Here it is! In this episode, we bring you a recording of our live show at GenCon, with special guest Mike Mason, the line editor for Call of Cthulhu. We take a trip back to the Bestiary for a look at those oddball octopi offspring, the Star Spawn of Cthulhu. For the main topic, we talk how to make a big bad villain for your campaign. Plus news, audience questions and comments, an electrifying, audience-participation history segment -- and more in this week’s show!

MU Podcast 063 – Star Spawn of GenCon!

A Podcast dedicated to Weird and Horrific Roleplaying Games.

Hobbies

Games & Hobbies

Games

Leisure










This episode, Keeper Murph runs Keepers Dave and Bridgett through an impromptu game of mystery and delight as they return to the Gardens of Ynn!



Patreon Plug & Update



We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!



The Discord Plug



We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. LInk in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 



And thank you to our editor Moe for editing this episode. Thanks Moe!

MUP Ep 267 – Return to the Garden of Ynn






This episode, Keeper Murph runs Keepers Dave and Bridgett through an impromptu game of mystery and delight! Happy New Year, MUP family! 







Patreon Plug & Update



We have a Patreon! To back us you can click the button on the sidebar of our website, mu-podcast.com or head over to Patreon directly at www.patreon.com/mup!



The Discord Plug



We have our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics.



MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D 



And thank you beaucoup to Murph for editing this episode. 



Main Topic -- 



The Gardens of Ynn. 



This episode was recorded on December 29th, 2022.





MUP Ep 262- Gardens of Chaos






In this episode, Keeper Murph runs Keepers Dave and Jon through a quick game of Troika!



Noble Knight Games! 



We want to thank Noble Knight Games for returning to sponsor our show. Noble Knight Games has just completed a major revamp of their website! The new site was designed after collecting lots of customer feedback, and the result is a site that’s cleaner, prettier, easier to navigate with improved search functionality. Be sure to check out the Publisher’s Spotlight section, too. Check it out at www.nobleknight.com. 



Also, it’s that time of the year again… the holiday season is upon us. Running from November 11th to December 3rd is Noble Knight Games’ annual holiday sale, with their lowest prices throughout the year. So remember, the holiday sale prices supersede the discount code normally available to Miskatonic University Podcast listeners, so go now and get those books that you’ve been waiting for.



Campus Crier



The Campus Crier is where we keep all the mythos related news and info for the podcast, this episode was recorded on November 5th, 2020.



Chaosium has appointed ambassadors to both their Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium fan content communities. Allan Carey is the ambassador for the Miskatonic Repository, and Nick Brooke is the ambassador for the Jonstown Compendium. The ambassadors will be the first point-of-contact for fans looking to contribute new products to each of those platforms. 



There’s a new horror RPG on Kickstarter right now called Shiver. According to the Kickstarter, “SHIVER is a tabletop roleplaying game bringing tales of the mysterious, the peculiar and the strange to life.” The Kickstarter is already more than 200% funded. It uses unique symbols on the dice to merge storytelling and game mechanics, and fans can download a free quickstart PDF to try the game before committing to the Kickstarter. 



If you act quickly, you might still be able to back Alan Moore’s Providence Compendium on Kickstarter. It is a giant 480 page graphic novel that fully collects all twelve issues of Alan Moore’s Providence comic book series. 



Artist François Baranger’s next illustrated Lovecraft story is At the Mountains of Madness. It is being published by Free League Games, and is available now for preorder. François Baranger previously illustrated The Call of Cthulhu for Free League. At the Mountains of Madness will be produced in two volumes; volume one is currently available on preorder. 



Gale Force 9 has updated their website to include more information about their soon-to-be released Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps board game. A few review videos are starting to come out on YouTube, to include one by Shut Up & Sit Down. This new Aliens board game looks really cool. Keeper Jon can’t wait for his copy to arrive. 


MUP Ep.212 – A Wee Bit o’ Troika!




This episode, Keepers Jon and Dave play a game of Call of Cthulhu! The scenario is titled "The Silent Clowder," and it was exclusively available to backers of Goodman Games' Kickstarter to fund Keeper Jon's book, Age of Cthulhu #9: The Lost Expedition. Enjoy!



The Old Ways Podcast



The Old Ways Podcast is a weekly Call of Cthulhu actual play “slow-burn” style radio drama where a great group serves up entertainment to you using new and published scenarios. With two seasons of material, listeners begin their journey with the investigators in 1920s Chicago, as they sink into the blood-soaked ground of Windy City horror. Season two picks up as they dive head-long into Chaosium’s legendary Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign where the investigators pull at the very threads which herald the end of days. 



With more than 35 hours of available content, they’ve got you covered for all your sanity destroying quarantine needs! The Old Ways Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and many more! Snag the RSS Feed and never miss our Mythos Monday episode drop! 



Find them on Facebook, Twitter, or deep in the Miskatonic University library’s Restricted Section desperately hunting for the right dusty occult tome!"



The Silent Clowder



This is an unusual episode... no news, no card catalog, no listening room... just Jon and Dave as they play a quick game of Call of Cthulhu. This adventure is one of Keeper Jon's "Isolated Investigator" adventures, designed to be played with one Keeper and one investigator. 









MUP Episode 201 – The Silent Clowder


This is the second Live Play recording of the scenario Chariot of the Gods for the Alien RPG. 





MU Podcast 063 – Star Spawn of GenCon!

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