Miskatonic University Podcast

This episode Keepers Murph, Dave, & Bridgett, sit down with Rob & Jesse, Head of Games at NecronomiCON! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on July 14, 2022.  Niels, the man with the plan over at NecronomiCON Providence, has released an updated COVID policy on their website, you can find the link in our show notes, and has said that masks will be required for all events, and they are providing stickers for attendees to announce how comfortable they are with proximity to others. Niels is also recommending PCR tests before traveling, the same that is recommended by the WHO and the CDC, and will have KN95 masks on hand for distribution for those that might need it.  Avatar RPG has gone to print, finally! No word on when it will finish. Roll20 and OneBookShelf are partnering up. The apparent merger will allow users “to manage content across platforms for nearly any tabletop game, connect more easily with other players, and step into games immediately, all in one place.” Ankit Lal, the current CEO of Roll20, will continue as the CEO, while Steve Wieck will join the Roll20 governing board and executive team. So far as fans are concerned, this partnership will allow any PDF in a user’s OneBookShelf Library to be available within Roll20. The recently announced Alien novel, Infernos, will contain a free scenario for Alien RPG! Ennies Shortlist announced https://www.tribality.com/2022/07/09/2022-ennie-award-nominees-announced/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Sean for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out “Look deep into my eyes…you are getting sleepy…so sleepy…you are feeling generous with the deli meat…so generous…” posted fan of the show, Bill Adcock, about his cat Atticus. Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Our backers are so incredibly important to us and we want to make clear our commitment to every one of you. We hope these new tiers will immediately help you feel more connected to us and that your contributions are rewarded. Speaking of amazing backers we have new backers! Everyone welcome: Dan Tice Alex Marks JF Boivin And thank you to everyone else that has changed their pledge to match our new tiers!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — Jess and Rob from NecronomiCON Providence!

View Post We’re BAAAAAACCCKKKK!!!! This Episode, Keepers Murph, Dave & Bridgett, along with previous hosts, frequent guests, backers and friends, celebrate the recording of MUP’s 250th Episode! That’s right guys! 10 Years and 250 Episodes! Congratulations, MUP, and congratulations to you, the listeners! We did it!!!! Campus Crier We nah’d the Campus Crier for this recording. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode.  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out When the cat thinks he’s a better podcaster than you. Shout out to Cooper, cat of John H! Thanks for supporting the Pet Pics Channel and sharing this awesome kittuh with us! Patreon Plug & Update We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Most importantly though – after some butt kicking by Bridgett, we are formally announcing our new Patreon tiers. Frankly, we have really just been living on the good graces of our supporters, who have been wonderful enough to just support us when there has been a distinct lack of difference between all the tiers. We are solving that today.  First up – there are no changes to the tier names or their cost. So if you are a backer, your tier will stay exactly the same. However, now each tier will come with specific benefits that we will now outline (and of course will be on Patreon by the time you hear this). For each of the tiers, you of course get everything from the previous tier. Freshmen $1: We’ll give you a shout-out and thank you on the show! You’ll have access to our exclusive, Backer-Only Discord channels. We’ll also notify you about scheduled guest appearances ahead of time so that you can send us your questions! Backers at this level also can sit in on Keeper Dave’s Trail of Cthulhu campaign, Bookhounds of San Francisco. You also get access to contests! Sophomore $2: You can now join pop-up events, last minute pick-up games, and other special events hosted by the co-hosts!   Junior $5: You are invited to exclusive watch parties and movie nights with one of the hosts! Grab your popcorn, kick back, and hang with the hosts for a movie night! These events will be hosted quarterly. Senior $10: You have unlocked access to private content to include Host-GM’d games, Team Up recordings with The Old Ways Podcast, locked bonus episodes, and more! You’ll also receive a unique annual postcard from your hosts! Host-GM’d games run monthly, will be pre-scheduled a year in advance, and offer you a tour of your favorite weird and horrific roleplaying games beside one of the hosts! Graduates $15: You’ll receive a PDF copy of limited-edition playable content from your hosts! That’s right! Examples may include pamphlet adventures, system agnostic scenarios, etc. We plan to roll out 3 of these per year. Professors $20: You, yes you, will be invited to join the hosts on air! Once a year, we’ll invite Professor Level backers to join the show and choose your own topic! Come talk, laugh, cry, and make fun of Murph on air! Speaking of amazing backers –  New Backer Shout Out – Thank you Ash DelVillan!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — 250 Episodes MUP is nothing without our community, and in celebration of our anniversary, we reached out to a bunch of amazing people who we know and love in our community. Ep 223 was Bridgett’s first episode as guest – – 27 episodes for Bridgett! Ep 109 was Dave’s first episode as guest, Ep 190 as host – 60 episodes for Dave!

Keepers Dave, Bridgett, and Murph get together for a brief goodbye before taking June 2022 off. See you in July!

This episode, Keepers Murph and Bridgett interview Jim Phillips, the founder and operator of Skype of Cthulhu, a Call of Cthulhu actual play who have just posted their 800th episode back at the end of April! Congratulations and welcome back, Jim! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on May 5, 2022.  Free League’s Blade Runner RPG has launched and already broken $1m. And with that, it finally broke Dave’s wallet. I managed not to back this one!  Jason Cordova’s rpg Brindlewood Bay kickstarter is doing a smashing job with its small-town murder mystery setting. If you are a fan of small town mysteries such as Murder She Wrote, then this is your jam.  Chaosium released a shipping update on some highly anticipated releases to include — Cults of Cthulhu* — A Time to Harvest* — Call of Cthulhu Starter Set (40th Anniversary edition, with new box art) — Plus, fulfilment of the long-awaited Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter! (if you missed the Kickstarter, we’ll be selling the remaining copies via Chaosium.com AFTER distribution to backers is completed). We’re looking at May (and perhaps into early June). The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out Shouting out Toast, listener and fan of the show, TLemon’s gorgeous kittuh. Seriously guys, this cat is like a dreamy combo of asphalt, concrete, stainless steel, and gorgeous!  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! We need to thank our newest backer, Nathan Pidde! HA! I just got an email from Nathan that made my heart smile. Hopefully you all will be hearing more from him soon!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic Jim Phillips of Skype of Cthulhu http://www.cthulhu.me

ENnies Logo After not even getting a short list nod from last year’s ENnie judges, this year we outsourced the clip selection to our amazing Patreon Backers. This is our 15 minute submission reel for 2022. We have to thank all of the backers that helped to put this together, once again we’d be no where without you all.

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett interview YouTuber and bestselling Miskatonic Repository author, Michael Fryda! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on April 21, 2022.  The Old Gods of Appalachia Kickstarter is underway and is already crushing it with over 9300 backers and almost $1.3 Million raised. This kickstarter runs through May 6th. The Alien Colony War book that includes a scenario by friend of the show Drew Gaska was released on April 26th. The first round of the HPLHS Call of Cthulhu Classic Prop Box is starting to appear and it’s another top shelf item. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out Shout out to backer Cornysams– thank you for sharing your new kittuh with us, Sugar, or as his partner calls her, Shug.  Also, welcome to the best foster home ever to the bulldog, Eloise! Thank you listener, HelloSpaceBoy, for sharing this lovely baby with us! And thank you beaucoup to Edwin for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! We need to thank our newest backer, Darrin Chandler! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — Michael Fryda @imaginingsRPG (Twitter) https://www.youtube.com/c/RPGImaginings/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/ClutchSituation https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Michael%20Fryda …You will worship her.

This BONUS episode, Keepers Murph and Bridgett welcome Heinrich Moore, Chair of the Miskatonic Repository Convention, 4-time best selling author on the Miskatonic Repository, and owner of the YouTube channel, Heinrich Moore Presents. Join us as Heinrich walks us through his latest release, Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character Creation! Buckle in… it’s quite the ride! Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Nathan (Hapless Mage on Discord) Thank you, Nathan!!! You’re the true MVP! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character Creation For more information about Miskatonic Repository Convention, check out the Facebook Page or Discord! To see more of Heinrich’s scenarios, you can check out his listing on DTRPG or his YouTube Channel!

