In Call of Cthulhu there are worse things than death. Last night we found out what one of those things was.

I forgot for a while how welcoming and warm the Anchor podcast community was. Here are some of the call ins I received upon my return from exile. Thanks to Joe, Che, Barney, Colin, Jason and Spencer. You are all lovely lovely people and I'm glad I have got to know you.

This one will probably raise a few hackles in the community. In this episode I outline why acting out your character, first person, with accents and all leads to a better game experience for everyone at the table. Right I'm going to hide in my basement.

An interview with the Jim Wampler owner of Mudpuppy Games, writer of Mutant Crawl Classics, creator of Marvin the Mage, and in the midst of a super successful Kickstarter for his deluxe fanzine Scientific Barbarian https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/checkthisartifact/scientific-barbarian-1

Hoy, Dwyer and Connor have tracked down the kidnapper of 5 year old Regina Balfour to the Five Oaks motel in Beaver Falls. That's when things start to get weird, really weird. Join us in this modern day Call of Cthulhu classic written  by Jeff Moeller from Stygian Fox's amazing book, The Things We  Leave  Behind.

Last week I had the huge privilege of spending some time with Scott Dorward, who as a writer and editor for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu has helped breathe new life into one of the best loved games of all time. In this deep dive into Scott's work we range across his gaming history, his podcast The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, and amazing update he did for Masks of Nyarlathotep, still tagged "The Greatest Campaign Ever Written", You can find Scott at blasphemoustomes.com or on Twitter @sdorward

How to meet gamers and influence people. A look at the unique friendships that can be made through gaming and why they are so fragile.

It's fall in Boulder City and after the gang's crazy summer surely everything will just go back to normal. Role-playing in the 80's that never was. Join Clara "Riff Raff" Booker,  TJ Drennon, Isiah "Sparks" Dyson, and Mike "Nails"  Macklin in another season of mad science

A somewhat scattershot trawl through some past episodes courtesy of a panoply of call in from the singular Roy Lourenco of Chaoses Limb podcast. Music as always by TJ.