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Support Your Local Convention: ShadowDark, Mothership, & Gaslands Recaps (S4E22)

Leave a Comment / Podcast, Regular Episodes / Ken Newquist

On this episode, Ken recaps running ShadowDark, Mothership, and Gaslands Refueled at a local RPG convention. We also delve into how to support your local conventions (MEPACon in the Pennsylvania, and Who’s Yer Con? in Indiana). Chapters 0:00 Intro & MEPACon Setup2:10 Venue Upgrade & Con History4:00 ShadowDark: Morka Norden Recap7:00 Learning from Live Play […]

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Modern Maps (S4E9)

Leave a Comment / Podcast, Regular Episodes / Ken Newquist

In the latest expedition through the Lair of Secrets, David Moore, Ken Newquist, and Chris Miller delve into the art of map design, specifically focusing on the peculiarities and challenges of modern and near-future maps in gaming. The discussion kicks off with Ken recounting his creation of the “worst best map ever” for a Mothership

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From Death Rays to Dragonbane!, featuring one of the podcast hosts holding up a Dragonbane rulebook.

From Death Rays to Dragonbane (S4E1)

Leave a Comment / Podcast, Regular Episodes / Ken Newquist

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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Unboxing Mothership

Leave a Comment / Blog, Gaming / Ken Newquist

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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Covers for Mothership, Mutant Crawl Classics, and Gaslands Refueled, three of the games that we'll be running at MEPACON Fall 2023

Lair Events at MEPACon Fall 2023

Leave a Comment / Blog, Gaming / Ken Newquist

The Lair of Secrets – or more specifically, me! – will be running events at MEPACon Fall 2023. The convention runs October 20-22, 2023 at the SureStay Plus Hotel in Bethlehem, Pa. Bethlehem is located in the eastern part of the state, in the Lehigh Valley – it’s about 90 minutes west of New York

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S3E7 Keeping Your Gaming Group Going through the Holidays

Leave a Comment / Podcast / Ken Newquist

Winter is coming. The holidays are almost here. How do you keep your gaming group going through the long, dark winter (or at least, the holiday break)? In addition to delving into holiday game survival strategies, we talk about David’s recent trip and the gaming insights he gained from it, Ken gets lost in TaleSpire

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S3E6 Cyberpunk Brainstorming

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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

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An anime-style man and woman fight enemies while riding motorcycles through a neon drenched city in Cyberpunk Edgerunners

S3E3 Cyberpunk Laments, Streaming Catch Up, Back to Conventions, Steam Deck, Character Background Haiku

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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

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