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett dive into The Alien: RPG and take questions from the awesome MUP Fans! This episode was recorded on March 24, 2022. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Bridgett’s Pet Pick Shout Out A shout out to DontStopMeNow’s baby, Axle, who you can see living his best life on the beach, in the desert, in the pool, ocean, mountain and more! She says that she works to provide for her dogs. Same, girl. Same. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Sean for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — Alien RPG This episode was recorded on March 24, 2022. We asked for a bunch of questions from our Discord community about the Alien: The RPG. And we shall now endeavor to answer at least some of them before our inadequacies become too apparent. Bridgett’s Starter Questions How do you handle cascading panic? What are your favorite talents? Does anyone actually use that section on space combat? Real talk? Did you read it? Listener Questions: (James) Ibis: What rules from the core book do you want to implement, but often forget in the heat of the moment? iPwnedMSCS: How do you write agendas differently for early acts in cinematic scenarios vs later acts?  Do you write agendas differently for single Act scenarios? Could @Keeper Dave (he/him) talk about what from the five room dungeon concept did and didn’t work for his scenario? (James) Ibis: Would you rather play Alien or Aliens? Why? iPwnedMSCS: How intuitive do you find the chances of success with the base + stress dice mechanics? iPwnedMSCS: What mechanics do you think are well implemented?  What mechanics do you think could be improved? iPwnedMSCS: What do you hope to see in future additions to the product line? iPwnedMSCS: What’s your favorite chart in the book and why is it the panic table? JZahler: Can Alien be run as a horror campaign?  With only a single antagonist, xenomorphs, how would you keep it fresh over multiple scenarios?  If the solution is to introduce other non-xenomorph Alien threats, is it still Alien? iPwnedMSCS: How do you resolve combat oriented panic results in non-combat situations? iPwnedMSCS: How do you feel about the layout of the character sheet? iPwnedMSCS: Are there any content warnings, such as infestation horror, that cannot be removed without the game no longer being Alien?

This episode, Keepers Murph & Dave interview friend of the show, Julian Simpson, on how to be a better GM! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Keeper Bridgett would like to shout out Adam and his new puppy, Emmy. Welcome home, Emmy! She’s also confused how Adam has the time to read circles around her when he has a new puppy. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Max for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Recent Gaming After a short hiatus, our Recent Gaming segment is back. This episode was recorded on March 12, 2022. Main Topic — How to be a Good Game Master w/ Julian Simpson Julian’s Previous Shows: MUP EP 195 – Julian in Darkness – March 23, 2020 MUP EP 215 – Shadow Over Simpson – Dec 28, 2020 Julian has a few websites that he posts too, but Cartoon Gravity is his most active. Backer Questions Did he ever get to play that Unknown Armies game he thirsted for in his previous visits to the show? And if  not, why? Why is it so hard to get a game we’re passionate about off the ground? How does he approach long term character development in an audio environment during an age where video and visual queues have become the norm? Or, what makes the audio creative space enjoyable for him?

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett interview friend of the show, Helen Gould! Helen agreed to volunteer as tribute and test out a new (currently untitled) MUP segment where we bring on old friends and discuss/riff about random stuff! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on February 27th, 2022.  R. Talsorian Games & Darker Hue Studios Team Up R. Talsorian Games has signed an agreement with Darker Hue Studios to distribute Haunted West, a tabletop roleplaying game shining the light of truth on the old west. Join the League of Free Agents Free League has kicked off its organized play program, League of Free Agents. Dave has joined Roll20 has doubled in size in two years, and Call of Cthulhu has grown with it – Chaosium Inc. Roll20, and Chaosium’s associated products, have doubled in the past year. Dave plans to put Sun Spots on Roll20 in the next few months. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. I’d like to shout out James from 1D4 con and their newest adoption, Rain! Welcome home, Rain! Get ready for the best days of your life.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Edwin for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Shoutout to Targrad And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic —  How to be a Good Player Find Helen Gould on Twitter and her own Patreon!

This episode, Keeper Murph, Dave, and Bridgett enjoy some pseudo-random riffing. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. I’d love to give a shoutout to Joe Stranger’s kittuh, Lulu, who was last seen helping her dad through Curse of Strahd.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Thank you to all of our backers!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — Riffing     We want to hear from our listeners, and we have lots of ways you can reach out to us. For the complete list, check out our show notes – that’s where you’ll find our email address, which is [email protected], and a link to our Discord server! Send us your questions, feedback and topic ideas – or join a discussion! Tell us who you are and give us a hearty “Go Pods” for our home team, the Fightin’ Cephalopods!  Find all the links you need to keep in touch – at mu-podcast.com, or on the Discord channel ep-244. And please back us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/mup  Thank you for joining us for another episode. Class is dismissed!

This episode, Keepers Murph and Bridgett sit down with special guest, Jacob Wood, who is the owner of Accessible Games! This past year he ran a successful KickStarter for Survival of the Able and he’s also an industry Accessibility Consultant. Welcome Jacob! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on January 27th, 2022.  Free League announced Heart of Darkness for the Alien RPG. This is billed as a stand-alone adventure, but also serves as a conclusion to the Draconis Strain Saga begun in the cinematic scenario Chariot of the Gods and continued in Destroyer of Worlds, all written by our friend and previous guest, Andrew Gaska.  Player signups for A Weekend with Good Friend Gaming Convention begins on February 4th and will run through February 10th. Reminder, this is an online convention sponsored by the Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast! It’ll be running from February 18th-20th, so be sure and sign up for as many games as you can! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. I’d love to give a shoutout to Targrad’s absolutely adorable fur children, Bear and Robyn. He recently read them Lynne Hardy’s Children of Fear and their facial expressions are… incredible! Targard, thanks for always swinging through with the pup assist and constant pup love!  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Sean for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! WOW! BACKER LOVVVVVEEEE!!! Thank you new backers!!! Cornysams TammyTheTiger Miranda Adams Evan Perlman JZahler We really appreciate you guys for Backing. We are going through the results of the polling that we did for last show and will be making some changes I’m sure as a result of that.  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — Jacob Wood Accessible Gaming Survival of the Able Robot Claw Entertainment, publisher of Tears of a Machine  SC: http://www.robotclaw.info Russell Collins is @RobotClaw on Twitter Limitless Heroics Kickstarter: Limitless Heroics: Better worlds via Dice & Disabilities 5e by Dale Critchley — Kickstarter Only has 4 days to go, so it won’t still be running when the episode goes live. Might be good to recap though. Accessible Gaming Quarterly, Year 3 Kickstarter: http://www.bit.ly/AGQYear3KS Runs from 2/2/22 through 2/16/22 Vision Layers website: http://www.visionlayers.com Broken Ruler Games, the company run by my colleague Todd Crapper http://brokenrulergames.net Todd is the mastermind behind Vision Layers and my go-to for layout and graphic design. Accessibility in Gaming Resource Guide By Jennifer Kretchmer Accessibility in Gaming Resources – Google Docs Accessible RPG, a Wiki designed to help people understand real-world symptoms and how they can impact a gaming experience: http://www.accessible-rpg.com Knights of the Braille, a website and Discord community of mostly blind gamers. They’re open to gamers from every background and also helpedhost the Everyone-Games event: Knights of The Braille Everyone-Games, an event we ran in October to raise awareness and charity money for disabled gamers. We hope to run it again next year: Everyone-Games – A vision of accessible gaming for all

