In this episode we trade flesh in Baldur's Gate.

Other Segments: 

• Deities and Demigods: Sharess

• Legends and Lore: The Naabor family tree

• Fiend Folio: Nymphs

We can't believe their cheek! Miquella threw something away which he should not have, and we’re going deep into the Stone Coffin Fissure to find it. So dress appropriately for wading through hip-deep putrescence, and let your least secure friend know where you’re headed, and come with!

It's never good news when an investigator comes knocking at your door. The question is, is the news bad for you for the P.I.? What secrets dwell out in the barn, or deep in your past, or at the heart of things tracing back to a time before things with legs walked the land?

Laird Barron's "Shiva, Open Your Eye", published for free in NIghtmare Magazine, is a Lovecraftian tale told from the other side. Curiosity has driven the investigator far into territory more dangerous than he comprehends... but not even the monster he seeks knows the full truth of the cyclical horror that entraps us all.

Other Halloween Readings:

• "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers

• "This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield

• "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

• "The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers

• "The Tower" by Marghanita Laski

• "The Prodigy of Dreams" by Thomas Ligotti

• "In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers

• "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka

This episode title has no double meaning.

We would like to thank Gwen Static for composing our theme song, and Trent Peters for creating our great podcast art.

Who wouldn't want to explore the off-limits areas of an amusement park? Okay, what if I told you it was a haunted amusement park. Crow Country is a bite-sized dopamine capsule of a horror game. A wonderful showcase of what makes the genre fun. Run, don't walk, to play it.

In this episode we go to church and interrupt some smuggling.

Other Segments:

• Deities and Demigods: Illmater

• Combat and Tactics: Elemental Series (Myrmidon)

• Sage Advice: Damage resistances

Wow, now THIS is blue.

Having broken a Great Rune somewhere in the Shadow Realm, we now head south toward the Cerulean Coast, a beautiful region littered with gigantic stone coffin ships. But the path leading there is anything but obvious.

Watch out! It’s the Phantom! Don’t let him… do whatever he does. Nobody knows, except maybe the people in the near future of 2040. But even they are kind of scratching their heads about this one.

Gwen likes to watch games where the contestants don't know the rules and that's why she likes Dropout's Game Changer, Gary does his annual trip to the Lovecraft Film Festival, and Kole didn't do shit, but did play some Final Fantasy XIV. And then we hang out with the Gang!

Today on Real Lich Hours, we join the circus!

Other Segments:

• Legends and Lore: Chult

• Fiend Folio: Three for one special! Blink Dogs, Crawling Craws, Djinni

• Find Familiar: Crimson and Shadow Whiskers