Back to the Lair: Shadowdark, Cyberpunk Red, & GM Advice (S5E2)

We’re back for Season 5 of Lair of Secrets! On this episode, we take a look back at our favorite episodes of Season 4 including:

• the actual play episodes for Cyberpunk RED and Fallout
• GM advice episodes on modern maps and building cities
• our cozy Saturday morning show “Campaigns & Coffee”

We also look ahead into Season 5, which will include:

• New seasons of Fallout 2d20 and Cyberpunk RED as well as a new Shadowdark actual play.
• Delving into Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk RED Single Player Mode
• Shadowdark house rules and advice

Chapters

0:00 Welcome Back to the Lair – Season 5 Kicks Off
0:30 Cyberpunk Red Recap – Flipping the Switch & Hera Awakens
1:57 Modern Maps & Mothership’s Corporate Horror
3:25 Building Better Cities – Real World Inspirations
8:30 Fallout 2d20 Finale – Lasers, Zones & Tailspire Maps
6:58 Shadowdark Fails – Mistakes & GM Reflections
10:27 Unboxings – Fallout, Electric State & Savage Worlds
15:39 Season 5 Preview – Fallout, Cyberpunk & Shadowdark Actual Play
24:40 Geek Archaeology – Star Frontiers, Dragonbone, Timex Sinclair & Rockets
27:28 Future Features – Craft Projects, How-Tos & Call for Ideas

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Show Notes

Looking back at Season 4

• Favorite Episodes?
  • Ken
    • Regular episodes
      • Cyberpunk Chapter 9: Flip the Switch
      • d8 ShadowDark Mistakes We Made
      • Fallout 2d20 Chapter 5: Thriftway Throwdown
    • Campaigns & Coffee
      • Build Better Cities
    • One-offs
      • Unboxing Fallout 2d20 Starter Set (such a goofy, disastrous video). 
  • David
    • Regular Episodes
      • Modern Maps
        • We got to talk about Ken’s best worst map for his Mothership convention game
          • So corporate, it’s perfect, just not for the people living in it
    • Campaigns & Coffee
      • Dave likes the Campaigns and Coffee as a series.
      • It’s a way to relax and talk as a group about different gaming topics that we are interested in
    • One-offs
      • Unboxing the Electric State
        • Even though I haven’t played it yet, it’s a gorgeous book and has been a depressing but creative read

Looking ahead to Season 5

• Whats coming next?
  • Actual Plays
    • Fallout 2d20 Season 2
    • Cyberpunk Red Season 3
    • Shadowdark Actual Play
  • Episode Ideas
    • Why we love Cyberpunk 2077
    • Geeking out about Single Player Mode (Cyberpunk RED)
    • Fallout Series as inspiration for your game
  • Features
    • Geek Archeology – what tech/geeky stuff would you dig up?
      • Fixing my old Dragon Bone?
    • How-Tos – what do you want to see?

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