As we gear up for our Cyberpunk RED campaign, we take some time to brainstorm ideas for for the game (If only reality didn’t keep getting more cyberpunk-ish than cyberpunk). Over in the library, we discuss William Gibson’s Count Zero, then venture to the Game Room to talk about Forbidden Lands, CY_BORG, Mothership, and the just announced …
Gaslands Refueled is a miniature car combat game inspired by Death Race and Mad Max, in which Matchbox cars packed with deadly arsenals tear around tabletop race tracks. We first talked about it back in Season 1, Episode 20, when David played it with his family.vMore than a year later, I got to play the game by …
As we build momentum toward our Cyberpunk RED campaign, we take a moment to reflect on the cyberpunk movies, books, games, and other media that inspires our take on the subgenre. We also talk National Novel Writing Month, hockey (yes, hockey), virtual gaming via NVIDIA GeForce Now, and the TaleSpire virtual table top.
The subject of travel and how visiting other parts of the country and the world can improve your game is the main topic for Episode 4 of the Lair of Secrets podcast. Before we delve into that globe-trotting topic, we geek out about AirPods, resurrecting the game room after the pandemic, variant endings for Cyberpunk …
Back in Season 1, Episode 6, we talked about our experiences with bullet journals, but those experiences were focus on a traditional, pen-and-paper BuJo using the Leuchtturm1917 notebook or one of the many Moleskine variants. We didn’t talk virtual bullet journaling because for both of us, the paper was the thing. There are downsides to a …
We’re hosting our first-ever loot giveaway at the Lair of Secrets, featuring an assortment of RPG books and supplements given out as part of Free RPG Day 2022. How do you participate? Promote @LairOfSecrets on Twitter by: Posting a tweet about @LairOfSecrets to your followers. Responding to a @LairOfSecrets tweet We’ll then contact you via …
On Episode 3 of Season 3, we catch up on a few weeks of geeky pursuits. David discusses not watching to finish Cyberpunk 2077, and then we both rundown the big list of stuff we’re watching (or want to watch) on streaming. Ken’s planning to return to real world game conventions with MEPACon and discusses …
A look at online, PDF, and fan-created playbooks for the Scum & Villainy rolep-playing game.
In Episode 2, we brainstorm ideas for a rebooted Savage Ringworld campaign, which mashes up high concept science fiction with the Savage Worlds role-playing game. We also delve back into cyberspace with Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk RED, say good-bye to Nintendo 3DS (or at least, it’s eShop), visit the Rivers of London book series, and figure out how to …
As summer ends, David and Ken get together to geek out about GenCon 2022, the resurgence of all things Cyberpunk, delve into the RPG a Day postfest, and venture into the mystical frontiers of Spelljammer. Convention Hall David’s thoughts on GenCon 2022 GenCon Website Back up to 50,000ish people. David hung out at the Writers …
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