This episode, Keepers Murph & Bridgett interview writer, editor, and all around awesome peoples Brett Kramer! Due to the fact that we’re recording a lot later than usual (and Bridgett is going through severe nicotine withdrawal) we’re going to skip the Campus Crier. However, we would be remiss if we didn’t thank Ogdru Hem from the Discord for allowing us to use his music, Miskatonic Library, for the new intro bumper. You can find his work on YouTube, DTRPG, and BandCamp. Campus Crier Stay tuned next episode for more Campus Crier! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Today, I’d like to shout out listener and fan, Anthony Lee-Dudley and welcome home their newest black cat adoption, Ms. Fay. Anthony says, “we thought, we don’t have enough black cats… so they decided to adopt Ms Fay, too.” Welcome home, Ms Fay!  We also want to shout out fan and listener of the show, bdurfy. He’s currently recovering from a serious condition and we just want to let you know that we love you, brother, we appreciate your support, and we’re all rooting for you.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Jazmin Ospa Hey– listen. Real talk. We appreciate our Patreon backers more than we can say… but we also recognize that we could do better about celebrating, supporting, and rewarding our backers. With that spirit in mind, the hosts are currently revamping our patreon tiers, backer rewards, and more! Current backers– check your inbox for a survey that is coming back soon. We’re rebuilding based on your preferences, because let’s face it, we’re only here because of you. Please, complete that survey and shoot it back over to us.  We’re still offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions! ALSO, we’re keep offering where Patreon backers will have an exclusive opportunity to play in games run by one of us co-hosts! “It is our pleasure to announce that The Miskatonic University Podcast and The Old Ways Podcast are joining forces to bring a special series of Backer only games for their supporters in 2022! In the coming months, a series of new stories will be told – all with the opportunity for both communities to engage and even join these recordings. We’re excited for this new partnership and for our supporters to join us in this new monthly series!  Beginning in February, Backers will hear a new actual play episode from one of many settings chosen by the two shows. These might feature new scenarios, homebrew content, and an array of guest cameos. We can’t wait for you to hear all the madness we have planned.”  And last, but certainly not least, Dave has approved Pateron Backers to gain access to the Bookhounds of San Francisco Game! Stay up to date on game scheduling in the Patreon Only Discord server. Drop by, laugh, cry, and join in on a thread of absolutely top shelf memes and gifs. “Look at the flowers, Owen. Just look at the flowers.” And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — Bret Kramer Sentinel Hill Press

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave & Bridgett bid farewell to the good, bad, & ugly of 2021. We also discuss what we’re looking forward to in 2022! Campus Crier We forgot to mention it in the audio, but we need to thank Ogdru Hem from the Discord for allowing us to use his music, Miskatonic Library, for the new intro bumper. You can find his work on YouTube, DTRPG, and BandCamp. The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on December 30th, 2021.  Free League Publishing’s recent kickstarter, Vaesen RPG – Mythic Britain & Ireland, has wrapped up! In this expansion to Vaesen, a game about Nordic Horror Roleplaying, players face the mythic creatures of Britain and Ireland. Unsurprisingly, this kickstarter funded in under 6 minutes, and wrapped up with just under 8,000 backers.  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/vaesen-rpg-mythic-britain-and-ireland Chaosium has sold enough tickets to ensure that the inaugural Chaosium Con is for sure happening!!!! April 8th and 9th, Chaosium will be hosting an in person convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Guys, this isn’t something that you’ll not want to miss. We’re talking seminars with Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, Jeff Richard, Jason Durall, David Larkins. They have non stop gaming rooms, VIP gaming sessions with some of the heaviest hitting folk at Chaosium, an auction, LARPs, and more. This is going to be a blast, and I’d love to see you guys there if you can make it! Speaking of conventions, Necronomicon pushed back badge sales for their 2022 show in Providence, Rhode Island. Advance badges to previous gold ticket holders have already gone out, and general tickets go on sale January 10, 2022. Keepers Dave, Bridgett, and Murph will be attending, along with friend of the show and previous guest, Michael Diamond. Definitely consider attending– it’ll be a good time.  The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Today, I’d like to shout out our own Keeper Murph’s baby, Lulu. Check out the Discord to see some of the biggest beggy eyes and the cutest cuddle selfies with Lulu and Murph!  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions! ALSO, we just kicked off a new offering where Patreon backers will have an exclusive opportunity to play in games run by one of us co-hosts! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Main Topic — The Hosts Unpack 2021   We want to hear from our listeners, and we have lots of ways you can reach out to us. For the complete list, check out our show notes – that’s where you’ll find our email address, which is [email protected], and a link to our Discord server! Send us your questions, feedback and topic ideas – or join a discussion! Tell us who you are and give us a hearty “Go Pods” for our home team, the Fightin’ Cephalopods!  Find all the links you need to keep in touch – at mu-podcast.com, or on the Discord channel ep-241. And please back us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/mup  Thank you for joining us for another episode. Class is dismissed!

No episode this week – RL has taken over and we needed a quick break. Next episode will be on schedule! Also – THANK YOU for everyone who voted in Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Best Talk Podcast of 2021… We won! Your love and support is incredibly important to us, and this award shows us that we are all one community. Thank you so much to all our listeners and Patreon backers!

This episode, Keepers Dave and Bridgett interview writer, editor, actor, and longtime friend of the show, Cody Goodfellow! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on December 2nd, 2021. December y’all. De-cem-ber. Chaosium is currently working with EDGE to release an English translation of @alexdelaIglesia ‘s ‘La Broma Macabra’ in 2022. As well as being a long-time devoted Call of Cthulhu fan, Álex de la Iglesia is the acclaimed Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer, whose series 30 Monetas (“30 Coins”) recently featured on HBO in the United States. HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising is a narrative game that will be released on PC and Mac. It follows the adventures of three protagonists in late 1929, just before the Wall Street Crash, as occult forces are at work to bring our planet under the dominion of the cosmic terror of dread Nyarlathotep. The game is intended for those who enjoy the atmosphere and horror of H.P Lovecraft novels, those nostalgic for Steve Jackson’s ‘Fighting Fantasy’ or the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books, and for lovers of narrative games that allow you to dive into multiple stories and histories. It’s on Kickstarter right now, with about $6k of the requested $28k funded. We wish them luck. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Special shout out to Molly, the puppy with booties of snow! Listener and fan, BrokenShepherd shared a cute picture of Molly with snow covered paws! Join the Discord and drop those pet pics! Many thanks, BrokenShepherd, for being such an active and supportive member of the community. We see you, and we really appreciate you.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Sean for editing this episode.  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Greg Fetzer Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions! ALSO, we just kicked off a new offering where Patreon backers will have an exclusive opportunity to play in games run by one of us co-hosts! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! I’ll try to remember to post in the general server, but definitely be watching all of these TeePublic holiday sales!  Main Topic Cody Goodfellow Let’s go back to ostensibly the start. I want to talk about Secrets of San Francisco because I’m running a Bookhounds of SF game and I’ve used your book multiple times. When you look back at that book – what is your perspective on its legacy? Either for yourself as author, or in the line of CoC books? Both? Talk about New Maps of Dreams – where does the interest for Dreamlands come from? It seems like a rarely discussed or written-about sub-genre, but one that seems to be hard to fill successfully. How does this book add to the Dreamlands mythos? Talk about your involvement with Skin Crawl magazine Forbidden Futures Finally, tell us about your new book The Flying None.  Cody – where can people find you? ​​https://www.codygoodfellow.com/

