The Lair of Secrets podcast episode archive contains links to all of our episodes, including Season 1 (21 episodes), Season 2 (21 episodes), Season 3 (32 episodes), Season 4 (27 episodes) and Season 5 (ongoing).
Popular Topics
- Cyberpunk RED: Official Website – Cyberpunk RED Tag – Cyberpunk RED Resources – Cyberpunk RED Actual Play Campaign
- Scum & Villainy: Official Website – Scum & Villainy Tag – Scum & Villainy Actual Play Campaign
- Fallout 2d20: Official Website – Fallout 2d20 Tag – Fallout Resources – Fallout Actual Play Campaign
- Shadowdark: Official Website – Shadowdark Tag – Shadowdark Resources – Shadowdark Actual Play Campaign
Season 1 Podcast Episode Archive
Season 1 featured 21 podcast episodes and ran from January 11, 2021 – October 18, 2021.
- S1E1 – Gamma World Hexcrawls, 10K Training, Top 3 New RPGs We Like
- S1E2 – Exercise, Tales from the Loop, Comic Books, and Gaming with Kids
- S1E3 Geek Exercise, Ex Novo, DragonQuest, Ocarina of Time, and Oh So Many Books!
- S1E4 Sneaker Blowouts, Gloomhaven, Atlantis 2nd Age, Peace Talks, Wondrous Zines, Achieving Consensus with RPGs
- S1E5 Day Pack of Holding, Star Trek, Godsend Agenda, Forging Hephaestus, Old Guard, Baseball
- SE1E6 Virtual vs. Real World Gaming, Bullet Journaling, Jaws of the Lion, Brindlewood Bay
- S1E7 Online Gaming Redux, Wild New Jersey, Aliens Graphic Novels, Books (aka The Format Wars)
- S1E8 Even More Middle Aged, Twilight 2000, Hiking, Fire Emblem, Sailing, Wood Turning, The City We Became, Progressive Lenses
- S1E9 Memory Malfunctions, NaNoWriMo, Wondrous Zines, Middle School Hauntings, Comic Book Quandaries, Ready for Launch?
- S1E10 Battling Darkness, Stellaris, Gaming Woes, Gaming Communities after G+
- S1E11 Attack Surface, Penric’s Demon, Star Trek, Dinner Subscriptions, Cryptid Campaign Brainstorming
- S1S12 So Many Books, So Much Trek, So Many Game Master Hacks
- S1E13 Venturing into the RPG Vault
- S1E14 Unmoored in Time, WandaVision, Forbidden Lands, Zinequest 3
- S1E15 Temporal Shifting, Ringworld, Resident Alien, Valheim
- S1E16 Super Science, Dwarven Delves, Magic Skeletons, Work-cation, Horizon Zero Dawn
- S1E17 Summer Reading 2021
- S1E18 Dyson Fall, 3D Printing, Wilderness First Aid, Disc Golf, Mass Effect Returns
- S1E19 Finally Philmont
- S1E20 Sail Away, Summer Reading, Gaslands, Self-Healing Switches, Second-hand Tech
- S1E21 Fire Emblem Completions, RPGs, GenCon, RPG Ideas, Season 1 Retrospective
Season 2 Podcast Episode Archive
Season 2 featured 21 podcast episodes and ran from November 11, 2021 – August 29, 2022.
- S2E1 Shotguns & Sorcery
- S2E2 Scum and Villainy Campaign Planning, Reading Time, Animal Crossing Redux, Twilight 2000 Boxed Set
- S2E3 Improving Games by Stealing From Others
- S2E4 Role-Playing Adventure Prep
- S2E5 World Building
- S2E6 Session Zero, The Expanse, Tome of Beasts 3, Astroneer, Collapsing Empire
- S2E7 Godsend Agenda
- S2E8 Lunchtime Gaming, Forbidden West, Mutant Crawl Classics, Resident Alien, Electric Cars, Dropout TV
- S2E9 How Gaming Changed During the Pandemic
- S2E10 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 1
- S2E11 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 2
- S2E12 Gaming with Kids
- S2E13 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 3
- S2E14 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 4
- S2E15 Talking with the Younger Generation
- S2E16 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 5
- S2E17 Scum and Villainy Actual Play, Chapter 6
- S2E18 Scum and Villainy Campaign Wrap-up & Review
- S2E19 Retro Gaming, Moar Books!, Building Computers, Mork Borg
- S2E20 Summer Reading
- S2E21 Season 2 Retrospective, Star Trek, Honey Heist, Obi-Wan
Season 3 Podcast Episode Archive
Season 3 began September 19, 2022 and ended December 12, 2023.
- S3E1 Spelljammer, GenCon 2022, Cyberpunk RED, RPG a Day
- S3E2 Savage Ringworld
- S3E3 Cyberpunk Laments, Streaming Catch Up, Back to Conventions, Steam Deck, Character Background Haiku
- S3E4 Travel and RPGs, Game Room Reclamation, Steamdeck Redux, Andor, Cyberpunk RED Critical Mass
- S3E5 Cyberpunk Inspiration
- S3E6 Cyberpunk Brainstorming
- S3E7 Keeping Your Gaming Group Going through the Holidays
- S3E8 Bringing Holidays to RPGs
- S3E9 The Game Master’s Toolbox
- S3E10 Board Games We Love
- S3E11 Pacing Your Game
- S3E12 Games other than Dungeons & Dragons
- S3E13 Our Favorite Card Games
- S3E14 Changing Gears
- S3E15 Using Music, Art, and Props in Your Game
- S3E16 Oracles for Role-Playing Games
- S3E17 Summer Reading Lists for 2023
- S3E18 Broken Loop – Chapter 1: Made to Order (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S3E19 What is Savage Worlds?
