Gods for the Alien RPG.
Mar 04, 2020•2 hr 38 min
This is a Live Play recording of the scenario Chariot of the Gods for the Alien RPG. It was a last second decision to have it recorded, but we had a lot of fun doing it. None of us, aside from the GM, had played much of the Alien RPG yet, and we all quite liked it in the end. This is the first of a two-part series. The second part will go up in a separate post. I hope everyone enjoys it!
Mar 04, 2020•2 hr 57 min
Keepers Jon and Murph catch up with Ruth Tillman to discuss her new Kickstarter, Snake People: A Post Apocalypse Story Game, and her adventure in the soon-to-be released Black Star Magic, for Pelgrane Press' Yellow King RPG. Ruth is an amazing guest. Fans can keep up with Ruth on her website. Download the episode now!
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 41 min
In this episode Keepers Murph and Jon are joined by our Discord friend, Ambermancer to talk about using classic monsters in your Lovecraftian games. This episode was recorded on January 30th, 2020. Campus Crier Black Star Magic! Investigators in the Yellow King RPG, from Pelgrane Press, gain the use of mind-bending spells! Playtesting is set to begin soon on the new QuickShock Gumshoe supplement. The book is said to contain 144 spells and 4 scenarios. Close friend of the show and all around awes...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 48 min
This episode Keepers Murph, Jon, & Dave talk about how you can scale encounters to fit your group of investigators. Campus Crier We received some exciting news from Chaosium today that a project, (believed to be dead) has risen from the depths! Cthulhu: Dark Ages 2nd Edition is coming! The new edition has been completely updated by Chad Bowser, Andi Newton, Mike Mason, & James Holloway to fit 7th Edition rules. There is a new optional Sanity mechanic to mirror the medieval mindset, rules...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 14 min
In this episode, Keepers Jon, Murph and special guest Dave Sokolowski talk about what makes modern horror modern. Campus Crier The recently funded Vaesen RPG has released some alpha material to backers that includes monster descriptions, plot hooks, a weakness, and a ritual, along with some new unpublished art! They have a cool section on “Horror, Mystery and Adventure” which delineates between different modes of play -- it’s a cool way to clarify up front what the game will be like. In case you...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 43 min
In the final episode of 2019, Keepers Jon, Dan, & Murph bid a fond and scathing farewell to Keeper Chad. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is Miskatonic U's student paper. This is where we keep all the Mythos-related news and feedback to the podcast. This episode was recorded on December 16, 2019. Chaosium has released the fourth and last installment of their organised play campaign, Flotsam & Jetsam, for Call of Cthulhu. “On the Banks of the Ohio” has already been released to Cult of Chaos ...
Dec 30, 2019•2 hr 18 min
This episode, Chad, Jon and Murph talk about the favorite mist shrouded locale of both Lovecraft and definitely Keeper Chad, Kingsport!
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 49 min
This episode, Chad, Jon and Murph tackle cults and come up with some ideas on how to refresh them in our games. This episode was recorded on November 26, 2019.
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Hello MU Nation. This is a short special report to cover some podcast news. Keeper Chad has decided to step down as cohost of the show at the end of 2019. There are several reasons coming together for this decision, but a big one is he wants to redirect some of the time spent on podcast stuff into other creative projects. But fear not, Jon and Murph will continue producing the show in 2020. Message from Chad: Thank you to everyone in this weird and wondrous podcast community; to listeners, frien...
Nov 21, 2019•7 min