Hello, and welcome to the Miskatonic University Podcast, Episode 239! This is the podcast dedicated to weird and horrific role-playing games. I’m Keeper Bridgett. And I’m Keeper Murph. Tonight Bridgett and I are super excited to welcome London Carlisle to the show! Bridget has a fan-girl crush moment… Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on November 18, 2021.   The creators of Mork Borg has launched a kickstarter for their new cyber-punk game using the same system called Cy_Borg. They have about $350k at the time of writing and are blowing through stretch goals. Just when you thought Weird Tales was gone for good they are back! And this time it seems they might actually be able to stick around! Blackstone Publishing has entered into an agreement with the classic horror and pulp magazine to produce 50 books over five years with the Weird Tales Presents brand. The first offering is supposed to be released fall of ‘22. And they plan on a special release in 2023 for the 100 year anniversary of Weird Tales. By the time this episode drops the latest kickstarter from Free League will be available. Vaesen: Mythic Britain and Ireland is a companion setting book for the weird horror RPG that came out in 2020. Discord We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Special shout out to Emma, dog of Evan Perlman. She’s featured in the petpic channel hanging out with Evan’s daughter princess dresses. Evan states, and I quote, “because she is a pretty pretty princess, damnit.” MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Dave for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions! ALSO, we just kicked off a new offering where Pateron backers will have an exclusive opportunity to play in games run by one of us co-hosts! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  Recent Gaming Bridgett – Chris Hall ran For the Queen — beautiful art cards — simple story creation — need to pick it up and carry around with me for cons, down time, etc Y’all of Cthulhu Season 2 Recordings with Ain’t Slayed Nobody Main Topic London Carlisle can be found here: https://www.londoncarlisle.com/ Okay, so I have ALL the questions, but we only have like an hour… so before I delve into all of your awesome projects, can we please talk about how ridiculously awesome you are? You’re trained in the katana?!  Okay– these dialects though? Can we get a sampling? I have a thing for dialects! Okay, talk to us about all of these podcasts and actual plays that you’re on! It’s a really impressive resume! What’s your favorite genre of RPGs and why is it horror? Same vein, you do television, film, gaming, stage… what’s your happy place and why? The Ending We want to hear from our listeners, and we have lots of ways you can reach out to us. For the complete list, check out our show notes – that’s where you’ll find our email address, which is [email protected], and a link to our Discord server! Send us your questions, feedback and topic ideas – or join a discussion! Tell us who you are and give us a hearty “Go Pods” for our home team, the Fightin’ Cephalopods!  Find all the links you need to keep in touch – at mu-podcast.com, or on the Discord channel ep-239. And please back us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/mup  Thank you for joining us for another episode. Class is dismissed!

This Episode, Keepers Murph & Dave interview Sean McCoy from Tuesday Knight Games about the uber-successful Mothership Kickstarter. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on November 4th, 2021.   The big news so far as this episode is concerned at least is the massively successful Mothership Kickstarter which as of recording has over $700k in funding, and 7600+ backers! Murph, Dave, and Bridgett are backers and fans of the game and are super excited to see it do so unexpectedly well! Paul Baldowski has another KS running just weeks after the last one delivered, Cthulhu Hack 2E has funded and is making Stretch Goals with $23k in funding so far with 24 days to go. (Murph has backed it!) In a case of “why not see if there’s an update right before you record,” Paizo voluntarily recognized the new union of United Paizo Workers and announced it… while we were recording episode 237! So congratulations to UPW and we wish continued success in making working conditions fair and healthy for all RPG creators.  Cults of Cthulhu is out from Chaosium. This is the collection of scenarios by Chris Lackey and Mike Mason centering around the… well cults of the mythos. It is 368 pages long!  The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Last week Discord user BrokenShepherd found a lost and despondent dog without a collar, which they then were able to reconnect them with their owner – a similarly despondent and panicked human. Now that’s how it’s done! Wonderful work BrokenShepherd! MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! We want to thank our newest backer Curtis Dozier! Thanks, Curits! Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions! ALSO, we just kicked off a new offering where Pateron backers will have an exclusive opportunity to play in games run by one of us co-hosts! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!  A single CoC session with Adam and Ambermancer from the Discord. Main Topic Sean and Tuesday Night Games Kickstarter expectations and where you’re at – have you planned for anywhere near this success? What does this say about your fanbase over the past few years? Questions Talk about the niche you feel Mothership is filling. Clearly people are responding well and with great interest. What is the core of that interest? Talk about the recent Critical Role play of Mothership/Alien and how that affected both the hobby and your KS Talk about fulfillment logistics and the bonkers shipping quandary today

This episode, Keepers Murph and Dave discuss building an age-appropriate horror campaign for teenagers. Which is in and of itself scary. So, how do you keep the terror in teen horror? Find out! 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 21, 2021.   This week we are most excited about the Kickstarter for Survival of the Able: Back from the Dead, an RPG about people with disabilities working together to overcome a zombie plague. It looks to do a great job of representation for the disabled community, is about zombies, and looks like a lot of fun! We’ve both backed it. We have a couple news items regarding Chaosium. First is the announcement for their new Cults of Cthulhu book that will appear in PDF this Halloween, with a print version to appear later.  Not only that, but they’ve opened orders for the 40th Anniversary limited edition of the 7th Edition rulebook. And finally in the ongoing saga of perpetually underpaid and overworked RPG artists, 35 workers at Paizo, publisher of Pathfinder and Starfinder, have created a union. There was a great story recently from Wired detailing the pretty terrible pay and working conditions for RPG creators as a whole. It’s definitely worth a read for anyone interested in our ongoing struggle with paying people living wages. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. And from Bridgett, she wants to call out Roxie (the cat) of UndeadDomain During my wedding we had a drink in honor of Roxie, who had to stay home cause the venue doesn’t allow pets ( I didn’t expect anything otherwise). We called it Roxie on the Rocks.  Gin, Sweet & Sour, and Club Soda MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D Main Topic Keeper Dave asks for advice on how to run age appropriate horror for a teen audience!

This episode Keepers Bridgett & Murph speak with John Haremza of the Legends of Tabletop podcast and the new CoreThulhu RPG. Well, Bridgett tries to speak. Laryngitis, y’know? 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 06, 2021. PAX Unplugged is coming back in December to Philadelphia and you will need a mask and full vaccination in order to attend. This is following a trend that other conventions, such as UK Games EXPO & ESSEN Spiel, have put into place for public safety. GenCON & Origins continued with only a mask mandate in place but no proof of vaccination or a negative test.  Chaosium has acquired Dhole’s House this week, the popular online character creation tool for Call of Cthulhu. And it has hired the former owner and site creator, Lee Carnell, as an in-house software developer.  In case you are not aware, The Calyx has started again and our very own Bridgett Jefferies is again on the cast! Becca Scott is the Keeper with Gina DeVivo, Paula Deeming, and Bridgett as investigators. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Special shout out to Mike, who returned home from Origins to find that his son had befriended a Wookie. Seriously, it’s a dog in a Wookie costume and his newborn baby. It’s SUPER cute. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Sean for editing this episode.  We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions! ALSO, we just kicked off a new offering where Pateron backers will have an exclusive opportunity to play in games run by one of us co-hosts! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! I rocked my MUP shirt at Origins and it was quite a delight and a privilege. Main Topic John Haremza from Legends of Tabletop CORE MicroCOREThulhuLink to their Discord

This episode Keepers Bridgett, Dave & Murph speak with Chris McDowall the author of Into the Odd & Electric Bastionland. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on September 23, 2021.  The Ennies just wrapped up their awards for 2021, and a huge congratulations to all of the nominees winners. We’d like to send a special congratulations to Andrew Gaska and everyone at FLP for three ENnie Awards for their Alien: The RPG campaign, Destroyer of Worlds. Horror games really made a statement this year with awards and recognition going to Mork Borg, Vaesen, and even the Miskatonic Repository. Congratulations, Allan Carrey, for your silver on Hand of Glory The Council of Shoggoths is proud to announce that all events for Friday and Sunday have sold out for Miskatonic Repository Con! The participation and support has been incredible, guys, and we really appreciate it. Check out the show notes for the link to sign up for Saturday events, join in on a panel, or just come hang out with some Call of Cthulhu creators! Reminder, the convention is going to be held, online, October 15-17th.  Free League just announced their plans to publish the Blade Runner RPG and my wallet just imploded. Enough with the amazing IP, art, design, game mechanics and just all around fantastic game experiences! In celebration of their 40th Anniversary, Chaosium recently released their Call of Cthulhu 40th Anniversary Keeper Rulebook. This limited edition release features a new black and red leatherette cover and dust jacket design. Additional material includes personal accounts by some of the early creators and contributors to the game and the re-inclusion of the classic scenario ‘The Haunting.” Advance copies sold out at GenCon and it looks like they’ll be arriving at Origins Game Fair as well! The official release date is October 2021.  Bridgett is stoked to be joining the main cast of Ain’t Slayed Nobody’s podcast for Y’all of Cthulhu Season Two. This is a custom Call of Cthulhu 7e campaign in the Down Darker Trails setting.  She’s playing an acrobat named Noni. The show just wrapped Season One and Season Two will start in early 2022. Subscribe to Ain’t Slayed Nobody on your favorite podcast app. And finally, writer and publisher of Electric Bastionland, Chris McDowall, has teamed up with Free League to reprint and update the original rule set Into the Odd in a new Kickstarter that has already blown through most/all of its stretch goals since it launched earlier this week. Fortunately we have Mr McDowall with us tonight to talk about the kickstarter. Chris? We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Special shout out to fan of the show, Rina, and their cat Garak, who naps in positions that still make my lower back ache. Good luck with the move, Rina and Garak!  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Max for editing this episode. We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions! ALSO, we just kicked off a new offering in September where Pateron backers will have an exclusive opportunity to play in games run by one of us co-hosts! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store! Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Main Topic Chris McDowall Into The Odd Remastered Kicstarter Pateron Questions: From Diesel: what are your thoughts on the evolution of the OSR, from the retroclones to the games we see being produced today. What was it that pulled him into that scene, why does he think it evolved like that, and where does he think it’s going next? iPwnedMSCS — In your contribution to Knock! Issue 2, how one would use the horror cheap trick “cut off mid-sentence”. Using the example from the article of “The wardrobe is covered in cobwebs. You slowly crack it open and feel the air get cold around you. You smell rotten wood and see…” do you eventually finish the sentence after letting it hang for a couple beats or do you do something else with it? Also – what’s next for you after this kickstarter? Where can people get in touch with you? BastionLand.com