- S3E20 Savage Worlds – Chapter 1 – “The Most Expensive Adventure” (Savage Worlds actual play)
- S3E21 GenCon 2023
- S3E22 GenCon 2023 – Modiphius Interview
- S3E23 Cyberpunk RED Chapter 2: Iron Oasis (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S3E24 Using ChatGPT and Generative AI in RPG Prep
- S3E25 Gen Con 2023 – Free League Interview
- S3E26 Broken Loop – Chapter 3: An Offer (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S3E27 Gen Con 2023 – Paizo Interview
- S3E28 Broken Loop – Chapter 4: Aftershocks (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S3E30 Broken Loop – Chapter 5: Downtime and the Living is Easy (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S3E31 Sundered Horizons – Season Look Back
- S3E32 Cyberpunk RED Broken Loop – Recap and Review (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
Season 4 Podcast Episode Archive
Season 4 began May 31, 2024 and ended June 20, 2025.
Full Episodes
- S4E1 From Death Rays to Dragonbane
- S4E2 Lunchtime Ghouls & Sci-Fi Encounters
- S4E3 Broken Loop – Chapter 6: Anticipating the Glow (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S4E4 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Summer Reading List 2024
- S4E5 Broken Loop – Chapter 7: Into the Hot Zone (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S4E6 Into the Shadows: Origins, Shadowdark, & Hades
- S4E7 Broken Loop – Chapter 8: Fresh Meat and Chrome (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S4E8 Broken Loop – Chapter 9: Flip the Switch (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S4E9 Modern Maps
- S4E10 Cyberpunk Security
- S4E11 The Electric State RPG
- S4E12 Convention Season
- S4E13 The Lair’s Guide for New Game Masters
- S4E14 Fallout – Chapter 1: Wasteland Wake-Up (Fallout 2d20 actual play)
- S4E15 d12 Ways ShadowDark is Awesome!
- S4E16 Fallout – Chapter 2: Covenant Clash (Fallout 2d20 actual play)
- S4E17 Fallout Zones
- S4E18 Fallout – Chapter 3: Raiders & Rumors (Fallout 2d20 actual play)
- S4E19 d8 ShadowDark Mistakes We Made
- S4E20 Moonbeam Chasing
- S4E21 Fallout – Chapter 4: Shotgun Justice (Fallout 2d20 actual play)
- S4E22 Support Your Local Convention: ShadowDark, Mothership, & Gaslands Recaps
- S4E23 Fallout – Chapter 5: Thriftway Throwdown (Fallout 2d20 actual play)
- S4E24 Summer Reading List 2025
- S4E25 Broken Loop – Chapter 10: Hera’s Wrath (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
- S4E26 d8 ShadowDark Monster Resources
- S4E27 Broken Loop – Chapter 11: Get Out (Cyberpunk RED actual play)
Campaigns & Coffee
- Gore and Lore in Fallout
- Cyberpunk, But Different
- Overland Exploration in D&D
- Gen Con Tips for Newcomers
- Cyberpunk Red takes a MURDEROUS Turn
- Restarting an RPG Campaign
- Campaign Prep Tips
- Steal These D&D Campaign Ideas!
- Ignite Your Next D&D Campaign
- Build Better Cities
- Shadowdark Impressions
Video Extras
Advice
- How To: The Game Master Toolbox
- How To: The Mini Game Master Toolbox
- How To: Dungeons & Dragons Mood Boards
- How To: Finding Dungeons & Dragons Battle Maps
Blog Posts
- Locked Out: Doors, Locks, & Security Homebrew Rules for Cyberpunk RED
- Origins Game Fair 2024 – The cozy chill con
Unboxings
- Unboxing Mothership
- Unboxing Dragonbane
- Unboxing Chiron’s Doom
- Unboxing the D&D Creature Campaign Case (or Why Can’t I Open This Damn Box?)
- Unboxing the Cyberpunk Edgerunners Mission Kit
- Unboxing The Electric State RPG
- Unboxing Sundered Isles RPG
- Unboxing Savage Worlds RPG Players Guide (SWADE)
- Unboxing Fallout 2d20 Starter Set
Season 5 Podcast Episode Archive
Season 5 began on October 25, 2025 and is ongoing.
- S5E1 d8 Shadowdark House Rules
- S5E2 Back to the Lair: Shadowdark, Cyberpunk Red, & GM Advice
- S5E3 d8 Shadowdark Hacks (aka d8 MORE Shadowdark House Rules)
- S5E4 Raiders of the Lost Temple, Part 1/3 (Shadowdark actual play)
- S5E5 Raiders of the Lost Temple, Part 2/3 (Shadowdark actual play)
- S5E6 d6 Shadowdark Oozes, Cubes, & Puddings
Blog Posts
Geek Archeology
How Tos
Unboxing