In the latest episode of the Lair of Secrets podcast, we delve into our summer reading lists, exploring a mix of thrilling, nostalgic, and intellectually stimulating books. Ken kicks things off with Action Park by Andy Mulvihill, reminiscing about the notorious amusement park of his youth. David follows with a dive into sci-fi novels, including […]
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We unbox the Cyberpunk Edgerunners Mission Kit, the new expansion for R. Talsorian’s Cyberpunk RED! It introduces a handful of new rules for the 2077 and includes a setting overview, a one-shot adventure, standees, and a rules book. Looking for more Cyberpunk RED? We’ve got you covered: Chapters 0:00 Intro0:22 Unboxing Begins1:30 Exploring the Dice2:45
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Our Cyberpunk RED campaign continues with Chapter 6: Anticipating the Glow. Previously, the edgerunners accepted a mission to venture into the irradiated core of Night City, descend into the depths the ruined Elysium HQ headquarters, and flip a switch. Being somewhat cautious mercenaries, they decided to do a little research first before venturing into the
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In this thrilling episode of Campaigns and Coffee, David and Ken delve into Ken’s epic Elemental Apocalypse D&D campaign. The heroes are on a quest to reunite a fallen angel with its lost sun sword amidst a world torn apart by elemental forces. Ken shares his creative process, discussing map-making with Incarnate, integrating skill challenges
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Mind the crates; we’re still unpacking Season 4 of the podcast! On this episode, Ken talks about playing Monster of the Week mysteries, David flips through his Dreams and Machines rule books, and we delve into our respective reading lists. Chapters Show Notes Feedback We love feedback! You post a comment below or connect with
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Our cozy, Saturday morning show continues with a discussion of cyberpunk, but different from our usual cyberpunk. Instead of the dystopian future of R. Talsorian’s Cyberpunk RED, hosts David, Ken, and Chris talk about Chris’s homegrown, Cleveland-based, cyberpunk campaign which uses the Cities without Number rule set. We explore the challenges of learning different systems
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Explore an ancient, cursed monolith on the edge of civilization in Chiron’s Doom, a storytelling game for 1-3 people by Nick Bate. The structure – obelisk, pyramid, it can be whatever you want – has destroyed everyone who has investigated it. And you’re no different. Probably. Chiron’s Doom was written by Nick Bate as part
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Pit wizards, warriors, and mallard assassins (yes, duck people) against dragons and other monsters with Dragonbane, Free League’s update of the classic Swedish role-playing game Drakar och Demoner. In this unboxing, we walk through the Dragonbane boxed set, which features the full game, an adventure book, dice, standees, and even a solo one-shot. Chapters 0:00
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Season 4 kicks off with this episode as we experiment with a new format and geek out about everything from death rays to Dragonbane. We rundown the role-playing games we hope to play this season, review the games we delved into during the hiatus, and geek out about technology in our campaigns. Chapters 0:00 –
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In the creaking hanger of the Lair’s underground starport … something both awesome and horrible finally arrived: the first edition of the Mothership RPG! In this bonus episode, we unbox the deluxe boxed set of the RPG, checking out the core rule books, the zine-style adventures, dice, mission patch, and standees, and geekout about future
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