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, & Bridgett discuss the definition of horror, what type of horror appeals to us… and then we kinda started rambling about our most influential or memorable horror films and novels. Get your pens ready! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on September 13, 2021.  The Miskatonic Repository Con is shaping up beautifully! At the time of recording, there are over 37 events listed and 3 panels with some of the heaviest hitting and insightful professionals in the industry to include Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, Oscar Rios, Sean Branney, Helen Gould, Michael Fryda, all of your friendly neighborhood Chaosium Community Ambassadors, and more! You can check out the facebook page or we’ll include the Table Top Events scheduler in the show notes! GM Submissions will have ended by the time of release, but Player Sign Ups start on September 17th! Free League Publishing released award-winning RPGs Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying and Symbaroum on Foundry VTT. All the released game modules on Foundry are fully integrated with the VTT platform with online maps and diagrams, player handouts ready to share, and more. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A special shout out to Porgy, the gorgeous border collie of one of our new Discord followers, OberonViking. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Kevin West (No relation) Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  We also have a new offering for our Patreon backers, starting tomorrow! Come game with the hosts! And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Main Topic — What Does Horror Mean To You?

This episode, Keepers Dave & Bridgett interview award nominated fantasy and horror author, freelance RPG Writer, and all around rockstar, Alison Cybe! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 29, 2021. Keeper Dave is very proud to announce the arrival of Apocthulhu Part 2, Terrible New Worlds. If you remember way back in episode 205 (which was August 2020 in forever-ago times), we interviewed Dean Englehart and Jo Kriel about their massive Apcothulhu project. Well, now the second book has arrived, which includes a scenario by yours truly. Do we want to talk about the editing process and how good editors (like Dean and Jo) can turn a pretty good idea into a great scenario? In what feels like a Herbert West style reanimation, Chaosium has acquired the entire Cubicle 7 Call of Cthulhu line, including Cthulhu Britannica and World War Cthulhu. This even includes the rarer Cold War materials, that our own Keeper Chad contributed to. The line is highly regarded and is sure to fill out Chaosium’s already growing line of materials – how quickly they’ll get it to shelves is yet to be determined. Hasbro has unveiled their own rpg system for their newly licensed materials, which include GI Joe, Transformers, and Power Rangers. This rpg line is not part of WotC, and uses its own new Essence20 system as mechanics. As an aging Gen Xer who watched a LOT of GI Joe and Transformers, (and who doesn’t like using 5e for non-fantasy games) I have to say that I am mildly intrigued. Kickstarter news: The Delta Green reboot of their original materials is well funded and sitting around $350k as of time of recording. Much like Chaosium reprinting their older materials that fetch extreme prices on the secondary market, Arc Dream is republishing their original book and other 90s materials, updated to their new Delta Green system. The Kickstarter ends on Sept 10th, I believe, and so there is still plenty of time to get in on the action. Friend of the show, fellow Call of Cthulhu and all around great guy Bill Adcock has… a sister, who also is an rpg writer. Nice family! Anyway, she is running a kickstarter based on labor rights in the coal industry called The Price of Coal.  Finally, the most successful RPG kickstarter of all time will be done by the time this episode airs, but whew! The Avatar RPG has crossed $7.5m. Here’s to our industry’s breakthrough. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode.-0- Updated August 29 by Dave -0- Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Andy Miles Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!!

This episode Keepers Bridgett & Murph combine forces while visiting the Beastiary to create a brand new monster from scratch! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! During the episode I mentioned the Shit Demon that I created for an Extra Life game at Necronomicon in 2017. Here is the basic write-up for that done at the time. It isn’t perfect, but it is here. Patreon Backers have exclusive access to Murph’s write-up of Peckerus, Lord of Dogs in the Patreon feed! Murph’s Giant Shit WeaselDownload

This episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, & Bridgett interview multi-best selling editor and author, Jared Smith, of the Bayt Al Azif: A Magazine for Cthulhu Mythos Roleplaying Games. Tune is as Jared explains the origins story of his unique magazine title, talks about how he commissions covers, content, and more! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 2, 2021. UK Games Expo is done and they’ve had a couple winners of interest. First, the Dee Sanction won the Judges’ Award at @UKGamesExpo for Best Role Playing Game! That’s a fantastic win for Paul and his company, so many congratulations for them! Aaaaand, both Vaesen and Alien Destroyer of Worlds won for Best RPG and Best RPG Adventure, respectively. Another fantastic win for Free League Games at UK Games Expo. The “A Weekend With Good Friends” virtual gaming convention is being held on The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord server and will take place the 20th-22nd of August 2021. With international participants, they’ll have games running around the clock. The main focus is CoC, however, other games are welcome! I’ve seen some Kult, Alien RPG, and more! GM Signs ups open as of the date of recording, and game sign ups occur on 8/6. It’s a well organized con and quite a bit of fun. Definitely check them out! The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Seriously. Share those pet pics! BTW– The MUP Community is happy to wish a Happy Belated Gottcha Day to the super cool kitty, Roxie!  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Erik Choy R. Thomas Thetford Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! We rolled this out and some of our best questions for Lynne from Chaosium were Patreon inquiries! So, back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store! HOT TIP! They’re on sale for 35% OFF for the next 3 days! Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Main Topic Interview with Jared Smith of Bayt Al Azif ! Congratulations on… Issue 1- Gold Issue 2 – Gold Issue 3 – Electrum  Listen to find out when Issue 4 drops, how Jared named his magazine, how you can submit a scenario, how you can hire Jared for editing/proofreading, and more!

This episode, Keepers Murph & Bridgett sat down with Dr. Lynne Hardy of Chaosium!!! Lynne talked us through Children of Fear, gave us a teaser on Rivers of London, discussed how big publishers handle play testing, answered direct questions from our Patreon Backers, and more! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on July 11, 2021. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of CoC, Chaosium is re-issuing a remastered version of this original box set (via Kickstarter) along with several of its first supplements. It funded in under 10 minutes. This 2” box includes the CoC Rulebook, a sourcebook for the 1920’s, a world map, character sheets and more! Backers are plowing through the stretch goals! Unlocked so far are: In very related news, HPLHS is going to be creating a deluxe prop Set Box to go with the release. Monte Cook Games announced Stealing Stories for the Devil, a fast-paced tabletop roleplaying game in which you save existence by bending reality to carry out the perfect heist. You play master thieves from the future. Stealing Stories for the Devil can be played by episode or campaign, and promises to digs into the reasons behind the decay of reality. This kickstarter isn’t live yet, but you can sign up to be notified at montecookgames.com And just to let everyone know, it looks like the ENnie nominations have been pushed back to August 13th now. So we all have to wait another month to see if a certain podcast you know of will be shortlisted again. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A special shout out to MUP’s special girl, Phryne (fry-knee). MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Edwin for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Michael Daumen Exciting news! We’re going to start offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! That’s right! Would you like to know who is on the line up before an episode lands? Would you like an opportunity to post questions, thoughts, and topics to be sure that we cover with the guest? Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Main Topic Interview with Lynne Hardy  Questions Pateron Backer Al Smith: Can you talk us through the playtesting process with games like CoF and RoL? Another Pateron backer wanted to verify… How long would it take to run the entire campaign?  Children of Fear is said to have a flexible plot to allow investigators to determine the journey that they take. Was that challenging to write (lol), surrendering that degree of control? …and more! Thank you, Lynne, for joining us!

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This Episode, Keepers Murph, Dave, & Bridgett allegedly discuss writing scenarios… and when to know when they’re complete. We were derailed by Elven Orgy Candles. It’s kinda hard to explain. Listen at your on risk. Oh, and definitely stay afterwards and listen to some of the outtakes. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on June 28, 2021. Creators! Awesome news. Chaosium recently joined forces with the Storytelling Collective’s RPG Writer Workshop. The Call of Cthulhu path of the pr

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This episode, Keepers Dave and Bridgett were left unsupervised while Keeper Murph took some well deserved time off with his family. So, uh… listen at your own risk as the Keepers discuss Playtesting! That’s right… why you should do it, what to look for, finding the “heart” of the scenario, and what do to with conflicting feedback. Good luck. As they say, while the cat’s away… the Mi-Go will play… Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on June 17, 2021. Chaosium’s n

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! Today the MUP Keepers talk with Andrew Gaska, lead writer on the Alien and Terminator RPG! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on May 27, 2021. There is a new Kickstarter for a very cool OSR sourcebook called the Knock, issue 2. It’s 224 pages of old school art, rules, tables, classes, maps, and just a whole smorgasbord of OSR RPG goodness. It’s very well funded as of today, and still has 28 days left, so you want to pick this up if you’re into old school role-playing.  Miskatonic Repository Con will be

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This Episode Keepers Murph, Dave, and Bridgett sit down with fellow podcaster and all around rockstar, Becca Scott, to discuss Call of Cthulhu, The Calyx, working as an actress in Los Angeles, GM Burnout, and more! NO Campus Crier With an episode this energetic and thoughtful, the Keepers have decided to skip the Campus Crier! Stay tuned next episode for the next Campus Crier. The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pic fans.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNj

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This Episode Keepers Bridgett, Murph and Dave sit down with friend of the show and fellow podcaster Paul Baldowski to discuss The Dee Sanction and Cthulhu Hack. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on May 10, 2021. Deadline reports that handsome master of flies and chaos theory Jeff Goldblum will be joining the D&D podcast Dark Dice. Why can’t we get him as our fourth host? Friends of the show Dean Englehart and Jo Kreil’s Apocthulhu book, featuring a great scenario by other friend of the show Chad Bowser,

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! Campus Crier First things first. You might think that we have two guests on the show, but you would be mistaken! Bridgett Jefferies has agreed to co-host MUP with us on a trial basis to see how she likes it! So let’s give her a heart welcome! New Comet Games has released their latest Kickstarter, Corsairs of Cthulhu! It’s pirates versus tentacles on the high seas! As of the time of recording they have completely funded with more than 28 days left on the campaign. So to Ben Burns and the crew over at New Comet Games. Congratulations!  Friend of the show and all around brilliant artist Pat

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on April 12, 2021. Chaosium has just re-released two of their most famous campaigns in brand new hard covers. Beyond the Mountains of Madness and Horror on the Orient Express are both now available from the Chaosium website. Both campaigns have a new layout in the easier to read two-column format, but have not been updated to 7th Ed. rules. We have links as always in the show notes. https://www.chaosium.com/beyond-the-mountains-of-madness-hardcover/ https://www.chaosium.com

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on March 25th, 2021. Modophius has rereleased Achtung! Cthulhu using their own in house 2d20 system. You can pick up the Player’s Guide for 30 pounds, and the Game Master’s Guide for 40 at their website. Free League has released the fifth title in their Chronicle of the Throne of Thorns campaign called Alberetor: The Haunted Waste and will send players far to the south of Davokar and into the Lost Kingdoms of the South. You can preorder it from their website for $43, and as

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This episode Keepers Murph and Dave talk about the future of the podcast, and answer some remaining questions from listeners from episode 220. Campus Crier Some Chaosium titles have been shortlisted for the 2020 Prix Rôliste Prize! Runequest has been nominated for Best Interior Art & Design and Berlin The Wicked City has been nominated for Best Cover Art! Congratulations to Chaosium! You can find out how to vote in this the French equivalent of the ENNies from the link in the show notes. Fresh news from Free League! Alien and Forbidden Lands are now available over on The Foundry VTT! So if that

This episode Murph and Dave bid farewell to Keeper Jon, who is leaving the podcast after nine years. Sponsor We want to thank Noble Knight Games for returning to sponsor our show. Noble Knight Games has just completed a major revamp of their website! The new site was designed after collecting lots of customer feedback, and the result is a site that’s 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.  In addition to games and game books, Noble Knight Games also has a wide range of dice, paints, and game supplies. They’ve got Army Painter primer, Citadel paints, dice, token trays, and tons of other supplies to pimp-out your games.  And just for listeners of our show, Noble Knight has a discount code you can use at checkout. Enter the Gift Card code of CHILLS for 10% off any order of $10 or more. This insane discount is valid from now until March 31, 2021!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store! We have a brand new Elder Mic design from friend of the show Diana McKenzie! It’s a really crazy morphing of an old on-air mic and an Elder Thing! We’ll be adding in more designs in the near future, so check back often. MUP Discord We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of Call of Cthulhu and horror gaming fans.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  MUP Patreon To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! Main Topic In preparing for Jon’s final episode, the hosts reached out and asked Discord listeners for questions in an Ask Us Anything. We covered the following questions with more to follow next episode… If you could worship any Great Old One, which would it be? With all of the flavors of Lovecraftian gaming out there, is there a type of game or corner of the HPL universe that would make for innovative/ must play gaming? If you would receive a salary for a year and a reasonable budget for support (e.g. art, layout, tech support, audio equipment),  what gaming-related project would you work on for a year? What are you curious about right now? What is something that is true about gaming that almost no one agrees with you on? There have been some cool releases in the past few years based on settings established in other media.  What are some other IPs that are ripe for a ttrpg adaptation? What episode(s) of MUP are you the most proud of? We wish Jon the greatest of luck and success in his next adventures. Goodbye and goodnight Jon!

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This episode, the gang is back together as Keepers Murph, Jon and Dave dissect and analyze a few scenarios that are currently available for purchase, Amidst the Ancient Trees, The Code, and Saturnine Chalice! The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on February 11th, 2021. The Japanese really like Call of Cthulhu!. In an article on Dicebreaker, Chaosium announced that the Japanese language version out-sells every other language of Call of Cthulhu… COMBINED. Kickstarter’s ZineQuest 3, has gotten officially underway. For those o

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This episode, Keepers Jon and Dave welcome Ian Yusem to talk about his new Kickstarter for Zine Quest… The Drain! Please keep Keeper Murph in your thoughts as he and his family continues to struggle with his father’s advancing cancer diagnosis. The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on January 28th, 2021. Delta Green: Black Sites collects Delta Green operations that were previously published only in PDF or in standalone paperback modules. They lock bystanders and Agents alike in unlit rooms with the cosmic terror

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This episode, Keepers Jon and Dave dissect and analyze to classic scenarios, The Auction and The Pale God! Also, please keep Keeper Murph in your thoughts as he and his family continues to struggle with his father’s advancing cancer diagnosis. The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on January 16th, 2021. The Vaesen RPG Launched Today on Fantasy Grounds & Steam. If you play RPGs on FG and want to play Vaesen, then you are set. The Malleus Monstrorum Keeper Deck is a collection of 66 monster cards that enhance your C

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This episode, Keepers Jon and Dave discuss their game resolutions for the new year! The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on January 2nd, 2021. Free League has announced and put up for preorder the first campaign frame book for Alien… Alien RPG: Colonial Marines Operations Manual.  The Good Friends are holding another online gaming convention: A Weekend with Good Friends: January 14-18. I ran and played in the last one and it was great. This episode will air on the last day for player signups, so if it’s still Mo

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! This episode, Keepers Murph and Dave speak with the talented and always enjoyable Julian Simpson, writer and director o BBC Radio4’s Shadow Over Innsmouth! The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on December 19th, 2020. In your living room, no one can hear you screaming for joy. A new TV series set in the ALIEN universe is being developed for FX and Hulu by Fargo creator, Noah Hawley. The funding campaign continues for the Lovecraft Arts & Science center. If you are a fan of this community, please consider donating

In this episode, Keepers Dave, Jon and Murph welcome Stu Horvath, co-host of the Vintage RPG Podcast and the puppet master of Unwinnable.com! 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.  Time is running out! Take advantage of our exclusive discount code: MADNESS, for a 10% discount from your entire purchase. Browse through thousands of new and vintage games and game books and expand your collection of your favorite games. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is the Miskatonic University’s student newspaper. This edition was collected on December 1st, 2020. Chaosium has released a new set of jigsaw puzzles over on their Redbubble store. The different puzzles include much of the iconic art from the company’s run and includes many Call of Cthulhu and Runquest images. A number that are from the Berlin sourcebook that look really cool. The first Apocthulhu book is available in POD! Keeper Dave got his contributor copy and it’s huge and colorful and lovely in many apocalyptic shapes and sizes.  You can get Free League’s At the Mountains of Madness from their store now! It’s a beautifully illustrated book, Keeper Jon already has a copy and can attest to it. Some news from Niels Hobbs and the Lovecraft Arts and Sciences Council that is pretty worrying for any of us that is hoping for a Necronomicon 2021. Niels has sent out an email and started a GoFundMe page to help cover expenses that have been incurred due to a lack of business because of COVID-19. He is asking for $30,000 in donations to help pay for rent, payroll, insurance, etc. Personally I have no issue helping them out and if I’m honest I feel a little bit guilty that I haven’t bought more stuff from their online store in the past. As of recording he has raised roughly 1/3 of the total in about 12 hours. I really hope that this helps Niels out, and that this allows for the massive undertaking that is the planning for a conference like Necronomicon to proceed in the future. Personally, I can’t imagine not going to Providence next year. It would seriously impact me if I was unable to go.  MUP Patreon If you haven’t heard yet, we have redesigned our Patreon and so far   the feedback has been all positive! We are greatly appreciative of you,   our listeners, and would ask that if you can please back us! Our next   goal in funding will pay our worthy editors for their time! Also all   backers, regardless of level will have access to the outtakes reel that   we are going to put out on a special RSS feed from Patreon! To back us   you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! MUP Discord MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D Contact MUP Keepers You can email the podcast, and give us a hearty “Go Pods!”, at [email protected]. Main Topic Download the episode and join us as we talk to Stu Horvath and his love of Call of Cthulhu campaign games.

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 time of the year again… the holiday season is upon us. Running from November 11th to December 3rd is Noble Knight Games’ annual holiday sale, with their lowest prices throughout the year. So remember, the holiday sale prices supersede the discount code normally available to Miskatonic University Podcast listeners, so go now and get those books that you’ve been waiting for.  Campus Crier The Campus Crier is the Miskatonic University’s student newspaper. This edition was collected on November 20th, 2020. Paradox brings Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop game development back in-house, the company announced Thursday. This comes after Paradox yanked the product line from the then White Wolf company after many Alt-Right and LGBTQ+ worries arose from the 2018 Vampire 5th ed release. Paradox admitted to having little or no oversight of Whitewolf and gave the product line to Modiphius to develop. In the last two years Modiphius only released one product, Fall of London, in that time which tried to change game mechanics and mythology. So Paradox is now managing Vampire the Masquerade in house under the World of Darkness brand.  Chaosium is releasing the Alone Against The Tide PDF just in time for Thanksgiving for even more solo horror adventures. The PDF is less than $7. There’s not just one but TWO Symbaroum Bundles of Holding. Symbaroum is Free League’s dark fantasy setting, and the bundles are for sourcebooks for the SYMBAROUM dark-fantasy tabletop roleplaying game, as well as all the Symbaroum Settings a GM needs for adventure in the primeval forest of Davokar.  Mike Diamond and the Old Ways Podcast are going to the Orient, specifically the Horror on the Orient Express. Mike shared a teaser video with us that will be available by the time this episode is released.  Our friend Bret Kramer at Sentinel Hill Press has released Miskatonic Country Scenarios – A Keeper’s Guide. You can get it on DriveThru for $5. It looks like Wizards of the Coast is being sued again this time by Gale Force 9 for failing to approve products already agreed to be released. This is basically the same case as the Dragonlance suit from a few months ago.  Bayt-al-Azif #3 is out! It’s got a number of new scenarios, including 1920s, modern and 1960s; an interview with the Great Old One Sandy Petersen himself; as well as an article by friend of the show Dean Engelhardt. At 124 pages for $8 on DTRPG, it’s well worth the purchase price. It has articles and scenarios by a whole bunch of new authors, and I think it’s a great way to hook up with some fresh new content at a very reasonable price.  MUP Patreon If you haven’t heard yet, we have redesigned our Patreon and so far   the feedback has been all positive! We are greatly appreciative of you,   our listeners, and would ask that if you can please back us! Our next   goal in funding will pay our worthy editors for their time! Also all   backers, regardless of level will have access to the outtakes reel that   we are going to put out on a special RSS feed from Patreon! To back us   you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! MUP Discord MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D Contact MUP Keepers You can email the podcast, and give us a hearty “Go Pods!”, at [email protected]. Main Topic Download the episode and join us as we talk about how to use golems in your Call of Cthulhu games.

In this episode, Keeper Murph runs Keepers Dave and Jon through a quick game of Troika! Noble Knight Games! We want to thank Noble Knight Games for returning to sponsor our show. Noble Knight Games has just completed a major revamp of their website! The new site was designed after collecting lots of customer feedback, and the result is a site that’s 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 time of the year again… the holiday season is upon us. Running from November 11th to December 3rd is Noble Knight Games’ annual holiday sale, with their lowest prices throughout the year. So remember, the holiday sale prices supersede the discount code normally available to Miskatonic University Podcast listeners, so go now and get those books that you’ve been waiting for. Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on November 5th, 2020. Chaosium has appointed ambassadors to both their Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium fan content communities. Allan Carey is the ambassador for the Miskatonic Repository, and Nick Brooke is the ambassador for the Jonstown Compendium. The ambassadors will be the first point-of-contact for fans looking to contribute new products to each of those platforms.  There’s a new horror RPG on Kickstarter right now called Shiver. According to the Kickstarter, “SHIVER is a tabletop roleplaying game bringing tales of the mysterious, the peculiar and the strange to life.” The Kickstarter is already more than 200% funded. It uses unique symbols on the dice to merge storytelling and game mechanics, and fans can download a free quickstart PDF to try the game before committing to the Kickstarter.  If you act quickly, you might still be able to back Alan Moore’s Providence Compendium on Kickstarter. It is a giant 480 page graphic novel that fully collects all twelve issues of Alan Moore’s Providence comic book series.  Artist François Baranger’s next illustrated Lovecraft story is At the Mountains of Madness. It is being published by Free League Games, and is available now for preorder. François Baranger previously illustrated The Call of Cthulhu for Free League. At the Mountains of Madness will be produced in two volumes; volume one is currently available on preorder.  Gale Force 9 has updated their website to include more information about their soon-to-be released Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps board game. A few review videos are starting to come out on YouTube, to include one by Shut Up & Sit Down. This new Aliens board game looks really cool. Keeper Jon can’t wait for his copy to arrive.  The Dee Sanction is a new RPG on Kickstarter right now by Paul Baldowski, the writer of The Cthulhu Hack. I’m just going to quote their: “The Dee Sanction is a tabletop roleplaying game about serving Queen and country in the late Tudor period, in a time where kingdoms vie for power, the Church splinters under the pressure of reform, and creatures of folklore emerge from enforced hiding seeking revenge against those who imprisoned them. You’re a bad person — sentenced to hang for dabbling in magic — given a chance to redeem yourself and earn freedom in service to Queen Elizabeth’s newest line of defense.”

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! 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 missed the KickStarter for whatever reason, you can pick it up now from their website! Friend of the

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! 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 teaser PDF and it looks really quite cool. You can get a PDF for $25, $35 for a POD softcover, and $45 wil

In this episode, Keepers Murph and Dave discuss the highs and lows of GM Burnout. Enjoy! Thank you Noble Knight Games! Do you have games or game books that you’re interested in selling or trading? Check out Noble Knight’s Buy-Sell-Trade program. Noble Knight Games will buy almost anything that is tabletop game or tabletop game adjacent.  Board games, card games, RPG books, painted or unpainted miniatures, collectibles, fantasy novels, accessories… if it’s nerdy and gamey, they probably want it. If you want to know more about this program, email them at [email protected]  And just for listeners of our show, Noble Knight Games has a discount code you can use at checkout. Use MADNESS for 10% off any order of $10 or more. This insane discount is valid from now until December 22, 2020!  {lawyer voiceover: “Not valid with any other site-wide discounts”} Campus Crier The Campus Crier is the Miskatonic University’s student newspaper. This edition was collected on September 24th, 2020. The Mansions of Madness hardcovers by Chaosium are available. This is the first of two volumes filled with scenarios set in horror-haunted homes. This volume contains five adventures, two classic scenarios, Mister Corbitt and The Crack’d and Crook’d Manse, and three new scenarios, The Code, The House of Memphis, and The Nineteenth Hole. Friend of the show and fellow podcaster Michael Diamond has a new book Time of the Serpent on the Miskatonic Repository. This awesome new adventure even includes audio clues! A new version of The Thing boardgame is on Kickstarter now. It looks like this may be an enhanced and updated version of the previous edition. If you’re a fan of The Thing, you need to check this out. Helstrom the TV series is coming out on Hulu. This looks like it is the Marvel Comics character, Helstrom, the Son of Satan. The trailer looks cool. Heroquest is coming back! Hasbro is taking pre-orders and funding the game through their own in-house funding campaign called HasbroPulse. They were looking to collect $1,000,000, and they’ve already funded with 43 days remaining in the campaign at the time of this recording.  Recent Gaming After Dave’s break, he’s back at it with his modern Call of Cthulhu game playtesting. Also running and playing in games at Yog-Sothoth.com ConvoCation! Should be fun! Murphs has started playing in the Alien campaign Destroyer of Worlds run by iPwned (aka Chris) from the discord channel. And our editor Max has started an Icons game on Wednesday that has been rather fun. MUP Patreon If you haven’t heard yet, we have redesigned our Patreon and so far   the feedback has been all positive! We are greatly appreciative of you,   our listeners, and would ask that if you can please back us! Our next   goal in funding will pay our worthy editors for their time! Also all   backers, regardless of level will have access to the outtakes reel that   we are going to put out on a special RSS feed from Patreon! To back us   you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! MUP Discord MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D Support the Show And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store! We have a brand new Elder Mic design from friend of the show Diana McKenzie! It’s a really crazy morphing of an old on-air mic and an Elder Thing! We’ll be adding in more designs in the near future, so check back often. Contact MUP Keepers You can email the podcast, and give us a hearty “Go Pods!”, at [email protected]. Main Topic Download the episode and join Murph and Dave as they discuss GM Burnout.

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! 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! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is the Miskatonic University’s student newspaper. This edition was collected on September 12th, 2020. Keeper Jon’s scenario, The Shadow Over Providence, is now available in a softcover format. You can order it from Chaosium. If you buy the softcover it also includes a copy of the PDF.  Harlem Unbound (2nd Edition) has been added to Roll20 virtual tabletop. The module includes seven scenarios t

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! In this episode, Keepers Dave and Jon welcome Liam Stevens, game designer and podcaster. Liam co-hosts the Mud & Blood Podcast. Enjoy! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is the Miskatonic University’s student newspaper. This edition was collected on August 28th, 2020. AfterShock Comics announced Miskatonic, a new Lovecraftian horror series by writer Mark Sable and artist Giorgio Pontrelli. The series promises “a mix of historical crime fiction and Lovecraftian-horror that dives deep into the American nightmare.”  The full APOCTHULHU core game has been released! Only the PDF is avail

Campus Crier The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on August 16, 2021. I want to personally congratulate each of the Alumni of the Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure Workshop last month. The market has been flooded with over 50+ titles on the MR, Chaosium’s Community Creator Content hub. Ya’ll, I’m so proud of each and every one of you. These scenarios look amazing, the cover arts are BOSS, the Miskatonic Repository Creator’s Circle is buzzing, you’re being featured in Chaosium newsletters, and you’re making your first sales. I’m just– I’m just so proud of you guys. Congrats! Head over to the Miskatonic Repository and make someone’s day by checking out their newest creations!  Annnd speaking of the Miskatonic Repository, Miskatonic Repository Con GM Signups just opened up! This virtual con will be hosted October 15th – October 17th. We have 3 awesome panels and over 16 events already submitted! So, come play some 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu with us! A link to the TTE will be in the show notes… and you can email [email protected] to get in touch!  Innsmouth The Missing Child: A Gamebook is a choose your own adventure styled solo game book where you are an investigator brought in to find the whereabouts of a missing child amongst the odd and terrible inhabitants of Innsmouth. It has funded with $23k of a $1300 goal and still has 23 days left at the time of recording. The art looks sparse, but that’s what I would expect from a product of this type. You can get a PDF for as little as $9 and a physical starting at $17. Overall it looks pretty neat, and I’m trying to not back it. Free League has another Kickstarter out for two new products in their Forbidden Lands line, this time a bestiary of sorts called Forbidden Lands: Book of Beasts and a campaign called The Blood March. As we have come to expect from Free League, the art on display is absolutely gorgeous. And this seems to be a no brainer for any fan of the weird fantasy setting. You can get a pdf of both books for $35 or either individual book in print for $35. If you want both in print it will cost you $69. The project has already funded with $285k of a $12k goal, and will have another three days left at the time of this release. Good friend of the show and proprietor of The Old Ways Podcast, Mike Diamond, has officially announced a third campaign for their excellent live play series, but this time with a twist! They are currently accepting GM pitches for a new campaign run by a new Storyteller. So if you have a campaign in mind and have it well thought out put in your submission at the link in the show notes. You can also find Mike on our own Discord, where he is a mod, or over at The Old Ones Discord, or you can just email him at [email protected]  And finally, it is with great sadness that we have to say a final goodbye to RPG Legend Steve Perrin, who passed away earlier this month. Goodbye Steve, safe travels. https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/ The Discord Plug We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. A big birthday shout out to Zelda, the pup of patreon backer, Al Smith, who if you’re lucky enough to get a seat at this table, she’ll probably make an appearance. Also, good luck to the kitties, Spaghetti and Meatball, who are currently in foster care with one of our awesome listeners.  MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D  And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. Patreon Plug We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup! One new backer!  Brolin Graham Just a reminder, we’re offering Patreon Backers a sneak peek into future episode guests! Back us for an opportunity to ask your favorite creators in the TTRPG circuit your questions!  And you can also help out the show by buying some merch from our Teepublic store!  Thanks to our backers so much for supporting the show!! Recent Gaming Bridgett – Pale Rider Playtest 2 MepaCon Man’s Best Friend by Jazmin Ospa Main Topic We create a monster from scratch! 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! Campus Crier The Campus Crier is the Miskatonic University’s student newspaper. This edition was collected on August 13th, 2020. Although I imagine none of you listening need the reminder, Lovecraft Country arrived over a week ago! Have you seen it yet? We haven’t because it is in the future,